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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1S59, by 

REV. THOMAS C. STRONG, 

On behalf of the Board of Publication of the Reformed Protestant. Dutch Church 

in North America, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the 

United States for the Southern District of New York. 



FIRST REVISED EDITION. 



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BRIEF NOTICE 

*J O K T H E 

\JPSALMS AND IIyMNS USED DY THE REFORMED PROTESTANT 

Dutch Church. 
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It has ever been a principle of the Church that no Psalms nor 
Hymns may be publicly sung in the Reformed Protestant Dutch 
Churches, but such as are approved and recommended by the General 
Synod. Previously to the American Revolution, the psalmody of 
the Church embraced only the Psalms in the Dutch language, usually 
bound up in the Bibles then in common use. The version approved 
by the Synod was that of Dathenus. In addition to this, the new 
version of Psalms and Hymns compiled and adopted in the Nether- 
lands, in the year 1*773, was subsequently approved. After the 
period of the American Revolution, Avhen it was found necessary to 
introduce English singing, the Rev. Dr. Livingston compiled a book 
of Psalms and Hymns in the English language, which was published, 
with the express approbation and recommendation of the General 
Synod, in the year 1*789. This book continued in use in the churches 
until the year 1812, when, at the instance of the Classis of New 
York, the Particular Synod of New York referred the subject rela- 
tive to the revision of the Psalms and Hymns then in use, to the 
General Synod. The reference was favorably entertained by the 
Synod, and they requested the Rev. Professor Livingston to make 
the selection of Psalms and Hymns, agreeably to the views then 
expressed, and appointed a committee to whom the same should be 
submitted for their examination and approval. At the session of the 
Synod, held in October, 1813, this committee reported in favour of 
the selection, and the Synod accordingly adopted it, entered upon 
their records a minute highly complimentary to the distinguished 
compiler, and made the necessary arrangements for its publication 
and introduction into the public worship of the churches. 

In the year 1830, the General Synod deemed it expedient that an 
additional number of Hymns should be added to those contained in 
the book then in use, and accordingly a committee was appointed to 
make a selection, on a variety of subjects, with a view to constitute 
a second book of Hymns. At the next session of the Synod, this 

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4: BKIEF NOTICE. 

committee reported a selection of one hundred and seventy-two 
additional Hymns, which were approved, ordered to be published as 
a second book of Hymns, and authorized to be used in all the 
churches. At the instance of the General Synod's Sabbath School 
Board, a committee was appointed at the meeting of the Synod, in 
June 1842, to compile a book for the use of the Sabbath Schools of 
the Church. The selection as reported by the committee, embraced 
many Hymns suitable for social as well as Sabbath School worship. 
It was approved by the Synod, in the year 1843, and ordered to be 
published, under the title of the " Social and Sabbath School Hymn 
Book." 

The Board of Sabbath School Union being about to publish a 
second edition of this book, requested, in the year 1845, that the 
Synod would furnish an additional number of Hymns for the 
purpose of filling up certain blank pages on the last sheet of the 
work. On considering this request, the Synod resolved, in view 
of the fact that the Hymns now authorized to be used by the 
churches were comprised in three separate books, and that still 
additional Hymns on certain subjects were needed, to refer the 
whole subject of the Hymn Book to a committee, to consider the 
importance of a new arrangement, and with instructions to report 
such new Hymns as would make the collection more complete. At 
the meeting of the General Synod in June, 1846, this committee 
presented their report recommending such new arrangement, and 
at the same time submitting a selection of Hymns on a variety of 
subjects, to the number of three hundred and forty-two. The 
Hymns thus submitted were approved by the Synod, and the com- 
mittee were authorized to complete the work, and prepare the 
whole for publication as speedily as convenient. The Board of 
Direction were also empowered to carry out the necessary arrange- 
ments for printing the same. All this has been done, and the pres- 
ent work is the result of such action. The book thus completed will 
compare favorably with the various selections used by the several 
denominations of Christians in our land, and it is fervently hoped 
will prove a happy auxiliary in promoting the devotions, public, 
social, and private, of the members of our Church. 

THOMAS M. STRONG, 
Stated Clerk of General Synod. 
New York, June, 184?. 



In June, 1858, the General Synod resolved, "That the future 
issuing of our Psalmody be committed to the Board of Publica- 
tion." The Board accordingly, having carefully revised the book, 
now send it forth in an improved form. 
New York, October, 1859. 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



THE PSALMS AND THE HYMNS. 



Aaron. Ps. 99. H. 85, 128. 

Abba Father. H. 306, 312, 325, 332, 

487. 
Abraham, Covenant with. H. 516-518. 

Faith of. 409. 

Rejoicing in Christ. H. 112. 
Activity, Christian. H. 415, 416, 424. 
Adam. First and Second. Ps. 8. H.185.1 

Fall of. H. 174. 
Adoption. H. 331, 332, 487-489. 
Affliction. Ps. 77, 102, 143. 

Hope in. Ps. 12, 28, 42. H. 350, 377. 

Praise in. Ps. 103. H. 361. 

Sanctified. Ps. 119 (14-18). H. 363, 
378. I 

Sent from God. Ps. 125. H. 176, 178, 
346 436 440. 

Submission in.' H. 362, 377, 380, 384, 
434, 438. 
Aged, The. Ps. 71, 92. H. 666, 667. 
Agur's Prayer. H. 585. 
Alarming. Ps. 9. 35. H. 186-199. 
Amen. H. 502. 
Angels, Adore Christ. Ps. 97, 337. 

Ministering. Ps.34,91. H. 147. 

Song of. H. 114 

Welcome dying believers. H. 738. 
Anger. H. 229, 230. 
Apostles' Creed. H. 698. 
Armour, Christian. H. 419, 421. 
Ashamed of Christ, Not. H. 56, 2 

317,425', 541. 
Assurance of Faith. H. 171, 312, 329. 
Atheism. Ps. 14, 36, 53. 
Atonement. Ps. 22, 69. H. 61, 82, 118- 
132. 

Necessity of. Ps. 40, 51. H. 84, 106, 121. 
Attributes. See God. 
Autumn. See Seasons. 

Backsliding, Deplored. Ps. 51, 85. H. 
373. 
Recovery from. H. 370-372, 616. 
Baptism. H. 514-520. 

Prayer for baptized children. 422-424 
Bearing the Cross. H. 301, 303, 312. 
Believers, Blessedness of. Ps. 32. H. 
325, 386. 
Clinging to Christ. H. 345, 347, 382, 

390, 445. 
Dying. See Death. 
Duties of. Ps. 15. H. 387-397. 
Longing after God. Ps. 42, 63, 73. H. 
392. 



Mourning for Sin. H. 355-360, 364- 
366, 368, 369. 

Pilgrims. H. 344, 352, 462-464. 

Rejoicing, 337-342. 

Safety of. See Church. 

Union of, with Christ, H. 62, 327, 328. 

Unity of. H. 398, 400-403. 
Benevolence. See Charity. 
Bereavement. See Death. 
Bible, Compared with Nature. Ps. 19, 
119. H. 24 

Love of. Ps. 119. 

Study of. Ps. 119. H. 23. 

Value of. H. 18-22. 
Birthday. H. 687, 688. 
Book of Life. H. 168, 783. 
Brotherly Love. Ps. 133, 141. H. 231, 

399. 
Burial Anthem. H. 747, 748. 

Calvary. H. 694. 
Caution, Christian. H. 429. 
Charity, Christian. H. 451-457. 

To the poor. Ps. 15, 37, 41, 112. 

To the young. 458-459. 
Chastisement. See Affliction. 
Children, a blessing. Ps. 127, 128. 

Beauty of piety in. H. 663. 

Death of. See Death. 

Exhorted. Ps. 34, 78, 119. H. 195, 247, 
659, 661, 662, 664. 

Praising God. Ps. 8. 

Prayed for. H. 221-228. 

Seeking Guidance. H. 658, 697. 
Christ, Advent of. Ps. 96, 97, 98. H.109- 
117. 

Advocate. H. 132, 135, 136, 478. 

All-Sufficiency of. Ps. 16. H. 59, 60, 64, 
194, 260. 

Ascension of. Ps. 24,47, 6S. H. 139, 142. 

Atonement of. See Atonement. 

Birth of. See Advent. 

Bread of Life. H. 534. 

Captain of Salvation. H. 120. 

Compassion of. See Sympathy. 

Cross of. See Cross. 

Covenant with. Ps. 89. 

Day Star. H. 79. 

Deity of. Ps. 86, 102. H. 72-7S. 

Eternal Son. Ps. 2, 110. H. 74 

Equal with the Father. H. 75. 

Ever-living. H. 136, 137. 

Exaltation of. Ps. 2, 8, 21, 22, 72, 110. 
H. 141-145, 147. 

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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Example. Ps. 109. H. 395, 411. «. 
Excellency of. Ps. 45, 71. H. 58-60, 

64-70, 76. 
Faithfulness of. H. 77, 141. 
Forerunner. H. 140. 
Foundation. Ps. 118. H. 333. 
Fountain. H. 89, 245, 252, 263, 577. 
Friend. H. 102, 103, 67 i. 
Fullness of. H. 64, 260. 
Gift of God. H. 96. 
Head. H. 62. 

Hiding Place. H. 98, 100, 347. 
High Priest. Ps. 110. H. 85-88, 128. 
Immanuel. H. 61, 72, 73, 78. 
Incarnation of. H. 61, 107, 117. 
■ Intercessor. H. 86-88, 136, 300. 
Judge. Ps. 50, 97, 149. H. 148-150, 755. 
King. Ps. 45, 47, 72, 110, 132. H. 47, 

54, 138, 139, 557, 587, 7S7. 
Lamb. H. 51, 82-84. 
Light, H. 287, 572, 619. 
Lord of Angels. H. 147. 
Love of. Ps. 35, 109. H. 53, 1C5, 342 

393, 533. 
Mediator. Ps. 89. H. 61, 105. 
Meekness of. Ps. 109. H. 95. 
Mission of. H. 52, 108, 115. 
Name of. H. 61, 65, 67, 93, 94. 97. 
Offices of. H. 80, 81. 
Peace. H. 104. 
Physician. H. 92, 184. 
Pilot. H. 671. 
Praise to. See Praise. 
Prince of Peace. H. 115, 558. 
Prophet. H. 80, 81. 
Preciousness of. H. 57, 58, 70, 94. 
Refuge. H. 324, 347. 
Reign of. See King. 
Resurrection of. Ps. 22, 118. H. 133-135. 
Righteousness. Ps. 71. H. 97, 329,385. 
Rock. Ps. US. H. 100. 
Root of David. H. 78. 
Saviour. Ps. 71, S5. H. 94, 106. 
Second Adam. Ps. 8. 
Second coming of. Ps. 96, 97. H. 148- 

150, 756, 759, 763, 766. 
Shepherd. Ps. 23, 119. H. 101, 371. 
Substitute. H. 128. 
Sufferings of. Ps. 22, 69,110. H. 118, 

119, 122-127, 131, 132. 
Sun. Ps. 19. H. 79, 96. 
Sympathy of. H. 88, 345. 
Truth. H. 91. 
Way. H. 91. 
Union to. See Believers. 
Christians. See Believers. 
Christian Life. H. 411, 412, 428, 447, 

464. 
Church, II. 467. 

Beauty of. Ps. 45, 48, 87. H. 468, 552. 
Beloved of God. Ps. 87, 108, 135. 
Garden of God. Ps. 92. H. 469. 
Love for the. Ps. 137. 
Organization of a. II. 474. 
Pleading under desertion. Ps. 70, 80. 
Pleading under persecution. Ps. 42, 83. 
Privileges of. Ps. 132. 
Safety of. Ps. 46, 76, 102, 125, 135, 149. 

H. 468, 602. 
Uniting with. H. 311, 318, 471, 472, 535, 

544. 
Comfort sought. Ps. 27, 94, 119. 
Comin g to Oh r 1st. H. 1 1 1 , 244-247, 252, 

257, 260, 263, 264, 269, 270, 274, 276, 

279, 285, 324, 477. 



Communion of Saints. Ps. 16, 106, 133. 

H. 400-403. 
Confession, of Christ. H. 56, 303, 312, 

'317, 318, 535, 541, 472, 473, 699. 
Of Sin. Ps. 32, 38, 51, 130. H. 12, 270, 

271, 284. 
Conflict, Christian. II. 365, 421, 424, 425. 
Conformity to Christ. H. 395, 411. 
Conscience. Ps. 32, 38, 51, 119. 
Consecration, Self. Ps. 116,119. 11.307, 

318, 323, 535, C99. 
Of Children. H. 223-228, 51 2, 519. 
Consistency, Christian. 412, 42S. 
Consolation. H. 435, 439, 741. 
Contentment. Ps. 131. H. 238, 433, 440, 

441,448. 
Conversion Ps. 110, H. 308. 322. 

Joy of. Ps. 126. H. 296, 297. 
Conviction of Sin. II. 203-205, 207, 268, 

278 289. 
Covenant of Grace. Ps. 89, 106. H. 544, 
Creation. Ps. 33, 104, 136, 148. If. 3, 

34,35,173. 
Cross. H. 123, 124, 144, 2S2, 304. 
Glorying in. H. 130, 131, 545. 
Bearing. H. 301. 303, 312. 
Crucifixion. Ps. 22, 69. H. 123, 129. 
Crown of life. H. 424, 426, 427, 445, 732. 

Darkness, Spiritual. Ps. 42, SS. II. 356, 
357, 364, 392. 

Removed. H. 306, 360, 30 ! , 374. 
Death, Disai-med Ps. 31, 71, 89. 

Gain. H. 727, 732, 736, 744. 

General. Ps. 49, 90. H. 703-707, 710- 
713. 

Of Infants. H. 720-726. 

Of a Pastor. H. 717-719. 

Of Saints. H. 727-748. 

Of a Sister. H. 749. 

Of Youth. H. 664, 722. 

Sleeping in Jesus. H. 750. 
Decrees. H. 168-172. 
Dedication, Self. See Consecration. 

Of a Church. See Sanctuary. 
Delay. Ps. 95. H. 192, 194-196, 254, 256, 

259, 268. 
Delight in God. Ps. 18, 63, 73, S4. 
Deliverance, from Death Ps. 31,118. 

From Distress. Ps. 18, 31, 34, 126. 

From Evil Company. H 314. 

From Temptation. Ps. 3, 12, 18. 
Despondency, Rebuked. H. 351, 366, 

876, 381. 
Diligence, Urged. H. 415, 416. 
Doubts and Fears. Ps. 3, 31. H. 396, 
422. 

Early Piety. Ps. 8, 34, 78. H. 65S-664. 
Education, Religious. Ps. 34, 78. H. 

' 458, 459. 
Egypt's Plagues. Ps. 105. 
Election. H. 45, 168-172, 310, 331, 333, 

335, 499. 
Enemies, Prayed for. Ps. 35, 109. 
Eternity, 707-710, 644, 768. 
Evening. Ps. 4, 139, 141. H. 639-642. 

Saturday. 643. 
Example. H. 411, 412, 42S. 

Of Christ, See Christ. 

Faith. Ps. 32. 

Conflicts of. II. 853, 367, 465. 
Gift of God. IT. 404. 
Life of. 11. 334. 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Not meritorious. H. 406. 

Power of. H. 407, 409. 

Prayed for. H. 12, 278, 335. 

Summary of. H. 698. 

Triumph of. H. 171. 
Family, Government. Ps. 101. H. 209, 
466. 

Happy. Ps. 133. H. 232. 

Parting. H. 684. 

Worship. Ps. 101, 133, 141. H. 641, 
642, 695. 
Farewell to Missionaries. H. 561, 599. 
Fast Day, for Revival. H. 611, 620. 

For War. Ps. 60. H. 672, 673. 
Fear, Holy. P. 119. 
Forerunner. See Christ. 
Forgiveness. Ps, 32. H. 250. 

Praise for. Ps. 103. 

Prayer for. Ps. 25, 51, 130. H. 285, 270, 
497. 
Forsaking all for Christ. H. 312. 
Foundation, Firm. H. 333. 
Fountain. See Christ. 
Friends, Parting of. H. 684, 685. 

Reunion of. H. 689. 
Funeral. See Burial and Death. 

Gethsemame. H. 118, 119. 
Qilead, Balm of. H. 262. 
God, All in all. Ps. 127. H. 298. 

Almighty. H. 27, 31. 

All-seeing. P. 139. H. 30. 

All-sufficient. P. 73. 

Confidence in. H. 348, 349, 367, 410, 
413. 

Eternity of. Ps. 90, 93. H. 33. 

Faithfulness of. Ps. 89, 105, 146. 

Goodness of. Ps. 8, 103, 111, 145, 146. 
H. 38. 

Guide. H. 344. 

Incomprehensible. Ps. 145. H. 28. 

Jehovah. Ps. 68, 83, 93. 

Love of. Ps. 7, 34. H. 36-38, 41. 

Justice of. H. 39, 40. 

Majesty of. Ps. 68, 89, 96, 97, 99. 

Mercy of. Ps. 89, 103, 145. 

Omnipresence of Ps. 139. 

Perfections of. Ps. Ill, 136, 145. 

Portion. Ps. 4, 73. H. 293. 

Preserver. Ps. 121, 138. 

Refuge. Ps. 55, 61. H. 348. 

Shepherd. Ps. 23, 119. 

Sovereign. Ps 8, 113, 144. H. 25, 26, 
28, 29, 168-170. 
Golgotha. H. 132. 
Gospel, Banner. H 580. 

Blessings of. P. 19, 89 H. 240, 241. 

Feast, H 528, 529, 540. 

Fullness of. H. 240, 245, 528. 

Invitations of. 243-247, 255-257, 262- 
264, 528-531. 

Law and. H. 255, 242. 

Preaching of. H. 503-505. 

Success of P. 110. H. 494, 551, 560, 
575, 580, 592. 

Trumpet. H. 242, 255, 611. 
Grace. Ps. 66, 130, 138. 

And Glory. Ps. 84, 97. 

Free. H. 252, 319-321, 309, 330, 499. 

Sought, H. 275. 

Miracle of H. 309. 
Gratitude. Ps. 116, 118. H. 315, 316 

838, 385, 450. 
Grave. See Btvrial, Death and Rest. 



Hannah. H. 690. 

Harvest. Ps. 65, 147. H. 652, 653. 

Spiritual. Ps. 126. H. 624, 654. 
Health. See Sickness. 
Hearing the Word. H, 7-9, 11, 13-17. 
Heaven Anticipated. Ps. 17. H 444,730, 
767-776. 

Christ the glory of H. 780, 787. 

Holiness of. H. 781-783. 

Home of Believers. H. 501, 779. 

Rest in. H, 379, 771, 774. 

Saints in. H. 777, 778, 782, 785. 

Worship of. H. 787, 788. 
Heavenly Mindedness. H. 443, 444, 446. 
Hezekiah, Song of. H. 692. 
Hell. Ps. 9. 35, 36, 51. li. 186, 189, 706- 

712, 762. 
Hiding Place. See Christ. 
Holiness, Christians elected to. H. 172. 
Hosanna. H. 115, 548, 62S, 637. 
Holy Spirit. Comforter. H. 155, 157, 
162, 163. 

Given. Ps. 68. H. 167. 

Grieving the. H. 254. 

Illumination by. H. 151-154. 

Praise for. H. 154. 

Prayer for. Ps. 51. H. 15, 151, 167, 615, 
621-623, 488. 

Witness of. H. 156-157, 163, 
Home. See Family and Heaven. 
Hope. H. 350, 351. 
Humility. Ps. 32, 131, 
Hypocrites, warned. Ps. 50. 

Idolatry. Ps. 16, 115, 135. H. 208, 209. 

Jmmanuel. See Christ. 

Imputation of Christ's righteousness. 

Ps, 72. H. 97, 120, 127, b'i9, 499. 
Inability, Sinner's. H. 184, 185, 200, 205. 
Incarnation. See Christ. 
Inconstancy. Ps. 106. 11. 369, 375. 
Infants. See Baptism and Death. 
IngratiUide. Ps. 7^. 11.191,267,369. 
Inspiration. Ps. 19. H. 20, 
Intercession. See Christ. 
Invitations. See Gospel. 
Israel. See Jews. 

The Christian. H. 464. 
Invocations. H. 7-9, 1C8, 160-162. 

Jehovah. See God. 

Jesus. See Christ. 

Jews. Prayer for. H. 493, 601-609, 337. 

Joy. H. 337-342. 

Over conversion. Ps. 126. H. 296, 297. 
Joshua, the Christian. H. 466. 
Jubilee. H. 242, 265, 562, '. 9 ! . 
Judgment, Final. Ps. 50, 149. II. 755- 
766. 

Christ coming to. Ps, 98. II . 14?-lf 0. 
Justice and Equity. Ps. 15, H. 449. 
Justification. Ps. 32, 130. li. 329, 206. 

Kingdom of God. 

Prayer for its coming. H. 491, 492, 553, 

555, 559, f 66, 578, 587, 5sS, 590. 
Progress of. H. 551, 563, 569, 575. 
Universality of. Ps. 2, 72, 89, 96. H. 
494, 556, 557, 562, 579-5S1, 585, 587. 
Knocking at the Door. II. 24 5 , 265. 
Knowledge, sought. Ps. 19, 119. 
Alone, is vain. H. 387. 



INDEX OF STTBJECTS. 



Labourers, Prayer for. H. 584. 
Lamb. See Christ, 
Latter Day Glory. H. 556, 5T5, 591. 
Law of God. H. 23, 201, 202. 

Its spirituality. H. 203. 

Its use. H. 204, 205, 207. 

First Command. Ps. 53, 135. H. 208. 

Second " Ps. 115. H. 209. 

Third " Ps. 15. H, 210-212. 

Fourth " Ps. 5, 63, 92, 118. H. 
213, 218, 638. 

Fifth, " Ps. 101. H. 219-228, 232. 

Sixth, " Ps. 35, 109. H. 229-232. 

Seventh, " H. 233, 234, 682, 683. 

Eighth, " H. 235, 236, 449. 

Ninth, " Ps. 12, 39. H. 237, 418. 

Tenth, " H. 203, 204, 238,239, 448. 
Life, Christian, See Christian. 

Object of. H. T02, 707, 710. 

Short. Ps. 39, 89, 90, 144. H. 700-704. 

Uncertain. H. 194-196, 199, 
Longing after God. See Believers. 
Lord's Day. Ps. 92. H. 218. 

Day of Christ's Resurrection. Ps. 118. 

Delight in. H. 213-215. 

Evening. H. 213, 278. 

Morning. Ps. 5, 63. H. 216. 

Type of Heaven. H. 213-215. 
Lord's Supper, Instituted. H. 521. 

Invitation to. H. 52S-S31. 

Joy in. H. 472, 523, 524, 539, 542-545. 

Preparation for. H. 525-530. 

Prayer at. H. 535-537. 

Thanks for. H. 546-548. 
Love, Christ's. See Christ. 

God's. See God. 

Of Brethren. See Brotherly Love. 

To God. H. 387, 3S8, 391. 

To Christ. H. 52-54, 57-61, 63, 66-71, 
95, 309, 389, 390. 

Christian. H. 398, 400-403. 

To Creature, dangerous. H. 299,302, 
397. 
Loving Kindness, Christ's. H. 41. 
looking to Christ. H. 300, 366. 

Magistrates. Ps. 5S, 182, 101. H. 220. 
Man, Created in God's Image. Ps. 139. 
H. 174. 

Fallen. See Sin. 

Frail. See Life. 

Insignificant. Ps. 8, 39, 89, 144. 
Mariners. Ps. 107. H. 668-671. 
Marriage. Ps. 128. H. 232, 6S2, 683. 
Mary, Song of. H. 693. 
Mediator. See Christ. 
Meditation. Ps. 63, 119. H. 442, 430,460, 

461. 
Meekness. Ps. 35, 109, 120. H. 230. 
Melancholy. See Darkness and De- 
spondency. 
Melchizedec. Ps. 110. H. 85. 
Mercy. See God. 

Mercies, Praise for. Ps. 68, 103, 136, 139. 
Merit, disclaimed. Ps. 16, 119 (7). H. 

326. 
Mercy Seat. H. 477, 483. 
Miracle of Grace. See Grace. 
Miracles,\n Wilderness. Ps. 106, 107, 114. 
Millennium. H. 494, 579. See Mis- 
sionary Cause. 
Ministry, Commission of. H. 503. 

Consecration to. H. 512. 

Death of. H. 717-719. 



Installation and Ordination of. Ps. 132. 

H. 508, 511. 
Prayer for. H. 504, 506, 509, 510. 
Praise for. H. 503, 507. 
Missionaries, Call for. H. 568, 574, 593, 
594. 
Charge to. H. 561, 595-599. 
Departure of. H. 595, 596, 600. 
Missionary Cause. H. 490-495, 549-609. 
See Gospel, Success of, and Christ, 
a King. 
Morning. Ps. 3, 134. H. 634-637. 
Mountains, The Three. H. 694. 
Moses, Song of. H. 55. Death of. H. 
730, 734. 

National, Occasions. H. 672-6S1. 

Mercies. Ps. 18, 75, 126, 144. 
Nature, compared with Scripture. Ps. 

19,119. (4) 
Needful, One Thin?. H. 196, 198. 
New Birth. Ps. 51. 11.151-153,200,275. 
New Song. H. 55, 778. 
New Year. H. 645-649. 
Night, Songs in. Ps. 126. H. 361. 

Oath. H. 211. 
Onward. H. 340, 410.- 
Orphans. Ps. 27. 11. 456. 
One thing needful. H. 196, 198. 

Pardon. See Forgiveness. 
Parental anxiety. H. 221,228. 

Duty. Ps. 101. H. 225, 466. 
Parting of Friends. H. 6S5. 
Pastor, Choice of. H. 500. 
Sickness of. H. 716. 
Death of. H. 717-719. See Ministry. 
Peace, Christian. H. 104, 3S6. 
Desired. Ps. 120 
National. H. 677, 679, 6S0. 
Perjury. H. 312. 

Perseverance. Ps. 138. TI. 333, 432. 
Pestilence. Ps. 91. H. 675. 
Pilgrims. See Believers. 
Pisgah. H. 734, 770, 773. 
Pleasure, Vanity of. Ps. 40. H. 299, 397. 
Poor. See Charity. 
Portion, God our. P. 73. H. 42. 
Praise, to God. Ps. 8, 9, 18, 19, 21, 29, 
34, 48, 57, 63, 65-68, 71, 72, 75, 84, 92, 
95-100, 103-10S, 111, 113, 117, 126, 
134-136, 138, 144-150. H. 1-17, 25- 
38, 169, 173, 175, 489, 490, 678-6S0, 
689. 
To Christ. Ps. 40, 45, 47, 68, 69, 71, 72, 
80, 85, 89, 96-9-<, 110, 117, US. H. 
51-71, 78-81, S6, 95, 107, 117, 138, 787, 

To the Spirit. H. 151, 152, 154, 167. 

To the Trinity. H. 4G-C.0. 
Prayer, Encouragement to. Ps. 4, 34, 
65, 66, 102. H. 477, 690. 

Exhortation to. H. 481. 

Importunity in. Ps. 1 19 (19). H. 485. 

The Lord's. H. 486-500. 

Nature of. H. 479. 

Secret. H. 430, 460, 4S3. 

And watchfulness. H. 422, 426, 431. 
Predestination. H. 168-172, 335. 
Presence of God, sought. H. 13. 
Preserver', God our. Ps. 10, 138. H. 

181, 333. 
Priest. See Christ a Priest. 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Pride, Ps. 131. H. 428. , 

Prisoners of Hope, H. 298. 
Prodigal Reclaimed. H. 293, 316. I 

Profession of Faith. See Uniting with 

Church. 
Promises. Ps. 119 (5). H. 333. 
Pleaded. Ps. 119 (10, 20). H. 269, 270, 1 
272. 
Providence. Ps. 9, 65, 104, 135, 136,1 
147. H. 175-183. j 

Confidence in. Ps. 36, 146. H. 176, ' 
1 79-182. | 

Mysteries of. Ps. 73. H. 177, 178. 

Mace, Christian. IT. 417, 423. 

Recovery. See Sickness. 

Pain. Ps 65, 135, 147. 

Redeeming Love. H. 342. See Christ. 

Redemption. See Atonement. 

Refuge. See God and Christ. 

Regeneration. See 2few Birth. 

Rejoicing. See Joy. 

Remembrance of Christ, enjoined. H. 

473 522 
Repentance. Ps. 32, 38, 51. H. 190,267, 

281-2S6, 288, 295. 
Resignation. Ps. 39, 123, 181. H. 180, 

3S0, 384, 434-441,737. 
Rest, sought. H. 343. 

In Grave. H. 727, 728, 746, 747, 750. 

In Heaven. See Heaven. 

Promised. Ps. 95. H. 246 
Resurrection, of Christ. See Christ. 

Of Christians. Ps. 16, 17, 49, 71, 88, 89. 
H. 751-754. 
General. H. 764, 766. 
Retirement. H. 460, 461. 
Revivals, enjoyed. Ps. 85, 102. H. 626, 

Sought. Ps. 70, 80. H. 610-625. 
Revolution, American. Ps. 18. H. 681. 
Riches, vanity of. Ps. 49. H. 236. 
Righteousness. See Christ. 
Rock, See Christ. 

Sabbath. See Lord's Day. 

Sacraments. H. 513, 515. 

Sacrifice, of Christ. Ps.40, 69. H. 82-85, 

89, 106. 
Sailors. See Mariners. 
Saints. See Believers. 
Salvation, by grace. Ps. 85. H. 809,310, 
319-821. 

Joyful sound of. H. 251, 550. 

Not by works. H. 206, 207, 287. 
Samuel. Ps. 99. H. 697 
Sanctif 'cation, prayed for. Ps. 119 (11, 

16). H. 358, 365, 368, 420. 
Sanctuary, Attendance upon. Ps. 92. 
H. 7-17. 

Dedication of. H. 627, 62S, 630-633. 

God present in. Ps. 84, 87, 132. 

Invitation to. Ps. 95, 150. H. 475, 313. 

Love to. Ps. 27, 48, 52, 63, 84, 92, 122, 
137. H.470. 
Saturday Evening. H. 643. 
Saviour. See Christ. 
Scriptures. See Bible. 
Seasons. Ps. 65, 147. H. 650, 655. 

Spring. H. 651. 

Summer. Ps. 147. H. 652-654. 

Autumn. H. 656. 

Winter. Ps. 147. H. 657. 
Secret Prayer. See Prayer. 

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^/-Dedication. See Consecration. 

Denial. H. i 44, 418, 425, 4JS. 

Examination. Ps. 26, 139. H. 2S6, 396, 
525. 

Renunciation. H. 206. 

Righteousness. H. 326. 
Sliame. See Ashamed. 
Shepherd. See Christ and God. 
Sickness. Ps. 6, 39. H. 377, 435. 

Recovery from. Ps. 116. II. 437, 6S9, 
692. 
Sin, Deceitful. Ps. 19. H. 36S. 

Guilt of. H. 92, 132, 281, 282. 

Indwelling. H. 291, 355, 357, 358, 368, 
375. 

National. Ps. 107. H. 674. 

Original. Ps. 14, 51. H. iS4, 185, 200. 

Secret. Ps. 19. 

Universal. Ps. 14, 53. 
Sinners, exhorted. Ps. 2. H. 267,313. 

Invited. Ps. 88, 95, 98. H. 108, 240-258, 
260, 262-264, 473, 528-531. 

Warned. Ps. 36, 49, 50, 53, 94. H. 149, 

184-200, 259, 261,276, 700-706, 755. 
Sinai. Ps. 68. H. 255, 694 
Slander. Ps. 31, 120. H, 237. 
Sloth, Spiritual. H. 415, 416, 424. 
Soldier, Christian. Ps. 144 H. 419, 421, 

424,425, 426,431. 
Sovereignty. See God. 
Spring. See Seasons. 
Stars. Ps. 147, 148. 

Of Bethlehem. H. 110, 111. 

At Sea. H. 668. 
Strength, Promised. H. 383, 417. 

Proportioned to trial. H. 433, 381. 
Submission. See Resignation. 
Summer. See Seasons 
Sun of Righteousness. See Christ. 
Surrender to Christ. H. 291, 293. 
Sympathy. H. 399, 401, 456, 457. 

Of Christ. See Christ. 



Tabor. H. 694. 

Taking up the Cross. See Cross. 
Temperance, Ps. 107. H. 236, 418, 428. 
Temptation. Ps 13, 25, 55. H. 355,357, 
358, 368, 375, 379, 426, 465. 

Overcome. Ps. 3, 18. H. 345, 852, 383, 
421 , 422, 447. 
Thanksgiving. See Gratitude. 

National. Ps. 21, 67, 75, 76, 144. H. 
676-679. 
Thron e of Grace. See Mercy Seat. 
Time, Shortness of. Ps. 90. H. 644, 700- 

704, 707. See Life. 
To-day. Ps. 95. H. 192, 194,196, 256, 702. 
To-morrow. H. 192, 194, 196. 
Tolling Bell. H. 705. 
Traveller's Hymn. Ps. 121. II. 696. 
Trials. See Afflictions. 
Trinity. H. 44-50, 227, 442, 578. 
Types fulfilled in Christ. H. 354. 

Unbelief, rebuked. H. 177, 439. 
Union to Christ. See Believers. 



Victory, over national foes. Ps. IS, 20, 

21,75, 144. H. 676. 
Vigilance. See Watchfulness. 
Vows, Christian. Ps. 116, li9 (3). H. 

818, 535, 699. 



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INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Waiting. Ps. 25, 27. H. 346, 381. 
Wandering. See Backsliding. 
Warfare. See Conflict. 
War. Ps. 20, 60. See Fast Day. 
Warning. See Sinners. 
Watchfulness, over the tongue. Ps. 39, 

141. H. 2i0, 237, 418. 
Over the life. H. 422, 420, 426, 427, 431. 
Way. See Christ. 
Weariness. See Rest. 
Welcome, to Young Converts. H. 471, 

472, 609, 626. 
Widows. H. 456. 
Winter. See Seasons. 
Witness of the Spirit. See Holy Spirit. 
Words of Kindness. Ps. 141. 
World, Creation of. Ps. 8, 89, 95, 100, 

104, 136, 145-148. H. 3, 6, 26, 27, 34, 

35, 173. 



Deadness to. H. 293, 301, 308. 
Renounced. H. 299, 302, 314. 
Vanity of. Ps. 49, 62, 90. H. 199, 302, 
308. 
Worship, Delight in. Ps. 43, 48, 63, 84, 
89, 100, 122, 132. 
Close of. Ps. 117. H. 476. 
Family. See Family. 
Public. Ps. 63, 84, 122, 132. H. 475. 
Social. Ps. 133. H. 10, 482. 

Year. Ps. 65, 147. H. 645-649. 

Youth, Perils of. H. 660. See Children. 

Zeal. H. 414-416. 

Zion. Ps. 2, 48, 76, 110, 118, 121, 132, 137. 

H. 1, 556, 561, 566, 567, 573, 575, 577, 

579, 601-605, 608, 609. 



INDEX OF AUTHORS. 



Addison, Joseph, (born 1672, died 1719), 

Hymn 6, 696. 
Allen, Rev. Win. D. D., (b. 1784), H. 594. 
Ambrose, ,b. 340, d. 397), H. 27. 

Bakewell, Rev. John, (b. 1721, d. 1819), 

H. 146. 
Barbauld, Mrs. A. L., (b. 1743, d. 1825), 

H. 402, 731. 
Barlow, Joel, (b. 1755, d. 1812X Psalm 

21, 52, 59, 64, 79, 108. 
Beddome, Rev. Benjamin, (b. 1716, d. 

1795), H. 31, 29, etc. Total 31. 
Berridge, Rev. John, (b. 1716, d. 1793), 

H. 6S2. 
Bethune, Rev. G. W., D. D., (b. 1805), H. 

623, 744. 
Blacklock, Rev. T., D. D., (b. 1721, d. 

1791), H 4. 
Bowring, Sir John, LL. D., (b. 1792), H. 

130, 367, 582. 
Boyce, H. 255. 
Brewer, Rev. Jehoiada, (b. 1752, d. 1817). 

H. 98. 
Bradberry, H. 4"9. 
Brown, H. 408. 
Brown, Mrs. Phebe H., (b. 1783), H.461, 

472, 561, 622. 
Browne, Rev. Simon, (b. 1680, d. 1732), 

H. 20S, 217, 497. 
Bulmer, Miss Agnes, H. 218, 649, 703, 704. 
Bdrder, Rev. Geo., (b. 1752, d. 1832), H 

37, 160, 476. 
Burnham, Rev. Rich. (b. 1749, d. 1810) 

H. 300. 
Burton, Rev. J., (b. 1733, d. 1781), H.701. 
Butcher, Rev. Edmund, H. 32. 

Cawood, Rev. John, H. 697. 

Cennick, Rev. John, (d. 1755), H. 85, 269. 

340, 444. 
Collett, Rev. J., H. 182. 
Colly er, Rev. W B., D. D , (b. 1782, d. 

1854), H. 71, 264, 737. 
Cotterill, Rev. Thomas, H. 12, 151, 572. 
Cotton, Nathaniel, M.D., (b. 1721, d. 1788), 

H. 362, 363. 
Cowper. William, (b. 1731, d. 1800), H. 

89, 177, etc. Total 12. 
Crabbe, Rev. Geo. (b. 1754, d. 1832), H. 

352. 
Cruden, R. 714. 
Cruttenden, Rev. Robert, (b. 1690, d. 

1763). H. 358. 



Davies, Rev. Samuel, D. D., (b. 1724, d. 

1761), H. 525, 535, 672, 765. 
De Coetlogon, Rev. Charles E., (d. 1820), 

H. 113. 
De Fleury, Mrs. Maria, H. 337. 
Denham, Rev. David, H. 779. 
Dickson, David, (d. 1662). H. 776. 
Doane, Bishop, (b. 1799, d. 1859), H. 91. 
Dobell, Rev. John, H. 187, 518. 
Doddridge, Rev. Philip, D. D., (b. 1 02, d. 

1751), H. 1, etc. Total 54. 
Duncan, H. 778. 
D wight, Rev. Timothy, D. D , (b. 17?2, 

d. 1818), Ps. 18, etc. H.314. Total 15. 

Edmeston, James, H. 470, 63S. 
Evans, Rev. Jonathan, (b. 1749, d. 1809), 
H. 531. 

1 Fawcett, Rev. John, D. D., (b. 1740, d. 

1817), H. 20, 82, etc. Total 8. 
| Fellowes, John, H. 530, 546. 
Ferris, Rev. Isaac, D. D , (b. 179S), H. 

531. 
I Francis, Rev. Benjamin, D. D., (b. 17:-4, d. 

1799). H. 627. 

i Gerhardt, Paul, (b. 1606, d. 1676), H. 

346, 393. 
Gibbons, Rev. Thomas, D. D., (b. 1720, d 

1785), H. 38, etc. Total 9. 
Godwin, J., H. 202, 486. 
Grant, Sir Robert, (b. 17S5, d. 1S38), IT. 

312, 345. 
Greene, Thomas, H. 221,436. 
Grigg, Rev. Joseph, (d. 1 768), H. 248, 31 7. 

Hammond. Rev. William, (d. 1783), H. 

8 55 
Harrison, Susannah, H. 203, 368. 
Hart, Rev. Joseph, (b. 1712, d. 1768), H. 

8, 42, etc. Total 9. 
Hastings, Dr. Thomas, (b. 17S5), II. 2, 33, 
j etc. Total 38. 
I Haweis, Rev. Thomas, M. D., (b. 1734, d. 

1820), H. 118, 153, 257, 335, 434. 
I Heath, H. 426. 

1 Heber, Bishop, (b. 1783, d. 1826), H. 110, 
I 554, 748, 756. 
Heginbotham, Rev. Ottiwell, Ps. 119,(22). 
II. 5, 24, G7, 341, 4^9. 
i Hervey, Rev. James, (b. 1713, d. 175S), 

H. 440. 
I Horne, Bishop, (b. 1730, d. 1792), H. 656. 

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INDEX TO AUTHORS. 



Hoskins, Joseph, H. 11, ISO, 200, 322, 323, 

496, TOO. 
Humphries, Rev. Joseph, H. 45. 
Hyde, Mrs. A. B , J I. 222, 254, 2S0, 60T. 

Jones, Rev. Edmund, (b. 1722, d. 1T6~), 
H. 276. 

Kelly, Rev. Thomas, (b. 1769, d. 1855). 

H. 7, 9, etc. Total 21. 
Ken, Bishop, (b. 1637, d. 1711), H. 634. 
Kennedy, II. 169, 333. 
Kent, John, (b. 1766, d. 1S43), H. 10, 328, 

778. 
Kingsbury, Rev. William, (b. 1744, d. 

ISIS), H. 620. 
Knight, H. 720. 

Lee, H. 189, 

Leech, H. 675. 

Livingston, Dr. John H., (b. 1746, d. 1S25), 

Ps. S6, 119 (21). 
Livingstone, H. 316. 
Logan, Rev. John, (b. 1748, d. 17SS), H. 

87, etc. Total 6. 
Lyte, Rev. H. F., (b. 1793, d. 1S47), H. 

87, 223, 556, 662, 667, 746. 

Mackay, Mrs., H. 750. 

Madan, Rev. Martin, (b. 1726, d. 1790), 

H. 46, etc. 
Mason, Rev. John, (d. 1694), H. 214, 641, 

773. 
Medley, Rev. Sam'l, (b. 1738, d. 1799), 

H. 41, etc. Total 12. 
Merrick, James, (b. 1720, d. 1761), H. 

373, 604. 
Miller, H. 401. 
Milman, Rev. H. H., D. D., (b. 1791), H. 

747. 
Moore, Rev. Henrv, (b. 1729, d. 1^02), H. 

36, 302. 
Montgomery, James, (b. 1771, d. 1S54), 

H. 249, etc. Total 18. 
Montgomery, Rev, Robert, (b. 1S06), H. 

764. 
Morell, Rev. Thomas, H. 597. 
Muhlenberg, Rev. W. A., D. D , (b. 1S02), 

H. 772. 

Needham, Rev. John, (d. 176S), H. 209, 

210,297,30-4,652. 
Newton, Rev. John, (b. 1722, d. 1S07), H. 

53, etc. Total 42. 
Nicholson, H. 14. 
Noel, Hon. and Rev. Baptist W., (b. 1799). 

H. 350, 522, 5C0. 

Ogilvie, Rev. John, D. D., (b. 1733, d 

1814), H. 3 
Olivers, Rev. Thomas, (b. 1725, d. 1799), 

H. 149, 150, 344 
Opie, Mrs., (b. 1779, d. 1853), H. 35. 

Peacock, H. 519. 

Perronet, Rev. Edward, (d. 1792), H. 

138. 
Perry, H. 125. 
Phippard, H. 543. 
Proud, H. 683. 



Raffles, Rev. Thomas, D. D., (b. 178 c ), 

II. 271, 3?6, 77 7. 
Reed, Rev. Andrew, D. D., H. 162, 305, 

630, 6S6. 
Rippon, Rev. John, D D., H. 456. 
Robinson, Rev. Robert, (b. 1735, d 1790), 

H. 124, 33S. 
Ryland, Rev. John, D. D., (b. 1753, d. 

1S25), H. 107', 176, 612. 

Scott, E., H. 44, 183, 230,452, 615, 617, 

635. 
Scott, Rev. Thomas, (d. 1775), H. 192. 
Scott, Sir Walter, (b. 1771, d. 18:2), H. 

75S. 
Shoveller, H. 236, 646. 
Shrcbsole, (d. 1806), H. 555. 
Smith, Rev. S. F., D. D., H 749. 
Steele, Miss Ann, (b. 1710, d. 17S3), II. 

15, 18, etc. Total 39. 
Stennett, Rev. Joseph, D. D., (b. 1663, d. 

1713), H. 213, 547. 
Stennett, Rev. Samuel, D. D., (b. 1727, d. 

1795), H. 23. Total 10. 
Stocker, Rev. J., H. 1M. 
Stowell, Rev. Hugh, D. D., H. 4S3. 
Straphan, Rev. Joseph, H. 45S. 
Strong, Miss, H. 681. ' 
Strong, Rev Nathan, D. D , (h. 1748, d. 

1S16), H. 284. 
Swaine, Rev. Joseph, (b. 176'. d. 1796), 

H. 102, 231. 

Tate, Nahum, (b. 163/2, d. 1715), Ps. 34, 

36,42, 121. 
Tappan. William B., (b. 1795, d. 1S49), H. 

771, 774. 
Tatlock, H. 293. 
Thornby, H. 252. 
Toplady, Rev. Augustus, (b. 1740, d. 1788), 

H. 15, etc. Total 11. 
Tucker, H. 40. 
Turner, Rev. Daniel, (b. 1710, d. 179S\ 

H. 274,391,407. 

Yoke, Mrs., H. 553, 586, 592, 599. 

Wardlaw, Rev. Ralph, D. D., (b. 1799, d. 

1853), H. S3, 578. 
Washbourne, Henry S., H. 743. 
Watts, Isaac, D. D., (b. 1725, d. 1796), 

2S4 versions of Psalms and 114 Hymns. 
Waterbury, Rev. J. B., H. 617. 
Wesley, Rev Charles, (b. 1708, d. 17Ss\ 

H. 14, etc. Total 27. 
White, Henrv Kirke, (b. 1785, d. 1808), 

H. 31,111,642,754. 
Wilks, Rev. Matthew, H. 69, etc. Total 9. 
Williams, Miss i . M., (b. 1759, d. 1S27), 

H. 430, 715. 
Williams, Eev. William, (b. 1717, d. 1791), 

H. 507, 5f.9. 
Wingrove, II. 309. 

York, Mrs., H. 379. 

Zinzendorf, N. E., (b. 1700, d. 1760), H. 



PSALMS 



S. M. Watts. 

THE WAY AND END OF SAINTS AND SINNERS. 

1 THE man is ever blessed 
Who shuns the sinners' ways, 

Amidst their councils never stands, 
Nor takes the scorner's place : 

2 But makes the law of God 
His study and delight, 

Throughout the labours of the day, 
And watches of the night. 

3 He like a tree shall thrive, 
With waters near the root : 

Fresh as the leaf his name shall live ; 
His works are heavenly fruit. 

4 Not so the ungodly race, 
They no such blessings find ; 

Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff 
Before the driving wind. 

5 How will they bear to stand 
Before that judgment seat, 

Where all the saints, at Christ's right hand, 
In full assembly meet? 

6 He knows, and He approves 
The way the righteous go : 

But sinners and their works shall meet 
A dreadful overthrow. 

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PSALMS. 
2 — PartI. L. M. Watts. 

THE FATHER VINDICATES HIS MESSIAH. 

1 WHY did the heathen madly rage, 

And why the Jews conspire in vain? 
Why kings and rulers all engage, 
T' oppose Messiah's gracions reign ? 

2 " Come, let us break His bands," they say, 

" We '11 ne'er be governed by His laws :" 
And thus they cast His yoke away, 
And nailed Messiah to the cross. 

3 But God the Father, from His throne, 

Laughs at their pride, their rage controls ; 
He '11 vex their hearts with pains unknown, 
And speak in thunder to their souls. 

4 " I '11 vindicate the King I made, 

On Zion's everlasting hill ; 
My hand shall bring Him from the dead, 
And He shall reign Messiah still." 

2 — Part H. L. M. Watts. 

THE SON INVESTED WITH THE KINGDOM. 

1 TH' eternal Son, with power arrayed, 

Declares th' unchangeable decree ; 

"Thou art My Son," the Father said, 

" This day have I begotten Thee. 

2 For sin Thou 'st offered up Thy soul, 

And Thou 'st a right to intercede ; 
Thy life shall last while ages roll, 
And Thou shalt see a numerous seed. 

3 Ask then, My Son, and I will give 

The heathen for Thy vast domain ; 
The utmost ends of earth receive, 
And boundless be Thy blessed reign. 

4 But nations, that resist Thy grace, 

Shall fall beneath Thine iron stroke ; 

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PSALMS. 

Thy rod shall crush Thy foes with ease, 
As potters' earthen work is broke." 

2 — Part III. L. M. Watts. 

THE HOLY GHOST EXHORTS RULERS TO SUBMISSION. 

1 " NOW," saith the Spirit of the Lord, 

To those who sit on earthly thrones, 
" Rejoice with trembling at His word, 
And at His feet submit your crowns. 

2 With faith and love address the Son, 

Lest He grow angry, and ye die ; 
His wrath will burn to worlds unknown, 
If ye provoke His jealousy. 

3 His frown shall drive you quick to hell, 

For He is God, and ye but dust. 
Happy the souls that know Him well, 
And make His grace their only trust !" 

3 _ p ART I. L. M. Watts. 

A MORNING PSALM. 

1 O LOED ! how many are my foes, 

In this weak state of flesh and blood ! 
My peace they daily discompose, 
But my defence and hope is God. 

2 Tired with the burdens of the day, 

To Thee I raised an evening cry ; 
Thou heard 'st when I began to pray, 
And Thine almighty help was nigh. 

3 Supported by Thy heavenly aid, 

I laid me down and slept secure ; 
Not death should make my heart afraid, 
Though I should wake and rise no more. 

4 But God sustained me all the night : 

Salvation doth to God belong : 

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PSALMS. 

He raised my head to see the light, 

And makes His praise my morning song. 

3 — Part II. CM. Watts. 

DOUBTS AND FEAKS SUPPRESSED. 

1 MY God, the tempter would persuade, 

There 's no relief in heaven ; 
And all my swelling sins appear 
Too big to be forgiven. 

2 But Thou, my righteousness and strength, 

Shalt on the tempter tread ; 
Shalt silence all my threatening guilt, 
And raise my drooping head. 

3 I cried, and from His holy hill 

He bowed a listening ear; 
I called, my Father, and my God! 
And He subdued my fear. 

4 He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes, 

In spite of all my foes ; 
I 'woke, and wondered at the grace 
That guarded my repose. 

5 What though the host of death and hell 

All armed against me stood ! 
Terrors no more shall shake my soul ; 
My refuge is my God. 

6 Arise, O Lord, fulfil Thy grace, 

While I Thy glory sing : 
For Christ has broke the serpent's teeth, 
And death has lost his sting. 

7 Salvation to the Lord belongs, 

His arm alone can save ; 
Blessings attend Thy people here, 
And reach beyond the grave. 

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PSALMS 
4— Part I. L. M. Watts. 

GOD, OUR CONFIDENCE AND PORTION. 

1 O GOD of grace and righteousness, 

Hear and attend, when I complain ; 
Thou hast enlarged me in distress; 
Bow down a gracious ear again. 

2 Ye sons of men, in vain ye try 

To turn my glory into shame ; 
How long will scoffers love to lie, 

And dare reproach my Saviour's name? 

3 Know that the Lord divides His saints 

From all the tribes of men beside : 
He hears the cry of penitents, 

For the dear sake of Christ who died. 
4: When our obedient hands have done 

A thousand works of righteousness, 
We put our trust in Christ alone, 

And glory in His pardoning grace. 

5 Let the unthinking many say, 

a Who will bestow some earthly good?" 
But, Lord, Thy light and love we pray ; 
Our souls desire this heavenly food ; 

6 Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice 

At grace and favours so divine, 
Nor will I change my happy choice, 
For all their corn, and all their wine. 

4 — Part H. C. M. Watts. 

AN EVENING PSALM. 

1 LOED ! Thou wilt hear me when I pray ; 

I am for ever Thine : 
I fear before Thee all the day, 
Nor would I dare to sin. 

2 And while I rest my weary head, 

From cares and business free, 

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PSALMS. 

'Tis sweet conversing on my bed. 
With my own heart and Thee. 

3 I pay this evening sacrifice ; 

And when my work is done, 
Great God ! my faith and hope relies 
Upon Thy grace alone. 

4 Thus with my thoughts composed to peace, 

I '11 give mine eyes to sleep : 
Thy hand in safety keeps my days, 
And will my slumbers keep. 

C. M. Watts, 

lord's day morning. 

1 LOKD ! in the morning Thou shalt hear 

My voice ascending high ; 
To Thee will I direct my prayer, 
To Thee lift up mine eye ; 

2 Up to the hills, where Christ is gone 

To plead for all His saints, 
Presenting at His Father's throne 
Our songs and our complaints. 

3 Thou art a God before whose sight 

The wicked shall not stand ; 
Sinners shall ne'er be Thy delight, 
Nor dwell at Thy right hand. 

4 But to Thy house will I resort. 

To taste Thy mercies there : 
I will frequent Thy holy court, 
And worship in Thy fear. 

5 Oh ! may Thy Spirit guide my feet 

In ways of righteousness ; 
Make every path of duty straight, 
And plain before my face. 

6 My watchful enemies combine 

To tempt my feet astray ; 

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They flatter with a base design, 
To make my soul their prey. 

7 Lord ! crush the serpent in the dust. 

And all his plots destroy ; 
While those that in Thy mercy trust, 
For ever shout for joy. 

8 The men who love and fear Thy name, 

Shall see their hopes fulfilled ; 
The mighty God will compass them 
With favour as a shield. 

Q C. M. Waits. 

COMPLAINT IN SICKNESS. 

1 IN anger, Lord, rebuke me not, 

Withdraw the dreadful storm ; 
Nor let Thy fury grow so hot 
Against a feeble worm. 

2 My soul's bowed down with heavy cares, 

My flesh with pain oppressed; 
My couch is witness to my tears, 
My tears forbid my rest. 

3 Sorrow and pain wear out my days ; 

I waste the night with cries, 
Counting the minutes as they pass, 
Till the slow morning rise. 

4 Shall I be still afflicted more? 

Mine eyes consumed with grief? 
How long, my God, how long, before 
Thy hand afford relief? 

5 He hears when dust and ashes speak, 

He pities all our groans; 
He saves us for our Saviour's sake, 
And heals our broken bones. 

6 The virtue of His sovereign word 

Restores our fainting breath ; 

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PSALMS. 

For silent graves praise not the Lord; 
Our lips are sealed in death. 

C. M. Watts, 

god's cake of his people. 

1 MY trust is in my heavenly Friend, 

My hope in Thee, my God; 
Rise, and my helpless life defend 
From those that seek my blood. 

2 With insolence and fury they 

My soul in pieces tear; 
As hungry lions rend the prey, 
When no deliverer's near. 

3 If I indulge in thoughts unjust, 

And wish and seek their woe, 
Then let them tread my life to dust 
And lay mine honour low. 

4 If there were malice hid in me, 

I know Thy piercing eyes; 
I should not dare appeal to Thee, 
Nor ask my God to rise. 

5 Arise, my God, lift up Thy hand, 

Their pride and power control; 
Awake to judgment, and command 
Deliverance for my soul. 

6 Let sinners and their wicked rage 

Be humbled to the dust; 
Shall not the God of truth engage, 
To vindicate the just? 

7 He knows the heart, He tries the reins, 

He will defend th' upright ; 
His sharpest arrows He ordains 
Against the sons of spite. 

8 For me their malice dug a pit, 

But there themselves are cast: 

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PSALMS. 

My God makes all their mischief light 

On their own heads at last. 
9 That cruel, persecuting race 

Must feel His dreadful sword ; 
Awake, my soul, and praise the grace 

And justice of the Lord. 

8— Part I. S. M. Watts. 

CONDESCENSION OF GOD. 

1 O LOKD, our heavenly King, 
Thy name is all divine; 

Thy glories round the earth are spread, 
And o'er the heavens they shine. 

2 When to Thy works on high, 
I raise my wondering eyes, 

And see the moon, complete in light, 
Adorn the darksome skies : 

3 When I survey the stars 
And all their shining forms, 

Lord ! what is man, that worthless thing, 
Akin to dust and worms ! 

4 Lord ! what is worthless man, 
That Thou shouldst love him so 

Next to Thine angels is he placed, 
And lord of all below. 

5 How rich Thy bounties are! 
How wondrous are Thy ways ! 

Of dust and worms, Thy power can frame 
A monument of praise. 

8 — Paet II. L. M. Watts. 

FIRST AND SECOND ADAM. 

1 LORD, what was man, when made at first, 
Adam, the offspring of the dust, 
That thou shouldst set him and his race, 
But just below an angel's place! 

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PSALMS. 

2 That Thou shouldst raise his nature so, 
And make him lord of all below ; 
Make every beast and bird submit. 
And lay the fishes at his feet! 

3 But oh! what brighter glories wait 
To crown the second Adam's state! 
What honours shall Thy Son adorn, 
Who condescended to be born! 

4 See Him below His angels made. 
See Him in dust among the dead, 
To save a ruined world from sin: 
Yet He shall reign with power divine. 

5 The world to come, redeemed from all 
The miseries that attend the fall, 
New made and glorious, shall submit 
At our exalted Saviour's feet. 

8 — Part IH. L. M. Watts. 

THE HOSANNAH OF THE CHILDREN. 

1 ALMIGHTY Kuler of the skies, 

Through the wide earth Thy name is spread, 
And Thine eternal glories rise, 

O'er all the heavens Thy hands have made. 

2 To Thee the voices of the young 

A monument of honour raise ; 
And babes with uninstructed tongue, 
Declare the wonders of Thy praise. 

3 Thy power assists their tender age 

To bring proud rebels to the ground; 
To still the bold blasphemer's rage, 
And all their policy confound. 

9 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

GOD THE REFUGE OF HIS PEOPLE. 

1 WITH my whole heart I'll raise my song, 
Thy wonders I'll proclaim; 



P S A L M S . 

Thou, the great Judge of right aud wrong, 
"Wilt put my foes to shame. 

2 I '11 sing Thy majesty and grace ; 

My God prepares His throne 
To judge the world in righteousness, 
And make His vengeance known. 

3 Then shall the Lord a refuge prove 

For all the poor oppressed ; 
To save the people of His love, 
And give the weary rest. 

4 The men, who know Thy name, will trust 

In Thine abundant grace : 
And Thou wilt ne'er forsake the just, 
"WTlo humbly seek Thy face. 

5 Sing praises to the righteous Lord, 

Who dwells on Zion's hill ; 
Who executes his threatening word, 
And doth His grace fulfil. 

9 — Past IT. C. M. Watts. 

THE WISDOM AND EQUITY OF PKOVTDENCE. 

1 WHE^ the great Judge, supreme and just, 

Shall once inquire for blood, 
The humble souls, who mourn in dust, 
Shall find a faithful God. 

2 He from the dreadful gates of death 

Doth His own children raise : 
In Zion's gates with cheerful breath, 
They sing their Father's praise. 

3 His foes shall fall with heedless feet 

Into the pit they made ; 
And sinners perish in the net, 

Which their own hands have spread. 

4 Thus by thy judgments, mighty God, 

Are Thy deep counsels known ; 

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PSALMS. 

When men of mischief are destroyed, 
The snare must be their own. 

5 The wicked shall sink down to hell; 

Thy wrath devour the lands 
That dare forget Thee, or rebel 
Against Thy known commands. 

6 Though saints to sore distress are brought, 

And wait and long complain ; 

Their cries shall never be forgot, 

Nor shall their hopes be vain. 

10 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE. 

1 WHY doth the Lord stand off so far ? 

And why conceal His face, 

When great calamities appear, 

And times of deep distress ? 

2 Lord ! shall the wicked still deride 

Thy justice and Thy power ? 
Shall they advance their heads in pride, 
And still Thy saints devour? 

3 They put Thy judgments from their sight, 

And then insult the poor ; 
They boast in their exalted height, 
That they shall fall no more. 

4 Arise, O God, lift up Thy hand; 

Attend our humble cry : 
~No enemy shall dare to stand, 
When God ascends on high. 

10 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

GOD OTJR VINDICATOR. 

1 WHY do the men of malice rage, 
And say, with foolish pride, 
" The God of heaven will ne'er engage 
To fight on Zion's side." 

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P S A L M S . 

2 But Thou for ever art our Lord ; 

And powerful is Thy hand, 
As when the heathen felt Thy sword. 
And perished from Thy land. 

3 God will prepare our hearts to pray, 

And bow His ear to hear ; 
He marks whate'er His children say, 
And puts the world in fear. 

4 Proud tyrants shall no more oppress, 

No more despise the just ; 
And mighty sinners shall confess 
They are but earth and dust. 

11 L. M. Watts. 

PROVIDENCE AND JUSTICE OF GOD. 

1 MY refuge is the God of love : 

Why do my foes insult and cry, 
" Fly, like a timorous trembling dove, 
To distant woods or mountains fly ?" 

2 If government be all destroyed, 

That firm foundation of our peace, 
And violence make justice void, 

Where shall the righteous seek redress ? 

3 The Lord in heaven has fixed His throne, 

His eye surveys the world below ; 
To Him all mortal things are known, 
His eye-lids search our spirits through. 

4 If He afflict His saints so far, 

To prove their love, and try their grace ; 
What must the bold transgressors fear % 
His very soul abhors their ways. 

5 On impious wretches He shall rain 

Tempests of brimstone, fire and death; 
Such as He kindled on the plain 

Of Sodom, with His angry breath. 
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PSALMS. 

6 The righteous Lord loves righteous souls, 
"Whose thoughts and actions are sincere ; 
And with a gracious eye beholds 
The men who His own image bear. 

12 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

HOPE IN EVIL TIMES. 

1 ALMIGHTY God, appear and save, 

For vice and vanity prevail ; 
The godly perish in the grave, 
The just depart, the faithful fail. 

2 The whole discourse, when neighbours meet, 

Is filled with trifles loose and vain ; 
Their lips are flattery and deceit, 

And their proud language is profane. 

3 But lips that with deceit abound 

Shall not maintain their triumph long ; 
The God of vengeance will confound 
The flattering and blaspheming tongue. 

4 " Yet shall our words be free," they cry ; 

" Our tongues shall be controlled by none : 
Where is the Lord will ask us why ? 
Or say, our lips are not our own ?" 

5 The Lord, who sees the poor oppressed 

And hears th' oppressor's haughty strain, 
Will rise to give His children rest, 
Nor shall they trust His word in vain. 

6 Thy word, O Lord, though often tried, 

Yoid of deceit shall still appear ; 
Not silver, seven times purified 

From dross and mixture, shines so clear. 

7 Thy grace shall in the darkest hour 

Defend the holy soul from harm : 
Though when the vilest men have power, 
On every side will sinners swarm. 

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PSALMS, 

12 — Part H. CM. Waits. 

THE SIGNS OF CHRIST^ COMING. 

1 LORD ! when iniquities abound, 

And blasphemy grows bold, 
"When faith is hardly to be found 
And love is waxing cold : 

2 Is not Thy chariot hastening on? 

Hast Thou not given the sign? 
May we not trust and live upon 
A promise so divine? 

3 "Now," saith the Lord, "now will I rise, 

And make oppressors flee; 

I will appear to their surprise, 

And set My servants free." 

4 Thy word, like silver seven times tried, 

Through ages shall endure: 
The men who in Thy truth confide 
Shall find the promise sure. 

13 L. M. Watts. 

PLEADING UNDER DESERTION. 

1 HOW long, O Lord, shall I complain, 
Like one that seeks his God in vain? 
Wilt thou Thy face for ever hide? 
Shall I still pray and be denied? 

2 Shall I for ever be forgot, 

As one whom Thou regard est not? 

Still shall my soul Thine absence mourn, 

And still despair of Thy return ? 

3 How long shall my poor troubled breast 
Be with these anxious thoughts oppressed? 
And Satan, my malicious foe, 

Rejoice to see me sunk so low? 

4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief, 
Before my death conclude my grief; 

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PSALMS. 

If Thou withhold Thy heavenly light, 
I sleep in everlasting night. 

5 How would the powers of darkness boast 
Could but one praying soul be lost ? 
But I have trusted in Thy grace, 

And shall again behold Thy face. 

6 Whate'er my fears or foes suggest, 
Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest: 
My heart shall feel Thy love, and raise 
My cheerful voice to songs of praise. 

14— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

ALL MEN SINNERS BY NATURE. 

1 FOOLS in their hearts believe and say 

A That all religion 's vain ; 
There is no God that reigns on high, 
Or minds th' affairs of men." 

2 From thoughts so dreadful and profane 

Corrupt discourse proceeds ; 
And in their impious hands are found 
Abominable deeds. 

3 The Lord, from His celestial throne, 

Looked down on things below, 
To find the man who sought His grace, 
Or did His justice know. 

4 By nature all are gone astray, 

Their practice all the same ; 
There's none that fears his Maker's hand 
There's none that loves His name. 

5 Their tongues are used to speak deceit, 

Their slanders never cease; 
How swift to mischief are their feet! 
Nor know the paths of peace. 

6 Such seeds of sin, that bitter root, 

In every heart are found; 

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PSALMS. 

Nor can they bear diviner fruit, 
Till grace refine the ground. 

14— Part II. C. M. Watts. 

THE FOLLY OF PERSECUTORS. 

1 ARE sinners now so senseless grown, 

That they the saints devour? 
And never worship at Thy throne, 
Nor fear Thine awful power? 

2 Great God! appear to their surprise, 

Reveal Thy dreadful name; 
Let them no more Thy wrath despise, 
Nor turn our hope to shame. 

3 Dost Thou not dwell among the just? 

And yet our foes deride, 
That we should make Thy name our trust: 
Great God! confound their pride. 

4 Oh ! that the joyful day were come 

To finish our distress! 
"When God shall bring His children home, 
Our songs shall never cease. 

15 L- M. Watts. 

THE CHARACTER OF A SAINT. 

1 WHO shall ascend Thy heavenly place, 
Great God! and dwell before Thy face? 
The man who minds religion now, 
And lives and walks by faith below: 

2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean ; 
Whose lips still speak the thing they mean : 
No slanders dwell upon his tongue ; 

He hates to do his neighbour wrong. 

3 Scarce will he trust an ill report, 
Nor vent it to his neighbour's hurt; 

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PSALMS. 

Sinners of state he can despise ; 
But saints are honoured in his eyes. 

4 Firm to his word he ever stood, 
And always niakes his promise good; 
Nor dares to change the thing he swears, 
Whatever pain or loss he bears. 

5 He never deals in bribing gold, 

And mourns that justice should be sold: 
While others scorn and wrong the poor, 
Sweet charity attends his door. 

6 He loves his enemies, and prays 

For those who curse him to his face; 
And doth to all men still the same 
That he would hope or wish from them. 

7 Yet, when his holiest works are done, 
His soul depends on grace alone : 
This is the man Thy face shall see, 
And dwell for ever, Lord! with Thee. 

16— Part I. L. M. Watts. 

REJOICING- IN THE COMMTJNION OF SAINTS. 

1 PBESEKVE me, Lord, in time of need 

For succour to Thy throne I flee; 
But have no merits there to plead: 
My goodness cannot reach to Thee. 

2 Oft have my heart and tongue confessed 

How empty and how poor I am: 

My praise can never make Thee blest, 

Nor add new glories to Thy name. 

3 Yet, Lord, Thy saints on earth may reap 

Some profit by the good we do: 
These are the company I keep, 

These are the choicest friends I know. 

4 Let others choose the sons of mirth, 

To give a relish to their wine ; 

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PSALMS. 

I love the men of heavenly birth, 

Whose thoughts and language are divine. 

16 — Part II. L. M. Watts. 

THE PRECIOUSNESS OF CHRIST. 

1 HOW fast their guilt and Borrows rise, 

WTio haste to seek some idol god ! 
I will not taste their sacrifice, 

Their offerings of forbidden blood. 

2 My God provides a richer cup, 

And nobler food to live upon; 
He for my life hath offered up 
Jesus, His best beloved Son. 

3 His love is my perpetual feast; 

By day His counsels guide me right: 
Ajid be His name for ever blest, 

WTio gives me sweet advice by night. 

4 1 set Him still before mine eyes ; 

At my right hand He stands prepared 
To keep my soul from all surprise, 
And be my everlasting guard. 

16 —Part III. L. M. Watts. 

HOPE IN THE RESURRECTION. 

1 WHEN God is nigh, my faith is strong, 

His arm is my almighty prop : 
Be glad, my heart ; rejoice, my tongue ; 
My dying flesh shall rest in hope. 

2 Though in the dust I lay my head, 

Yet, gracious God, Thou wilt not leave 
My soul for ever with the dead ; 

For Christ hath triumphed o'er the grave. 

3 My flesh shall Thy first call obey, 

Shake off the dust, and rise on high : 
Then shalt Thou lead the wondrous way 
Up to Thy throne above the sky. 

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PSALMS. 

4 There streams of endless pleasure flow ; 
And full discoveries of Thy grace, 
Which we but tasted here below, 

Spread heavenly joys through all the place. 

16 — Part IV. C. M. Watts. 

DIVINE GOODNESS AND COTTNSEL. 

1 SAVE me, O Lord, from every foe ; 

In Thee my trust I place : 
Though all the good, that I can do, 
Can ne'er deserve Thy grace. 

2 Yet, here, Thy children to sustain 

Shall be my loved employ ; 
Thy children, first and best of men, 
My friends, my highest joy. 

3 Let heathens to their idols haste, 

And worship wood, or stone ; 
But my delightful lot is cast 
Where the true God is known. 

4 The Lord provides my constant food, 

He fills my daily cup ; 
Much am I pleased with present good, 
But more rejoice in hope. 

5 God is my portion and my joy, 

His counsels are my light : 
He gives me sweet advice by day, 
And gentle hints by night. 

6 My soul would all her thoughts approve 

To His all-seeing eye : 
Not death nor hell my hope shall move, 
While such a friend is nigh. 

17 — Part I. S. M. Watts. 

THE PORTION OF SAINTS AND SINNERS. 

1 ARISE, my gracious God, 
And make the wicked flee : 

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PSALMS. 

They are but Thy chastising rod, 
To drive Thy saints to Thee. 

2 Behold, the sinner dies, 

His haughty words are vain: 
Here in this life his pleasure lies, 
And all beyond is pain. 

3 Then let his pride advance, 
And boast of all his store : 

The Lord is my inheritance, 
My soul can wish no more. 

4 I shall behold the face 
Of my forgiving God ; 

And stand complete in righteousness, 
Washed in my Saviour's blood. 

5 There 's a new heaven begun 
When I awake from death, 

Dressed in the likeness of Thy Son, 
And draw immortal breath. 

17 — Part II. L. M. Watts. 

REJOICING IN THE PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 

1 LORD, I am Thine ; but Thou wilt prove 
My faith, my patience, and my love : 
When men of spite against me join, 
They are the sword, the hand is Thine. 

2 Their hope and portion lie below ; 
'T is all the happiness they know ; 

'T is all they seek ; they take their shares, 
And leave the rest among their heirs. 

3 What sinners value I resign : 

Lord, 't is enough that Thou art mine : 
I shall behold Thy blissful face, 
And stand complete in righteousness. 

4 This life's a dream, an empty show; 

But the bright world to which I go, 
9* aa 



PSALMS. 

Hath joys substantial and sincere ; 
When shall I wake and find me there % 

5 glorious hour ! O blest abode ! 
I shall be near and like iny God ; 
And flesh and sin no more control 
The sacred pleasures of the soul. 

6 My flesh shall slumber in the ground, 
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ;. 
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise. 
And in my Saviour's image rise. 

18 — Part I L. M. Watts. 

DELIVERANCE FROM DESPAIR. . 

1 THEE will I love, O Lord, my strength, 

My rock, my tower, my high defence ; 
Thy mighty arm shall be my trust : 
For I have found salvation thence. 

2 Death, and the terrors of the grave, 

Spread over me their dismal shade ; 
While floods of high temptations rose, 
And made my sinking soul afraid. 

3 I saw the opening gates of hell, 

With endless pains and sorrows there, 
Which none but they that feel, can tell ; 
While I was hurried to despair. 

4 In my distress I called my God, 

When I could scarce believe Him mine ; 
He bowed His ear to my complaints ; 
Then did His grace appear divine. 

5 With speed He flew to my relief; 

As on a cherub's wings He rode : 
Awful and bright as lightning shone 
The face of my deliverer, God. 

U 



PSALMS. 

6 Temptations fled at His rebuke, 

Dispelled by His almighty breath : 
He sent salvation from on high, 

And drew me from the depths of death, 

7 Great were my fears, my foes were great ; 

Much was their strength, and more their rage ; 
But Christ, my Lord, is conqueror still, 
In all the wars that devils wage. 

8 My song for ever shall record 

That terrible, that joyful hour ; 
And give the glory to the Lord, 
Due to His mercy and His power. 

18 — Part n. L. M. Waits. 

CHRISTIAN SINCERITY. 

1 LORD, thou hast formed my soul sincere, 
Hast made Thy truth and love appear : 
Before mine eyes I set Thy laws, 

And Thou hast owned my righteous cause. 

2 Since I have learned Thy holy ways, 
I 've walked upright before Thy face : 
And if my feet from Thee depart, 

It grieves my soul, it wounds my heart. 

3 What sore temptations broke my rest ! 
What wars and strugglings in my breast ! 
But, through Thy grace that reigns within, 
I guard against my darling sin. 

4 The sin that close besets me still, 

That works and strives against my will : 
When shall Thy Spirit's sovereign power 
Destroy it, that it rise no more? 

5 With an impartial hand, the Lord 
Deals out to mortals their reward : 
The kind and faithful soul shall find 
A God all faithful and most kind. 

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PSALMS. 

6 The just and pure shall ever say, 

Thou art more pure, more just than they ; 
And men that love revenge shall know, 
God hath an arm of vengeance too. 

18 — Part HI. L. M. Watts. 

REJOICING IN GOD. 

1 JUST are Thy ways, and true Thy word, 

Great Rock of my secure abode : 
Who is a God beside the Lord ? 
Or where 's a refuge like our God ? 

2 Tis He that girds me with His might, 

Gives me His holy sword to wield ; 
And while with sin and hell I fight, 
Spreads His salvation for my shield. 

3 He lives, and blessed be my rock ! 

The God of my salvation lives ; 
The dark designs of hell He broke : 
Sweet is the peace my Saviour gives. 

4 Before the scoffers of the age, 

I will exalt my Saviour's name : 
Nor tremble at their mighty rage ; 

But meet reproach, and bear the shame. 

18 — Part IV. C. M. Watts. 

VICTORY OVER NATIONAL ENEMIES. 

1 WE love Thee, Lord, and we adore ; 

Now is Thine arm revealed : 
Thou art our strength, our heavenly tower, 
Our bulwark and our shield. 

2 We fly to our eternal rock, 

And find a sure defence : 
His holy name our lips invoke, 
And draw salvation thence. 

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PSALMS. 

3 When God our leader shines in arms, 

What mortal heart can bear 

The thunder of His loud alarms ? 

The lightning of His spear ? 

4 He rides upon the winged wind ; 

And angels in array, 
In millions, wait to know His mind. 
And swift as flames obey. 

5 He speaks, and at His fierce rebuke 

Whole armies are dismayed ; 
His voice, His frown, His angry look, 
Strikes all their courage dead. 

6 He forms our generals for the field, 

With all their dreadful skill ; 
Gives them His awful sword to wield, 
And makes their hearts of steel. 

7 He arms our captains to the fight, 

Though there His name 's forgot, 
He girded Cyrus with His might, 
When Cyrus knew Him not. 

8 Oft has the Lord whole nations blest 

For His own children's sake : 
The powers, that give His people rest, 
Shall of His care partake. 

18 — Part Y. C. M. Watts. 

THE CONQUEROR'S SONG. 

1 TO Thine almighty arm we owe 

The triumphs of the day ; 
Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe, 
And melt his strength away. 

2 5 Tis by Thine aid our troops prevail, 

And break united powers : 
Or burn their boasted fleets, or scale 
The proudest of their towers. 

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PSALMS. 

3 How have we chased them through the field, 

And trod them to the ground; 
"While Thy salvation was our shield, 
And they no shelter found ! 

4 In vain to idol saints they cry, 

And perish in their blood : . 
Where is a rock so great, so high, 
So powerful as our God ? 

5 The Rock of Israel ever lives, 

His name be ever blest ; 
'T is His own arm the victory gives, 
He gives His people rest. 

18 — Past YI. 10's. . Dwight. 

THANKSGIVING- FOR THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

1 TO bless the Lord, our God, in strains divine, 
With thankful hearts, and raptured voices join ; 
To us what wonders His right hand hath shown ! 
Mercies, His chosen tribes have scarcely known ! 
Like David blessed, begin th' enraptured song ; 
Let praise and joy awaken every tongue. 

2 When, fired to rage, against our nations rose 
Chiefs of proud name, and bands of haughty foes ; 
He trained our hosts to fight, with arms arrayed, 
With health invigored, and with bounty fed ; 
Gave us His chosen chief our sons to guide ; 
Heard every prayer, and every want supplied. 

3 He gave their armies captive to our hands, 
Or sent them frustrate to their native lands ; 
Burst the dark snare, disclosed the miry pit, 
And led to broad, safe grounds, our sliding feet : 
Bounteous, for us, extended regions won, 

The fairest empire spread beneath the sun. 

4 When, dark and threatening, civil broils arose, 
Each hope grew dim, and friends were changed to 

foes 33 " 



PSALMS. 

God was our stay, our help, our heavenly shield : 
His grace preserved us, and His arm upheld ; 
Saved us from tumults dire, and deep distress ; 
Enlarged our blessings, and confirmed our peace. 

5 No more against our land shall strangers rise, 
But fall, and fade, beneath avenging skies : 
Pleased, the fierce heathen yield to happier sway ; 
The groping savage hail the gospel day ; 

Low sink the proud, the sons of blood be slain ; 
ISTor injured Zion lift her cries in vain. 

6 But, O thou Power beloved ! our shores around 
Be every virtue, every blessing found. 

Here bid Thy seasons crown the fruitful plain ; 
Here bid fair peace extend her blissful reign : 
Let laws, let justice, hold perpetual sway, 
The soul unfettered, and the conscience free. 

7 With clearest splendour, here, let knowledge shine : 
Here every glory beam from truth divine ; 

To Jesus' call the soul obsequious bend ; 
Grace from Thy Spirit in rich showers descend ; 
Nations each day ascend the bright abode, 
And boundless praise unceasing rise to God. 

19 — Part I. S. M. Watts. 

THE BOOK OF NATURE AND SCRIPTURE. 

1 BEHOLD ! the lofty sky 
Declares its maker God, 

And all His starry works on high 
Proclaim His power abroad. 

2 The darkness and the light 

Still keep their course the same ; 
While night to day, and day to night. 
Divinely teach His name. 

3 In every different land 
Their general voice is known : 

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PSALMS. 

They show the wonders of His hand. 
And orders of His throne. 

4 Ye western lands, rejoice, 
Here He reveals His word : 

We are not left to nature's voice 
To bid ns know the Lord. 

5 His statutes and commands 
Are set before our eyes ; 

He pats His gospel in our hands, 
Where our salvation lies. 

6 His laws are just and pure, 
His truth without deceit ; 

His promises for ever sure, 
And His rewards are great. 

7 Not honey to the taste 
Affords so much delight ; 

Nor gold that has the furnace past 
So much allures the sight. 



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8 While of Thy works I sing, 

Thy glory to proclaim ; 
Accept the praise, my God, my Xing, 

In my Redeemer's name. 

19 — Part II. S. M. Watts. 

THE WORD OF GOD MOST EXCELLENT. 

1 BEHOLD, the morning sun 
Begins his glorious way ; 

His beams through all the nations run, 
And life and light convey. 

2 But where the gospel comes, 
It spreads diviner light ; 

It calls dead sinners from their tombs, 
And gives the blind their sight. 

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PSALMS. 

3 How perfect is Thy word ! 
And all Thy judgments just ; 

For ever sure Thy promise, Lord ; 
And men securely trust. 

4 My gracious God, how plain 
Are Thy directions given ! 

Oh ! may I never read in vain, 
But find the path to heaven ! 

5 I hear Thy word with love, 
And I would fain obey : 

Send Thy good Spirit from above, 
To guide me, lest I stray. 

6 Oh ! who can ever find 
The errors of his ways ! 

Yet with a bold presumptuous mind, 
I would not dare transgress. 

7 Warn me of every sin ; 
Forgive my secret faults : 

And cleanse this guilty soul of mine, 
Whose crimes exceed my thoughts. 

8 While with my heart and tongue 
I spread Thy praise abroad ; 

Accept the worship and the song, 
My Saviour and my God. 

19 — Part III. L. M. Watts. 

NATURE AJSTD SCRIPTURE COMPARED. 

1 THE heavens declare Thy glory, Lord, 

In every star Thy wisdom shines ; 
But when our eyes behold Thy word, 
We read Thy name in fairer lines. 

2 The rolling sun, the changing light, 

And nights and days Thy power confess; 

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PSALMS. 

But the blest volume Thou hast writ, 
Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace. 

3 Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise 

Round the whole earth, and never stand ; 
So when Thy truth began its race, 
It touched and glanced on every land. 

4 E~or shall Thy spreading gospel rest, 

Till through the world Thy truth has run : 
Till Christ has all the nations blest, 
That see the light, or feel the sun. 

5 Great Sun of Righteousness, arise; 

Bless the dark world with heavenly light ; 
Thy gospel makes the simple wise, 

Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right. 

6 Thy noblest wonders here we view, 

In souls renewed, and sins forgiven: 
Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, 
And make Thy word my guide to heaven. 

19 — Part W. L. P. M. Watts. 

THE GOSPEL. 

1 I LOYE the volume of Thy Word : 
What light and joy its leaves afford 

To souls benighted and distressed ! 
Thy precepts guide my doubtful way; 
Thy fear forbids my feet to stray ; 

Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 

2 From the discoveries of Thy law 
The perfect rules of life I draw ; 

These are my study and delight: 
Not honey so invites the taste, 
Nor gold, that has the furnace passed 

Appears so pleasing to the sight 

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PSALMS. 

3 Thy threatenings wake my slumbering eyes, 
And warn me where my danger lies; 

But 'tis Thy blessed gospel, Lord, 
That makes my guilty conscience clean; 
Converts my soul, subdues my sin; 

And gives a free, but large reward. 

4 Who knows the errors of his thoughts? 
My God, forgive my secret faults, 

And from presumptuous sins restrain: 
Accept my poor attempts at praise, 
That I have read Thy book of grace 

And book of nature not in vain. 

20 L - M - Watts. 

PRAYER IS TIME OF WAR. 

1 NOW may the God of power and grace 

Attend His people's humble cry ! 
Jehovah hears when Israel prays, 

And brings deliverance from on high. 

2 The name of Jacob's God defends, 

Better than shields or brazen walls: 
He from His sanctuary sends 

Succour and strength when Zion calls. 

3 Well He remembers all our sighs; 

His love exceeds our best deserts; 
His love accepts the sacrifice 

Of humble groans, and broken hearts. 

4 In His salvation is our hope; 

And in the name of Israel's God, 
Our troops shall lift their banners up; 
Our navies spread their flags abroad. 

5 Some trust in horses trained for war, 

And some of chariots make their boasts: 
Our surest expectations are 

From Thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts. 

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PSALMS. 

6 Oh ! may the memory of Thy name 

Inspire our armies for the fight I 
Our foes shall fall and die with shame, 
Or quit the field with shameful flight. 

7 Now save us, Lord, from slavish fear ; 

Now let our hope be firm and strong ; 
Till Thy salvation shall appear, 

And joy and triumph raise the song. 

21 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

PIOUS RULERS ARE THE CARE OF HEAVEN. 

1 OUR rulers, Lord, with songs of praise 

Should in Thy strength rejoice; 

And blest with Thy salvation, raise 

To Heaven their cheerful voice. 

2 Thy sure defence through nations round, 

Has spread their honours far; 
And their successful measures crowned, 
Alike in peace and war. 

3 Then let them still on God rely 

For wisdom, and for grace; 
His mercy shall their wants supply, 
And save our happy race. 

21 — Part II. C. M. Barlow. 

PRAISE FOR PEACE AND NATIONAL BLESSINGS. 

1 IK Thee, great God, with songs of praise, 

Our favoured realms rejoice; 
And, blest with Thy salvation, raise 
To heaven their cheerful voice. 

2 Thy sure defence, from foes around, 

Hath spread our rising name; 

And all our feeble efforts crowned 

With freedom, and with fame. 

3 In deep distress our injured land 

Implored Thy power to save: 

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P S A L M S . 

For peace we prayed ; Thy bounteous hand 
The timely blessing gave. 

4 Thy mighty arm, eternal Power, 

Opposed their deadly aim ; 
In mercy swept them from our shore, 
And spread their sails with shame. 

5 On Thee, in want, in woe, or pain, 

Our hearts alone rely: 
Our rights Thy mercy will maintain, 
And all our wants supply. 

6 Thus, Lord, Thy wondrous power declare : 

And still exalt Thv fame; 
While we glad songs of praise prepare 
To Thine almighty name. 

21 — Part III. L. M. Waits. 

Christ's exaltation. 

1 DAVID rejoiced in God, his strength, 

Raised to the throne by special grace; 
But Christ, the Son, appears at length, 
Fulfils the triumph and the praise. 

2 How great is the Messiah's joy 

In the salvation of Thy hand ! 
Lord, Thou hast raised His kingdom high, 
And given the world to His command. 

3 Whate'er He wills Thy goodness gives, 

Nor doth the least request withhold: 
Blessings attend Him while He lives 
And crowns of glory, not of gold. 

4 Around His sacred temples shine, 

Th' Eternal's uncreated rays: 
All power is His, and grace divine, 
And length of everlasting days. 

5 But as a fiery oven glows 

"With raging heat, and burning coals: 

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Thy vengeance shall consume His foes: 
Thy wrath devour their guilty souls. 

22 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

CHRIST FORSAKEN ON THE CROSS. 

1 MY God, my God, why hast Thou left 

My soul without relief! 
Of Thy blest smiles to be bereft 
Exceeds all other grief. 

2 But Thou art holy, O my God, 

And wilt not spare Thy Son ; 
As Saviour, He must bear the load, 
And taste the curse alone. 

3 Our fathers trusted in Thy name, 

And great deliverance found; 
But I'm a worm despised of men, 
And trodden to the ground. 

4: Shaking the head, they pass me by, 
And laugh my soul to scorn; 
"In vain he trusts in God," they cry, 
"Neglected and forlorn. " 

5 Yet, Thou, O God! hast formed my flesh, 

By Thine almighty word, 
And since I hung upon the breast, 
My hope is in the Lord. 

6 My God, if possible it be, 

Withhold this bitter cup ! 

But I resign my will to Thee, 

And drink the sorrows up. 

7 My heart dissolves with pangs unknown ; 

In groans I waste my breath: 
Thy heavy hand has brought me down, 
Low as the dust of death. 

8 Father, I give my spirit up, 

And trust it in Thine hand: 

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PSALMS. 

My dying flesh shall rest in hope, 
And rise at Thy command. 

22 — Part II. CM. Watts. 

BLESSINGS FROM CHRIST CRUCIFIED. 

1 WRITHING in pain, our Saviour prayed 

"With mighty cries and tears : 
In that dread hour, His Father heard, 
And chased away His fears. 

2 Great was the victory of His death; 

His throne exalted high : 
And all the kindreds of the earth 
Shall worship, or shall die. 

3 A numerous race shall mount the skies 

On His expiring groans: 
They shall be reckoned in His eyes 

For daughters and for sons. 
4: The meek and humble souls shall see 

His table richly spread: 
And all that seek the Lord shall be 

With joys immortal fed. 
5 The isles shall know the righteousness 

Of our incarnate God ; 
And nations yet unborn, profess 

Salvation in His blood. 

22 — Part III. L. M. Watts. 

Christ's sufferings and exaltation 

1 NOW let our mournful songs record 
The dying sorrows of our Lord; 

When He complained in tears and blood, 
As one forsaken of His God. 

2 The Jews beheld Him thus forlorn, 

And shook their heads and laughed in scorn: 
" He rescued others from the grave ; 
Now let Him try Himself to save," 



P S A L M S . 

3 They wound His head, His hands, His feet, 
Till streams of blood each other meet ; 

By lot His garments they divide, 

And mock the pangs in which He died. 

4 But God, His Father, heard His cry; 
Raised from the dead, He reigns on high ; 
The nations learn His righteousness, 

And humble sinners taste His grace. 

23 — Part I. L. M. 

JESUS A SHEPHERD. 

1 JESUS, my Lord, doth condescend, 
To be my shepherd and my friend; 
I on His faithfulness rely, 

His care shall all my wants supply. 

2 In pastures green He doth me lead, 
And there in safety makes me feed: 
Refreshing streams are ever nigh, 
My thirsty soul to satisfy. 

3 When strayed, or languid, I complain, 
His grace revives my soul again: 

For His name's sake, in ways upright, 
He makes me walk with great delight. 

4 Yea, when death's gloomy vale I tread, 
With joy, e'en there, I '11 lift my head ; 
From fear and dread He'll keep me free: 
His rod and staif shall comfort me. 

5 A table stored with living bread, 

In spite of foes, Lord, Thou hast spread; 
Thou dost my head with oil anoint, 
And a full cup for me appoint. 

6 Goodness and mercy shall to me, 
Through all my life extended be; 
And when my pilgrimage is o'er, 
I'll dwell with Thee for evermore. 

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PSALMS. 

23 — Pakt II. S. M. Watts. 

THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 

1 JESUS my Shepherd lives, 
Jehovah is His name : 

Since He is mine, and I am His, 
I shall not suffer shame. 

2 He leads me to the place 
Where heavenly pasture grows; 

Where living waters gently pass, 
And full salvation flows. 

3 If e'er I go astray, 

He doth my soul reclaim ; 
And guides me in His own right way, 
For His most holy name. 

4 While He affords his aid, 
I cannot want or fear: 

Though I should walk through death's dark shade, 
My Shepherd's with me there. 

5 In spite of all my foes, 
Thou dost my table spread ; 

My cup with blessings overflows, 
And joy exalts my head. 

6 The bounties of Thy love 
Shall crown my following days ; 

Nor from Thy house will I remove, 
Nor cease to speak Thy praise. 

24 L. M. Watts. 






1 THIS spacious earth is all the Lord's, 
And men and worms, and beasts and birds 
He raised the building on the seas, 
And gave it for their dwelling-place. 
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PSALMS. 

2 But there 's a brighter world on high, 
Thy palace, Lord, above the sky : 
Who shall ascend that blest abode, 
And dwell so near his Maker, God ? 

3 He who abhors and fears to sin, 

Whose heart is pure, whose hands are clean; 
Him shall the Lord the Saviour bless, 
And clothe his soul with righteousness. 

4 These are the men, the pious race, 
Who seek the God of Jacob's face : 
These shall enjoy the blissful sight, 
And dwell in everlasting light. 

5 Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high, 
Behold the King of glory nigh! 
Who can this King of glory be? 
The mighty Lord, the Saviour's He. 

6 Ye heavenly gates, your leaves display, 
To make the Lord, the Saviour, way : 
Laden with spoils from earth and hell, 
The Conqueror comes with God to dwell. 

7 Raised from the dead, He goes before, 
He opens heaven's eternal door, 

To give His saints a blest abode 
Near their Redeemer, and their God. 

25 — Part I. S. M. Watts. 

WAITING FOR PARDON AND DIRECTION. 

1 I LIFT my soul to God, 
My trust is in His name; 

Let not my foes that seek my blood 
Still triumph in my shame. 

2 Sin, and the powers of hell 
Persuade me to despair: 

Lord, make me know Thy covenant well, 

That I may 'scape the snare. 

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PSALMS, 

3 From the first dawning light, 
Till the dark evening rise, 

For Thy salvation, Lord, 1 wait, 
With ever longing eyes. 

4 Kemember all Thy grace, 
And lead me in Thy truth ; 

Forgive the sins of riper days, 
And follies of my youth. 

5 The Lord is just and kind, 

The meek shall learn His ways ; 
And every humble sinner find 
The blessings of His grace. 

6 For His own goodness' sake, 
He saves my soul from shame; 

He pardons, though my guilt be great, 
Through my Redeemer's name. 

25 — Part H. S. M. "Watts. 

COVENANT BLESSINGS. 

1 WHERE shall the man be found, 
That fears t'ofTend his God, 

That loves the Gospel's joyful sound, 
And trembles at the rod? 

2 The Lord shall make him know 
The secrets of His heart ; 

The wonders of His covenant show, 
And all His love impart. 

3 The dealings of His hand 
Are truth and mercy still, 

With such as in His covenant stand, 
And love to do His will. 

4 Their souls shall dwell at ease 
Before their Maker's face: 

Their seed shall taste the promises 

In their extensive grace. 

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PSALMS. 
25 — Part III. S. M. Watts. 

DISTRESS OF SOUL. 

1 MINE eyes and my desire 
Are ever to the Lord: 

1 love to plead His promises, 
And rest upon His word. 

2 Turn, turn Thee to my soul; 
Bring Thy salvation near : 

When will Thy hand release my feet 
Out of the deadly snare? 

3 When shall the sovereign grace 
Of my forgiving God, 

Kestore me from those dangerous ways, 
My wandering feet have trod ? 

4 The tumult of my thoughts 
Doth but enlarge my woe; 

My spirit languishes; my heart 
Is desolate and low. 

5 With every morning light, 
My grief anew begins: 

Look on my anguish and my pain, 
And pardon all my sins. 

6 Behold the hosts of hell, 
How cruel is their hate! 

Against my life they rise, and join 
Their fury with deceit. 

7 Oh! keep my soul from death, 
Nor put my hope to shame: 

For I have placed my only trust 
In my Redeemer's name. 

8 With humble faith I wait, 
To see Thy face again: 

Of Israel it shall ne'er be said, 



He sought the Lord in vain. 



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PSALMS. 

26 L - M - Watts. 

THE CHRISTIAN'S APPEAL TO GOD. 

1 JUDGE me, O Lord, and prove my ways, 

And try my reins, and try my heart ; 
My faith upon Thy promise stays, 
Nor from Thy law my feet depart. 

2 I hate to walk, I hate to sit 

With men of vanity and lies: 
The scoffer and the hypocrite 

Are the abhorrence of mine eyes. 

3 Among Thy saints will I appear, 

With hands well washed in innocence; 
But when I stand before Thy bar, 
The blood of Christ is my defence. 

4 I love Thy habitation, Lord, 

The temple where Thine honours dwell; 
There shall I hear Thy holy word, 
And there Thy works of wonder tell. 

5 Let not my soul be joined at last 

With men of treachery and blood ; 
Since I my days on earth have past 
Among the saints, and near my God. 

27 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

DELIGHT AND SAFETY IN THE CHURCH. 

1 THE Lord of glory is my light, 

And my salvation too : 
God is my strength ; nor will 1 fear 
What all my foes can do. 

2 One privilege my heart desires ; 

Oh ! grant me an abode, 
Within th' assemblies of Thy saints, 
The temples of my God ! 

3 There shall I offer my requests, 

And see Thy beauty still; 

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PSALMS. 

Shall hear Thy messages of love, 
And there inquire Thy will. 

4 When troubles rise, and storms appear, 

There may His children hide : 
God has a strong pavilion, where 
He makes my soul abide. 

5 Now shall my head be lifted high 

Above my foes around; 
And songs of joy and victory 
Within Thy temple sound. 

27 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

COMFORT IN GOD. 

1 SOON as I heard my Father say, 

"Ye children, seek My grace;" 
My heart replied without delay, 
"I'll seek my Father's face." 

2 Let not Thy face be hid from me, 

Nor frown my soul away : 
God of my life, I fly to Thee 
In a distressing day. 

3 Should friends and kindred, near and dear, 

Leave me to want, or die; 
My God would make my life His care, 
And all my need supply. 

4 My fainting flesh had died with grief, 

Had not my soul believed 
Thy grace would soon provide relief; 
Nor was my hope deceived. 

5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints, 

And keep your courage up : 

He'll raise your spirit when it faints, 

And far exceed your hope. 

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PSALMS. 
28 L - M. Dwight. 

DELIVERANCE FROM ENEMIES. 

1 O GOD of grace, my cry attend ! 

Lest, like the sons of guilt become, 
Beguiled by Satan, I descend 

With hopeless wretches to the tomb. 

2 To Thee my humble sighs arise ; 

With lifted hands, on Thee I call ; 
Lord, hear my fervent prayers and cries, 
Nor leave me in despair to fall. 

3 Oh ! save my soul from shame and sin ; 

Nor let my heedless footsteps go, 
Where hardened wretches swift decline 
Down the broad way to endless woe. 

4 While peace their nattering lips proclaim, 

And love profess, and hope impart ; 

They blast their neighbour's honest fame, 

And wing their arrows to his heart. 

5 But, while they plant the secret snare, 

Thy searching eyes their path regard : 
Thy hands their dreadful doom prepare, 
And mete their guilt its just reward. 

6 Because their hearts Thy works despise, 

Thy works of wisdom, grace, and power, 
Thy hand, regardless of their cries, 

Shall sink them, that they rise no more. 

7 Blest be the Lord, who heard my prayer ; 

The Lord my shield, my help, my song ; 
Who saved my soul from sin and fear ; 
And tuned with praise my thankful tongue ! 

8 In the dark hour of deep distress, 

By foes beset, of death afraid ; 
My spirit trusted in His grace, 

And sought, and found His heavenly aid. 

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PSALMS. 

9 O blest Redeemer, great and kind ! 

Thy shield, Thy saving strength, shall be 
The shield, the strength, of every mind, 
That loves Thy name, and trusts in Thee. 

10 Remember, Lord, Thy chosen seed ; 

Israel defend from guilt and woe : 
Thy nock in richest pastures feed, 

And guard their steps from every foe. 

11 Zion exalt, her cause maintain ; 

With peace and joy her courts surround : 
In showers let endless blessings rain, 
And saints eternal praise resound. 

29 L. M. Watts. 

MAJESTY OF GOD. 

1 GIYE to the Lord, ye sons of fame, 

Give to the Lord renown and power; 
Ascribe due honours to His name, 
And His eternal might adore. 

2 The Lord proclaims His power aloud, 

Upon the ocean and the land : 
His voice divides the watery cloud, 
And lightnings blaze at His command. 

3 He speaks, and tempest, hail and wind, 

Lay the wide forest bare around: 
The fearful hart, and frighted hind, 
Leap at the terror of the sound. 

4 To Lebanon he turns His voice, 

And lo ! the stately cedars break ; 
The mountains tremble at the noise, 
The v allies roar, the deserts quake. 

5 The Lord sits sovereign on the flood ; 

The Thunderer reigns for ever king ; 
But makes His church His blest abode, 
Where we His awful glories sing. 

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PSALMS. 

6 In gentler language there the Lord 
The counsels of His grace imparts : 
Amid the raging storm, His word 

Speaks peace and courage to our hearts. 

30 L. M. Watts. 

SICKNESS HEALED. 

1 I WILL extol Thee, Lord, on high, 
At Thy command diseases fly; 

Who, but a God, can speak, and save 
From the dark borders of the grave? 

2 Sing to the Lord, ye saints of His, 
And tell how large His goodness is ; 
Let all your powers rejoice and bless, 
While you record His holiness. 

3 His anger but a moment stays ; 
His love is life and length of days : 
Though grief and tears the night employ, 
The morning star restores the joy. 

4 Firm was my health, my day was bright, 
And I presumed 'twould ne'er be night: 
Fondly I said within my heart, 

" Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart." 

5 But I forgot Thine arm was strong, 
Which made my mountain stand so long; 
Soon as Thy face began to hide, 

My health was gone, my comforts died. 

6 I cried aloud to Thee, my God : 
"What canst Thou profit by my blood? 
Deep in the dust can I declare 

Thy truth, or sing Thy glories there? 

7 Hear me, O God of grace," I said, 
"And bring me from among the dead:" 
Thy word rebuked the pains I felt; 
Thy pardoning love removed my guilt. 
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PSALMS. 

8 My groans, and tears, and forms of woe, 
Are turned to joy and praises now ; 

I throw my sackcloth on the ground, 
And ease and gladness gird me round. 

9 My tongue, the glory of my frame, 
Shall ne'er be silent of Thy name : 

Thy praise shall sound through earth and heaven, 
For sickness healed and sins forgiven. 

31 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH. 

1 INTO Thy hand, O God of truth, 

My spirit I commit; 
Thou hast redeemed my soul from death, 
And saved me from the pit. 

2 The passions of my hope and fear 

Maintained a doubtful strife; 
While sorrow, pain, and sin conspired 
To take away my life. 

3 "My times are in Thy hand," I cried, 

" Though I draw near the dnst :" 
Thou art the refuge where I hide, 
The God in whom I trust. 

4 Oh ! make Thy reconciled face 

Upon Thy servant shine, 
And save me for Thy mercy's sake! 
For I'm entirely thine. 

5 'Twas in my haste my spirit said, 

" I must despair and die ; 
I am cut off before Thine eyes;" 
But Thou hast heard my cry. 

6 Thy goodness how divinely free! 

How wondrous is Thy grace 
To those that fear Thy majesty, 
And trust Thy promises! 

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PSALMS. 

7 Oli ! love the Lord, all ye His saints, 
And sing His praises loud : 
He'll bend His ear to your complaints, 
And recompense the proud. 

31 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

DELIVERANCE FROM SLANDER. 

1 MY heart rejoices in Thy name, 

My God, my help, my trust : 
Thou hast preserved my face from shame, 
Mine honour from the dust. 

2 " My life is spent with grief," I cried, 

" My years consumed in groans ; 
My strength decays, mine eyes are dried, 
And sorrow wastes my bones." 

3 Among mine enemies my name 

Was a mere proverb grown ; 
While to my neighbours I became 
Forgotten and unknown. 

4 Slander and fear on every side 

Seized and beset me round : 
I to the throne of grace applied, 
And speedy rescue found. 

5 How great deliverance Thou hast wrought 

Before the sons of men ! 
The lying lips to silence brought, 
And made their boasting vain! 

6 Thy children, from the strife of tongues, 

Shall Thy pavilion hide; 
Guard them from infamy and wrongs, 
And crush the sons of pride. 

7 Within Thy secret presence, Lord, 

Let me for ever dwell : 
No fenced city, walled and barred, 
Secures a saint so well. 

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PSALMS. 

31 — Part III. L. M. 

SPECIAL MERCIES ACKNOWLEDGED. 

1 HOW many Ebenezers stand, 

To mark the mercies of Thy hand ! 

How many prayers have readied Thy throne ! 

How often has Thy grace been shown ! 

2 When sorrows rise and pains prevail, 
Or angry foes my peace assail; 
When dangers thicken all around; 
In Thee alone my help is found. 

3 Through all the road, each day, each hour, 
Fresh evils threaten to devour : 

Some new complaint, some painful case, 
Still drives me to the throne of grace. 

4 My former friends their friend forget, 
And change their love to cruel hate; 
But truth and love with Thee remain; 
My Saviour always is the same. 

5 Support me in this sharp distress, 
While all forsake, and some oppress; 
And if my ways the Lord approve, 
Then turn their hatred into love. 

32 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE JUSTIFIED BELIEVER. 

1 BLESSED is the man, for ever blessed, 

Whose guilt is pardoned by his God ; 
Whose sins with sorrow are confessed, 
And covered with his Saviour's blood. 

2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord. 

Imputes not his iniquities: 
He pleads no merit of reward, 

And, not on works, but grace, relies. 

3 From guile his heart and lips are free : 

His humble joy, his holy fear, 

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With deep repentance well agree, 
And join to prove his faith sincere. 

4 How glorious is that righteousness, 
That hides and cancels all his sins! 
While a bright evidence of grace, 

Through his whole life, appears and shines. 

32 — Part IT. L. M. Watts. 

BENEFITS OF CONFESSION. 

1 WHILE I keep silence and conceal 

My heavy guilt within my heart, 
What torments doth my conscience feel ! 
What agonies of inward smart ! 

2 I spread my sins before the Lord, 

And all my secret faults confess : 

Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word ; 

Thy Holy Spirit seals the grace. 

3 For this shall every humble soul 

Make swift addresses to Thy seat: 
When floods of huge temptations roll, 
There shall they find a blest retreat. 

4 How safe beneath Thy wings I lie, 

When days grow dark, and storms appear ; 
And when I walk, Thy watchful eye 
Shall guide me safe from every snare. 

33 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 

1 EE JOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord ; 

This work belongs to you : 
Sing of His name, His ways, His word, 
How holy, just and true ! 

2 His mercy and His righteousness 

Let heaven and earth proclaim : 

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PSALMS. 

His works of nature and of grace 
Reveal His wondrous name. 

3 His wisdom and almighty word 

The heavenly arches spread ; 
And by the Spirit of the Lord 
Their shining hosts were made. 

4 He bade the liquid waters flow 

To their appointed deep : 
The flowing seas their limits know, 
And their own station keep. 

5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth, 

With fear before Him stand : 
He spake, and nature took its birth, 
And rests on His command. 

6 He scorns the angry nations' rage, 

And breaks their vain designs : 
His counsel stands through every age, 
And in full glory shines. 

33 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

GOD, A NATION'S REFUGE. 

1 BLESSED is the nation where the Lord 

Has fixed His gracious throne ; 
Where He reveals His heavenly word, 
And calls their tribes His own. 

2 His eyes, with infinite survey, 

The spacious world behold ; 
He formed us all of equal clay, 
And knows our feeble mould. 

3 Kings are not rescued by the force 

Of armies from the grave : 

Nor speed, nor courage of a horse 

Can the bold rider save. 

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PSALM S . 

4 Yain is the strength of beasts, or men, 

To hope for safety thence ; 

But holy souls from God obtain 

A strong and sure defence. 

5 God is their fear, and God their trust, 

When plagues or famine spread : 
His watchful eye secures the just 
Anions: ten thousand dead. 

6 Lord, let our hearts in Thee rejoice, 

And bless us from Thy throne : 
For we have made Thy word our choice, 
And trust Thy grace alone. 

34 — Part I. C. M. Tate and Brady. 

PRAISE FOR EMINENT DELIVERANCE. 

1 THROUGH all the changing scenes of life, 

In trouble and in joy, 
The praises of my God shall still 
My heart and tongue employ. 

2 Come, magnify the Lord with me, 

And high exalt His name : 
When in distress on Him I called, 
He to my rescue came. 

3 The hosts of God encamp around 

The dwellings of the just : 
Deliverance He affords to all, 
Who on His succour trust. 

4 Oh ! make but trial of His love : 

Experience will decide, 
How blessed they are, and only they, 
Who in His truth confide. 

5 Fear Him, ye saints, and you will then 

Have nothing else to fear : 
Make you His service your delight ; 
He '11 make your wants His care. 



PSALMS. 

34 — Part II. L. M. Watts, 

god's cake of saixts. 

1 LORD, I will bless Thee all my days ; 

Th j praise shall dwell upon my tongue ; 
My soul shall glory in Thy grace ; 
While saints rejoice to hear the song. 

2 Come, magnify the Lord with me ; 

Come, let us all exalt His name : 
I sought th' eternal God, and He 
Has not exposed my hope to shame. 

3 I told Him all my secret grief; 

My secret groaning reached His ears : 
He gave my inward pains relief, 

And calmed the tumult of my fears. 

4 To Him the poor lift up their eyes, 

Their faces feel the heavenly beam ; 
A beam of mercy, from the skies, 

Fills them with light and joy supreme. 

5 His holy angels pitch their tents 

Around the men, that serve the Lord : 
Oh ! fear, and love Him, all His saints ; 
Taste of His grace, and trust His word. 

6 The wild young lions, pinched with pain 

And hunger, roar through all the wood ; 
But none shall seek the Lord in vain, 
Nor want supplies of real good. 

34 — Part III. L. M. Watts. 

ADVANTAGES OF EARLY PIETY. 

1 CHILDREN" in years and knowledge young, 

Your parents' hope, your parents' joy, 
Attend the counsels of my tongue : 

Let pious thoughts your minds employ. 

2 If you desire a length of days, 

And peace to crown your mortal state : 

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P S A L M S . 

Restrain your feet from impious ways, 
Your lips from slander and deceit. 

3 The eyes of God regard His saints; 

His ears are open to their cries : 
He sets His frowning face against 
The sons of violence and lies. 

4 To humble souls and broken hearts 

God with His grace is ever nigh: 

Pardon and hope His love imparts, 

When men in deep contrition lie. 

5 He tells their tears, He counts their groans: 

His Son redeems their soul from death : 
His Spirit heals their broken bones; 

While they in praise employ their breath. 

34 — Part IY. C. M. Watts. 

god's care of saints. 

1 THE Lord for ever guards the just, 

His ears attend their cry : 
When broken spirits dwell in dust, 
The God of grace is nigh. 

2 What though the sorrows, here they taste, 

Be sharp and tedious too ; 
The Lord, who saves His saints at last, 
Is their supporter now. 

3 Evil shall smite the wicked dead ; 

But God secures His own ; 
Prevents the mischief when they slide, 
Or heals the broken bone. 

4 When desolation, like a flood, 

O'er the proud sinner rolls ; 
Saints find a refuge in their God, 
For He redeems their souls. 

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PSALMS. 
35 _ p ART I, c. M. Watts. 

JUDGMENTS ON PERSECUTORS. 

1 NOW plead my cause, Almighty God, 

With all the sons of strife ; 
And fight against the men of blood, 
Who fight against my life. 

2 Draw out Thy spear, and stop their way : 

Lift Thine avenging rod; 
But, to my soul in mercy say, 
"I am Thy Saviour God." 

3 They plant their snares to catch my feet. 

And nets of mischief spread : 
Plunge the destroyers in the pit, 
That their own hands have made. 

4 Let fogs and darkness hide their way, 

And slippery be their ground: 
Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey, 
And all their rage confound. 

5 They fly, like chaff before the wind, 

Before Thine angry breath: 
The angel of the Lord behind, 
Pursues them down to death. 

6 They love the road that leads to hell: 

Then must the rebels die, 
Whose malice is implacable 
Against the Lord on high. 

7 But if Thou hast a chosen few 

Among that impious race ; 
Divide them from the bloody crew 
By Thy surprising grace. 

8 Then will I raise my tuneful voice 

To make Thy wonders known; 
In their salvation I'll rejoice, 
And bless Thee for my own. 

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PSALMS. 
35 -Part II. C. M. Watts. 

THE LOVE OF CHRIST TYPIFIED IN DAVID. 

1 BEHOLD the love, the generous love 

That holy David shows ! 
Mark how his tender bowels move 
For his afflicted foes! 

2 When they are sick, his sonl complains, 

And seems to feel the smart; 
The spirit of the gospel reigns, 
And melts his pious heart. 

3 How did his flowing tears condole 

As for a brother dead! 
And fasting mortified his soul, 
While for their life he prayed. 

4 They groaned and cursed him on their bed : 

Yet still he pleads and mourns : 
And double blessings on his head 
The righteous God returns. 

5 O glorious type of heavenly grace! 

Thus Christ the Lord appears; 
While sinners curse, the Saviour prays, 
And pities them with tears. 

6 He, the true David, Israel's king, 

Blessed and beloved of God, 

To save us rebels, dead in sin, 

Paid His own dearest blood. 

36— Part I. S. M. Watts. 

PRACTICAL ATHEISM. 

1 WHEN man grows bold in sin, 
My heart within me cries, 

"He hath no faith of God within, 
Nor fear before his eyes." 

2 Ho walks a while concealed 
In a self-flattering dream ; 



PSALMS. 

Till liis dark crimes, at once revealed, 
Expose his hateful name. 

3 His heart is false and foul, 
His words are smooth and fair : 

Wisdom is banished from his soul, 
And leaves no goodness there. 

4 He plots upon his bed 
JSTew mischiefs to fulfil: 

He sets his heart, his hand and head, 
To practise all that ' s ill. 

5 But there's a dreadful God, 
Though men renounce His fear: 

His justice, hid behind the cloud, 
Shall one great day appear. 

6 His truth transcends the sky; 
In heaven His mercies dwell; 

Deep as the sea His judgments lie; 
His anger burns to hell. 

7 How excellent His love, 
Whence all our safety springs ! 

Oh! never let my soul remove 
From underneath His wings ! 

36 — Part II. L. M. Tate and Beady 

CONFIDENCE IN DIVES"E PROVIDENCE. 

1 O LORD, Thy mercy, my sure hope, 

The highest orb of heaven transcends; 
Thy sacred truth's unmeasured scope, 
Beyond the spreading sky extends. 

2 Thy justice like the hills remains ; 

Unfathomed depths Thy judgments are : 
Thy providence the world sustains ; 
The whole creation is Thy care. 

3 Since of Thy goodness all partake, 

With what assurance should the fust 



PSALMS. 

Thy sheltering wings their refuge make, 
And saints to Thy protection trust ! 

4 Such guests shall to Thy courts be led, 

To banquet on thy love's repast; 
And drink, as from a fountain head, 
Of joys that shall for ever last. 

5 With Thee the springs of life remain ; 

Thy presence is eternal day : 
Oh ! let Thy grace Thy saints sustain : 
To upright hearts Thy truth display. 

37— Past I. C. M. Watts. 

FOLLY OF ENVYING THE WICKED. 

1 WHY should I vex my soul and fret 

To see the wicked rise? 
Or envy sinners, waxing great 
By violence and lies ? 

2 As flowery grass, cut down at noon, 

Before the evening fades ; 
So shall their glories vanish soon, 
In everlasting shades. 

3 Then let me make the Lord my trust, 

And practise all that's good; 

So shall I dwell among the just, 

And He '11 provide me food. 

4 I, to my God, my ways commit, 

And cheerful wait His will; 
Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet, 
Shall my desires fulfil. 

5 Mine innocence shalt Thou display; 

And make Thy judgments known, 
Fair as the light of dawning day, 
And glorious as the noon. 

6 The meek at last the earth possess, 

And are the heirs of heaven : 

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PSALMS. 

True riches with abundant peace, 
To humble souls are given. 

7 Rest in the Lord, and keep His way, 

Nor let your anger rise; 
Though Providence should long delay, 
To punish haughty vice. 

8 Let sinners join to break your peace, 

And plot, and rage, and foam; 
The Lord derides them, for He sees 
Their day of vengeance come. 

9 They have drawn out the threatening sword ; 

Have bent the murderous bow, 
To slay the men who fear the Lord, 
And bring the righteous low. 

10 My God shall break their bows, and burn 
Their persecuting darts : 
Shall their own swords against them turn, 
And pain surprise their hearts. 

37 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

RELIGION IN WORDS AND DEEDS. 

1 WHY do the wealthy wicked boast, 

And grow profanely bold? 
The meanest portion of the just, 
Excels the sinner's gold. 

2 The wicked borrows of his friends, 

But ne'er designs to pay: 
The saint is merciful and lends, 
Nor turns the poor away. 

3 His alms with liberal heart he gives 

Among the sons of need ; 
His memory to long ages lives, 
And blessed is his seed. 

4 He fears to talk with lips profane, 

To slander or defraud : 

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PSALMS. 

His ready tongue declares to men, 
What he has learned of God. 

5 The law and gospel of the Lord 

Deep in his heart abide ; 
Led by the Spirit and the word, 
His feet shall never slide. 

6 When sinners fall, the righteous stand 

Preserved from every snare ; 
They shall possess the promised land 
And dwell for ever there. 

37 — Part III. C. M. Watts. 

RIGHTEOUS AND WICKED CONTRASTED. 

1 MY God, the steps of pious men 

Are ordered by Thy will : 
Though they should fall, they rise again, 
Thy hand supports them still. 

2 The Lord delights to see their ways, 

Their virtue He approves ; 
He ne'er deprives them of His grace, 
Nor leaves the men He loves. 

3 The heavenly heritage is theirs, 

Their portion and their home: 
He feeds them now, and makes them heirs 
Of blessings long to come. 

4: Wait on the Lord, ye sons of men, 
Nor fear when tyrants frown : 
Ye shall confess their pride was vain, 
When justice casts them down. 

5 The haughty sinner I have seen, 

Not fearing man or God, 
Like a tall bay tree fair and green, 
Spreading his arms abroad. 

6 And lo ! he vanished from the ground 

Destroyed by hands unseen : 

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PSALMS. 

Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found 
Where all. that pride had been. 

7 But mark the man of righteousness, 
His several steps attend : 
True pleasure runs through all his ways, 
And peaceful is his end. 
38 O. M. Watts. 

THE TROUBLED CONSCIENCE RELIEVED. 

1 AMID Thy wrath remember love, 

Restore Thy servant, Lord ; 
Nor let a father's chastening prove 
Like an avenger's sword. 

2 Thine arrows stick within my heart, 

My flesh is sorely pressed: 
Between the sorrow and the smart, 
My spirit finds no rest. 

3 My sins a heavy load appear, 

And o'er my head are gone ; 
Too heavy for my soul to bear, 
Too hard for me t' atone. 

4 My thoughts are like a troubled sea, 

My head still bending down; 
And I go mourning all the day, 
Beneath my Father's frown. 

5 Lord, I am weak and broken sore, 

None of my powers are whole: 
The inward anguish makes me roar, 
The anguish of my soul. 

6 All my desire to Thee is known, 

Thine eye counts every tear ; 
And every sigh, and every groan, 
Is noticed by thine ear. 

7 Thou art my God, my only hope ; 

My God will hear my cry ; 

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PSALMS. 

My God will bear my spirit up, 
When Satan bids me die. 

8 My foes rejoice to see me slide 

Into the miry pit: 
They raise their pleasure and their pride 
When they supplant my feet. 

9 But I'll confess my guilt to Thee, 

And grieve for all my sin: 
I feel how weak my graces be, 
And beg support divine. 

10 My God, forgive my follies past, 
And be for ever nigh ; 
O Lord of my salvation, haste, 
Before Thy servant die. 

39— Part I. 0. M. Watts, 

WATCHFULNESS OVER THE TONGUE. 

1 THUS I resolved before the Lord : 

"Now will I watch my tongue; 
Lest I let slip one sinful word, 
Or do my neighbour wrong." 

2 And, if I'm e'er constrained to stay 

With men of lives profane; 
I'll set a double guard that day, 
Nor let my talk be vain. 

3 I'll scarce allow my lips to speak 

The pious thoughts I feel; 
Lest scoffers should th' occasion take 
To mock my holy zeal. 

4 Yet if some proper hour appear, 

I'll not be overawed; 
But let the scoffing sinners hear, 
That I can speak for God. 
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PSALMS. 
39— Part H. C. M. Watts. 

THE VANITY OF MAN AS MORTAL. 

1 TEACH me trie measure of my days, 
Tliou Maker of my frame : 
I would survey life's narrow space, 
And learn how frail I am. 
% A span is all that we can boast ; 
How short, how fleet our time ! 
Man is but vanity and dust, 
In all his flower and prime. 

3 See the vain race of mortals move 

Like shadows o'er the plain : 
They rage and strive, desire and love, 
But all their noise is vain. 

4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show ; 

Some dig for golden ore; 
They toil for heirs they know not who, 
And straight are seen no more. 

5 What should I wish or wait for then, 

From creatures, earth and dust? 
They make our expectations vain, 
And disappoint our trust. 

6 Now I forbid my carnal hope, 

My fond desires recall; 
I give my mortal interest up, 
And make my God my all. 

39— Part III. C. M. Watts. 

SICK-BED DEVOTIONS. 

1 GOD of my life, look gently down, 

Behold the pains I feel ; 
But I am dumb before Thy throne, 
E"or dare dispute Thy will. 

2 Diseases are Thy servants, Lord, 

They come at Thy command: 

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PSALMS. 

I'll not attempt a murmuring word, 
Against Thy chastening hand. 

3 Yet I may plead with humble cries, 

Remove Thy sharp rebukes : 
My strength consumes, my spirit dies, 
Through Thy repeated strokes. 

4 Crushed as a moth beneath Thy hand, 

We moulder to the dust : 
Our feeble powers can ne'er withstand, 
And all our beauty's lost. 

5 This mortal life decays apace, 

How soon the bubble's broke! 
Adam, and all his numerous race, 
Are vanity and smoke. 

6 I'm but a sojourner below, 

As all my fathers were; 
May I be well prepared to go, 
When I the summons hear ! 

7 But, if my life be spared a while 

Before my last remove; 
Thy praise shall be my business still, 
And I'll declare Thy love. 

40— Part I. CM. Watts. 

DELIVERANCE FROM GREAT DISTRESS. 

1 I WAITED patient for the Lord ; 

He bowed to hear my cry: 
He saw me resting on His word, 
And brought salvation nigh. 

2 He raised me from a horrid pit, 

Where mourning long I lay ; 
And from my bonds released my feet, 
Deep bonds of miry clay. 

3 Firm on a rock He made me stand; 

And taught my cheerful tongue 

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PSALMS, 

To praise the wonders of His hand, 
In a new thankful song. 

4 I '11 spread His works of grace abroad ; 

The saints with joy shall hear: 
And sinners learn to make my God 
Their only hope and fear. 

5 How many are Thy thoughts of love ! 

Thy mercies, Lord, how great ! 
We have not words, nor hours enough, 
Their numbers to repeat. 

6 When I 'm afflicted, poor and low, 

And light and peace depart, 

My God beholds my heavy woe, 

And bears me on His heart. 

40 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

THE INCARNATION AND SACRIFICE OF CHRIST. 

1 BEHOLD, the blessed Redeemer comes, 

Th' eternal Son appears ! 
And at th' appointed time assumes 
The body God prepares ! 

2 Jesns revealed his Father's grace, 

And His rich mercy showed: 
He preached the way of righteousness, 
And spread His truth abroad. 

3 His Father's honour touched His heart, 

He pitied sinners' cries ; 
And, to fulfil a Saviour's part, 
Was made a sacrifice. 
3 No blood of beasts, on altars shed, 
Could wash the conscience clean ; 
The sacrifice which Jesus paid, 
Atones for all our sin. 
5 Then was the great salvation spread, 
And Satan's kingdom shook: 

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PSALMS. 

Thus by the woman's promised Seed, 
The serpent's head was broke. 

40 — Part III. L. M. Watts. 

CHRIST OUR SACRIFICE. 

1 THE wonders, Lord, Thy love has wrought, 
Exceed our praise, surmount our thought ; 
Should I attempt the long detail, 

My speech would faint, my numbers fail. 

2 ISTo blood of beasts on altars spilt, 
Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt ; 
But Thou hast set before our eyes 

An all-sufficient sacrifice. 

3 In heaven before His Father's throne, 
Complacent smiles th' eternal Son ; 

And, pleased, presents with boundless grace, 
Himself, a ransom for our race. 

4: "Behold! I come" the Saviour cries, 
With love and duty in His eyes ; 
"I come to bear the heavy load 
Of sins, and do Thy will, my God. 

5 Mine ear is opened to Thy voice, 
My heart delighted with Thy choice : 
Pleased, I assume a fleshly form, 
Akin to man, that dying worm. 

6 T is written in Thy great decree ; 
'Tis in Thy book foretold of Me; 
I must fulfil the Saviour's part; 
And lo ! Thy law is in My heart. 

7 I '11 magnify Thy holy law ; 
And rebels to obedience draw; 
When on My cross I 'm lifted high, 
Or to My crown above the sky. 

8 The Spirit shall descend and show 
What Thou hast done, and what I do : 

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PSALMS. 

The wondering world shall learn Thy grace, 
Thy wisdom and Thy righteousness." 

41 L. M. Watts, 

CHARITY TO THE POOR. 

1 BLESSED is the man whose bowels move, 

And melt with pity to the poor ; 
Whose soul, by sympathizing love, 
Feels what his fellow saints endure. 

2 His heart contrives, for their relief, 

More good than his own hands can do: 
He, in the time of general grief, 
Shall find the Lord has bowels too. 

3 His soul shall live secure on earth, 

With secret blessings on his head; 
When drought, and pestilence, and dearth, 
Around him multiply their dead. 

4 Or, if he languish on his couch, 

God will pronounce his sins forgiven; 
Will save him with a healing touch, 
Or take his willing soul to heaven. 

42 — Part I. C. M. Tate and Brady. 

DESERTION AND HOPE. 

1 AS pants the hart for cooling streams, 

When heated in the chase; 
So longs my soul, O God, for Thee, 
And Thy refreshing grace. 

2 For Thee, my God, the living God, 

My thirsty soul doth pine : 
Oh ! when shall I behold Thy face, 
Thou Majesty divine? 

3 Tears are my constant food, while thus 

Insulting foes upbraid : 
"Deluded wretch! where is thy God? 
And where His promised aid?" 

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PSALMS. 

4 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now 

1 think on ancient days ; 
Then to Thy house did numbers go, 
And all our work was praise. 

5 But why's my soul sunk down so far, 

Beneath this heavy load, 
Why do my thoughts indulge despair, 
And sin against my God? 

6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand, 

Can all thy woes remove : 
For I shall yet before Him stand, 
And sing restoring love. 

42— Past II. L. M. Watts. 

HOPE IN AFFLICTION. 

1 MY spirit sinks within me, Lord, 

But I will call Thy name to mind ; 
And times of past distress record, 

When I have found my God was kind. 

2 Huge troubles, with tumultuous noise, 

Swell like a sea, and round me spread; 
Thy water-spouts drown all my joys, 
And rising waves roll o'er my head. 

3 Yet will the Lord command His love, 

When I address His throne by day : 
Nor in the night His grace remove; 
The night shall hear me sing and pray. 

4 I'll cast myself before His feet, 

And say, "My God, my heavenly Bock! 
Why doth Thy love so long forget 

The soul that groans beneath Thy stroke?" 

5 I'll chide my heart that sinks so low; 

Why should my soul indulge her grief? 
Hope in the Lord, and praise Him too: 
He is my rest, my sure relief. 

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PSALMS. 

6 Thy light and truth shall guide me still: 
Thy word shall my best thoughts employ, 
And lead me to Thine heavenly hill, 
My God, my most exceeding joy. 

43 H. M. WIGHT. 

COMPLAINT MINGLED WITH HOPE. 

1 MY God, defend my cause 

Against a host of foes: 
Oh! save me from th' unjust, 
Who triumph in my woes. 
Why dost thou faint, 
My trembling heart? 
To God impart 
Thy sad complaint. 

2 Why dost Thou, O my shield, 

Desert me, thus forlorn? 
Why, hated and oppressed, 
Thus bid me ceaseless mourn? 
To God I '11 % ; 
In God I'll trust, 
When low in dust 
My head shall lie. 

3 Now to Thy sacred house 

With joy direct my feet; 
Where saints, with morning vows, 
In full assembly meet. 
Thy power divine 

Shall there be shown, 
And from Thy throne 
Thy mercy shine. 

4 Oh ! send Thy light abroad : 

Thy truth with heavenly ray 
Shall lead my soul to God, 
And guide my doubtful way. 

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PSALMS. 

I'll hear Thy word, 

With faith sincere, 

And learn to fear 
And praise the Lord. 

5 There reach Thy bounteous hand, 

And all my sorrows heal ; 
There health and strength divine, 
Oh! make my bosom feel. 
Like balmy dew, 
Shall Jesus' voice, 
My bones rejoice, 
My strength renew. 

6 Then in Thy holy hill, 

Before Thine altar, Lord, 
My harp and song shall sound 
The glories of Thy word. 
Henceforth to Thee, 
O God of grace, 
A hymn of praise 
My life shall be. 

7 My soul, awake to joy, 

And triumph in the Lord, 
My health, my hope, my song, 
And my divine reward. 
Ye fears remove: 
No more I mourn; 
But blessed, return 
To sing His love. 

44 0. M. Watts. 

COMPLAINT IN PERSECUTION. 

1 LOED, we have heard Thy works of old, 
Thy works of power and grace; 
When to our ears our fathers told 
The wonders of their days : 

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PSALMS. 

2 How Thou didst build Thy churches here, 

And make Thy Gospel known; 
Among them did Thine arm appear, 
Thy light and glory shone. 

3 In God they boasted all the day, 

And in a cheerful throng, 
Did thousands meet to praise and pray, 
And grace was all their song. 

4 But now our souls are seized with shame; 

Confusion fills our face, 
To hear the enemy blaspheme, 
And fools reproach Thy grace. 

5 Yet have we not forgot our God, 

JSTor falsely dealt with heaven ; 
JSTor have our steps declined the road 
Of duty Thou hast given. 

6 Though dragons all around us roar, 

With their destructive breath ; 
And Thine own hand has bruised us sore, 
Hard by the gates of death. 

7 We are exposed all day to die, 

As martyrs for Thy cause; 
As sheep for slaughter, bound we lie 
By sharp and bloody laws. 

8 Awake, arise, Almighty Lord ! 

Why sleeps Thy wonted grace? 
Why should we look like men abhorred, 
Or banished from Thy face? 

9 Wilt thou for ever cast us ofi°, 

And still neglect our cries? 
For ever hide Thy heavenly love 
From our afflicted eyes? 

10 Down to the dust our souls are bowed, 

Amd die upon the ground; 

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PSALMS. 

Eise for our help, rebuke the proud, 
And all their powers confound. 

11 Redeem us from perpetual shame, 
Our Saviour and our God: 
We plead the honours of Thy name, 
The merits of Thy blood. 

45— Part I. L. M. "Watts. 

THE GLOKY OF CHRIST. 

1 NOW be my heart inspired to sing 
The glories of my Saviour King, 
Jesus the Lord; how heavenly fair 

His form ! how bright His beauties are ! 

2 O'er all the sons of human race, 
He shines with a superior grace; 
Love from His lips divinely flows, 
And blessings all His state compose. 

3 Dress Thee in arms, most mighty Lord! 
Gird on the terror of Thy sword ! 

In majesty and glory ride, 

With truth and meekness at Thy side. 

4 Thine anger, like a pointed dart, 
Shall pierce the foes of stubborn heart: 
Or words of mercy, kind and sweet, 
Shall melt the rebels at Thy feet. 

5 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands : 
Grace is the sceptre in Thy hands: 
Thy laws and works are just and right; 
Justice and grace are Thy delight. 

6 O God, Thy God has richly shed 
His oil of gladness on Thy head ; 
And with His sacred Spirit blessed 
Th' eternal Son above the rest. 

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PSALMS. 
45— Part II. L. M. Watts. 

THE BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH. 

1 THE King of saints how fair His face, 
Adorned with majesty and grace! 

He comes with blessings from above, 
And wins the nations with His love. 

2 At His right hand our eyes behold 
The queen arrayed in purest gold : 
The world admires her heavenly dress; 
Her robe of joy and righteousness. 

3 He forms her beauties like His own, 
He calls and seats her near His throne; 
Fair stranger, let thy heart forget 

The idols of thy native state. 

4 So shall the King the more rejoice 
In thee, the favourite of His choice; 
Let Him be loved, and yet adored ; 
For He's thy Maker and thy Lord. 

5 Oh ! happy hour ! when thou shalt rise 
To His fair palace in the skies; 

And all thy sons, a numerous train, 
Each, like a prince, in glory reign. 

6 Let endless honours crown His head; 
Let every age His praises spread; 
While we with cheerful songs approve 
The condescension of His love. 

46 — Part I. L. M. Tate and Brady. 

THE SAFETY OF THE CHURCH. 

1 GOD is our refuge in distress, 

A present help when dangers press : 

On Him for safety we relied: 

And in His strength we will confide; 

2 Though earth were from her centre tossed, 
And mountains in the ocean lost • 



PSALMS. 

Or lofty hills from their abode, 
Torn piece-meal by the roaring flood. 

3 Let angry waves together rolled 
Rage on with fury uncontrolled ; 
We will not fear, whilst we depend 
On God, who is our constant friend. 

4 A gentler stream, that ever flows, 
And joy to all around bestows, 
The city of the Lord shall fill, 

The city where He's worshipped still. 

5 God dwells in Zion, whose strong towers 
Shall mock th' assault of earthly powers, 
And His almighty aid is nigh, 

To those who on His strength rely. 

46— Part II. L. M. Watts. 

GOD REIGNS IN ZION. 

1 LET Zion in her King rejoice, 

Though tyrants rage, and kingdoms rise ; 
He utters His almighty voice, 

The nations melt, the tumult dies. 

2 The Lord of old for Jacob fought, 

And Jacob's God is still our aid : 
Behold the works His hand has wrought, 
What desolations He has made! 

3 From sea to sea through all the shores, 

He makes the noise of battle cease ; 
When from on high His thunder roars, 
He awes the trembling world to peace. 

4 He breaks the bow, He cuts the spear; 

Chariots He burns with heavenly flame : 
Keep silence all the earth, and hear 
The sound and glory of His name. 

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PSALMS. 

5 "Be still, and learn that I am God, 

I '11 be exalted o'er the lands ; 
I will be known and feared abroad, 
But still My throne in Zion stands." 

6 O Lord of hosts, almighty King! 

While we so near Thy presence dwell, 
Our faith shall sit secure, and sing 
Defiance to the gates of hell. 

47 C. M. Watts. 

CHRIST ASCENDING AND REIGNING. 

1 OH! for a shout of sacred joy, 

To God the sovereign King! 
Let every land their tongues employ, 
And hymns of triumph sing. 

2 Jesus, our God, ascends on high; 

His heavenly guards around 
Attend Him rising through the sky, 
With trumpet's joyful sound. 

3 While angels shout and praise their King, 

Let mortals learn their strains : 
Let all the earth His honours sing; 
O 'er all the earth He reigns. 

4 Rehearse His praise with awe profound, 

Let knowledge lead the song ; 
Nor mock Him with a solemn sound, 
Upon a thoughtless tongue. 

5 In Israel stood His ancient throne, 

He loved that chosen race; 
But now He calls the world His own, 
And heathens taste His grace. 

6 These western climes are all the Lord's, 

Here Abraham's God is known; 
While powers and princes, shields and swords, 

Submit before His Throne. 

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PSALMS. 
48 — Part I. S. M. Watts. 

THE CHURCH, THE SAFETY OF A NATION. 

1 GREAT is the Lord our God, 
And let His praise be great ; 

He makes His churches His abode, 
His most delightful seat. 

2 These temples of His grace, 
LIow beautiful they stand ! 

The honour of our native place, 
And bulwarks of our land. 

3 In Zion God is known, 
A refuge in distress : 

How bright has His salvation shone 
Through all her palaces! 

4 When kings against her joined, 
And saw the Lord was there, 

In wild confusion of the mind 
They fled with hasty fear. 

5 When navies tall and proud 
Attempt to spoil our peace, 

He sends His tempests roaring loud, 
And sinks them in the seas. 

6 Oft have our fathers told, 
Our eyes have often seen ; 

How well our God secures the fold, 
Where His own sheep have been. 

7 In every new distress, 
We'll to His house repair: 

We'll think upon His wondrous grace, 
And seek deliverance there. 

48 — Pakt II. S. M. Watts. 

THE WORSHIP AND ORDER OF THE CHURCH. 

I FAR as Thy name is known, 
The world declares Thy praise; 

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PSALMS. 

Thy saints, O Lord, before Thy throne, 
Their songs of honour raise. 

2 With joy Thy people stand 
On Zion's chosen hill, 

Proclaim the wonders of Thy hand, 
And counsels of Thy will. 

3 Let strangers walk around 
The city where we dwell, 

Compass and view Thy holy ground, 
And mark the building well ; 

4 The orders of Thy house, 
The worship of Thy court, 

The cheerful songs, the solemn vows, 
And make a fair report. 

5 How decent and how wise ! 
How glorious to behold, 

Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes, 
And rites adorned with gold! 

6 The God we worship now, 
Will guide us till we die ; 

Will be our God while here below, 
And ours above the sky. 

49 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

THE VANITY OF LIFE AND RICHES. 

1 WHY does the man of riches grow 

To insolence and pride, 
To see his wealth and honours flow 
With every rising tide? 

2 Why does he treat the poor with scorn, 

Made of the self-same clay ; 
And boast as though his flesh were born 
Of better dust than they ? 

3 Not all his treasures can procure 

His soul a short reprieve ; 

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PSALMS. 

Redeem from death one guilty hour, 

Or make his brother live. 
4: Life is a blessing can 't be sold, 

The ransom is too high; 
Justice will ne'er be bribed with gold, 

That man may never die. 

5 He sees the brutish and the wise, 

The timorous and the brave, 
Quit their possessions, close their eyes, 
And hasten to the grave. 

6 Yet 'tis his inward thought and pride! 

"My house shall ever stand; 
And that my name may long abide, 
I'll give it to my land." 

7 Tain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost, 

How soon his memory dies ! 

His name is buried in the dust, 

Where his own carcass lies. 

8 This is the folly of their way; 

And yet their sons, as vain, 
Approve the words their fathers say, 
And act their works again. 

9 Men, void of wisdom and of grace, 

If honour raise them high, 
Live like the beasts, a thoughtless race, 

And like the beasts they die. 
10 Laid in the grave, like silly sheep, 

Death feeds upon them there'; 
Till the last trumpet breaks their sleep, 

In terror and despair. 

49— Part II. CM. Watts. 

DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 

1 YE sons of pride that hate the just, 
And trample on the poor; 

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PSALMS. 

When death, has brought you down to dust, 
Your pomp shall rise no more. 

2 The last great day shall change the scene ; 

When will that hour appear? 
When shall the just revive, and reign 
O'er all that scorned them here? 

3 God will my naked soul receive, 

When separate from the flesh; 
And break the prison of the grave, 
To raise my bones afresh. 

4 Heaven is my everlasting home, 

Th' inheritance is sure; 
Let men of pride their rage resume, 
But I '11 repine no more. 

50— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

THE LAST JUDGMENT. 

1 THE Lord, the Judge, before His throne 

Bids the whole earth draw nigh; 
The nations near the rising sun, 
And near the western sky. 

2 No more shall bold blasphemers say, 

"Judgment will ne'er begin;" 
No more abuse His long delay 
To impudence and sin. 

3 Throned on a cloud our God shall come, 

Bright flames prepare His way; 
Thunder and darkness, fire and storm 
Lead on the dreadful day. 

4 Heaven from above His call shall hear, 

Attending angels come; 
And earth and hell shall know and fear 
His justice, and their doom. 

5 "But gather all my saints," He cries, 

" Who made their peace with God, 

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PSALMS. 

By the Redeemer's sacrifice, 
And sealed it with His blood. 
6 Their faith and works, brought forth to light, 
Shall make the world confess 

My sentence of reward is right, 
And heaven adore My grace." 

50— Part n. C. M. Watts. 

OBEDIENCE BETTER THAN SACRIFICE. 

1 THUS saith the Lord ; "The spacious fields 

And flocks and herds are Mine : 
O'er all the cattle of the hills 
I claim a right divine. 

2 I ask no sheep for sacrifice, 

ISTor bullocks burnt with fire ; 
To hope and love, to pray and praise, 
Is all that I require. 

3 Invoke My name when trouble's near, 

My hand shall set thee free ; 
Then shall thy thankful lips declare 
The honour due to Me. 

4 The man who offers humble praise, 

Declares My glory best ; 
And those who tread My holy ways, 
Shall My salvation taste. 

5 Eot for the want of bullocks slain, 

Will I the world reprove: 
Altars and rites and forms are vain 
Without the fire of love; 

6 And what have hypocrites to do, 

To bring their sacrifice? 
They call My statutes just and true, 
But deal in theft and lies. 

7 Could you expect to 'scape My sight, 

And sin without control? 

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PSALMS. 

But I will bring your crimes to light, 
With anguish in your soul." 

8 Consider, ye that slight the Lord, 
Before His wrath appear ; 
If once you fall beneath His sword, 
There 's no deliverer there. 

50 — Part HI. L. M. Watts. 

HYPOCRISY WARNED. 

1 THE Lord, the Judge, His churches warns ; 

Let hypocrites attend and fear, 
Who place their hope in rites and forms, 
But make not faith nor love their care. 

2 Yile wretches dare rehearse His name 

With lips of falsehood and deceit; 
A friend or brother they defame, 

And sooth and natter those they hate. 

3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong, 

Yet dare to seek their Maker's face ; 
They take His covenant on their tongue, 
But break His laws, abuse His grace. 

4 To heaven they lift their hands unclean, 

Denied with lust, denied with blood: 
By night they practise every sin, 

By day their mouths draw near to God. 

5 And, while His judgments long delay, 

They grow secure, and sin the more: 
They think He sleeps as well as they, 
And put far off the dreadful hour. 

6 O dreadful hour! when God draws near, 

And sets their crimes before their eyes: 
His wrath their guilty souls shall tear, 
And no deliverer dare to rise. 

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PSALMS. 

50 — Part IV. 10's and ll's. Watts. 

THE LAST JUDGMENT. 

1 THE God of glory sends His summons forth, 
Calls the south nations and awakes the north : 
From east to west the sovereign orders spread, 
Through distant worlds and regions of the dead. 
The trumpet sounds; hell trembles; heaven rejoices ; 
Lift np your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices. 

2 No more shall atheists mock His long delay ; 
His vengeance sleeps no more : behold the day ! 
Behold the Judge decends ! His guards are nigh ; 
Tempests and fire attend Him down the sky. 
When God appears, all nature shall adore him : 
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him. 

3 Sinners, awake betimes ; ye fools, be wise ; 
Awake, before this dreadful morning rise : 
Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works 

amend, 
Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your friend. 
Then join the saints ; wake every cheerful passion, 
When Christ returns, He comes for your salvation. 

51 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

A PENITENT PLEADING FOR PARDON. 

1 SHOW pity, Lord ! O Lord ! forgive ; 
Let a repenting rebel live ; 

Are not Thy mercies large and free? 
May not a sinner trust in Thee? 

2 My crimes are great, but do n't surpass 
The power and glory of Thy grace: 
Great God, Thy nature hath no bound; 
So let Thy pardoning love be found. 

3 Oh ! wash my soul from every sin, 
And make my guilty conscience clean : 

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PSALMS. 

Here on my heart the burden lies, 
And past offences pain my eyes. 

4 My lips with shame my sins confess 
Against Thy law, against Thy grace: 
Lord, should Thy judgment grow severe, 
I am condemned, but Thou art clear. 

5 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
Whose hope still hovering round Thy word, 
Would light on some sweet promise there, 
Some sure support against despair. 

51 — Part II. L. M. Waits. 

ORIGINAL AND ACTUAL SIN CONFESSED. 

1 LORD, I am vile, conceived in sin, 
And born unholy and unclean ; 
Sprung from the man, whose guilty fall 
Corrupts his race, and taints us all. 

2 Soon as we draw our infant breath, 
The seeds of sin grow up for death: 
Thy law demands a perfect heart; 
But we're denied in every part. 

3 Great God, create my heart anew, 
And form my spirit pure and true: 
Oh ! make me wise betimes, to see 
My danger and my remedy. 

4 Behold ! I fall before Thy face ; 
My only refuge is Thy grace: 

No outward forms can make me clean; 
The leprosy lies deep within. 

5 No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast; 
Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest; 
Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, 
Can wash the dismal stain away. 

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PSALMS. 

6 Jesus, my God, Thy blood alone 
Hath power sufficient to atone: 

Thy blood can make me white as snow ; 
No Jewish types could cleanse me so. 

7 While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, 
Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease : 
Lord, let me hear Thy pardoning voice, 
And make my broken bones rejoice. 

51 —Part III. L. M. Watts 

THE PENITENT RESTORED. 

1 O THOU that nearest when sinners cry, 
Though all my crimes before Thee lie, 
Avert from them Thy angry look, 

And blot their memory from Thy book. 

2 Create my nature pure within, 
And form my soul averse to sin; 
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart, 

Nor hide Thy presence from my heart. 

3 I cannot live without Thy light, 

Cast out and banished, from Thy sight: 
Thy holy joys, my God, restore, 
And guard me, that I fall no more. 

4 Though I have grieved Thy Spirit, Lord, 
His help and comfort still afford: 

And let a wretch come near Thy throne, 
To plead the merits of Thy Son. 

5 A broken heart, my God, my King, 
Is all the sacrifice I bring : 

The God of grace will ne'er despise 
A broken heart for sacrifice. 

6 My soul lies humbled in the dust, 

And owns Thy dreadful sentence just : 

Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, 

And save the soul condemned to die. 

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PSALMS. 

7 Then will I teach the world Thy ways : 
Sinners shall learn Thy sovereign grace; 
I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood, 
And they shall praise a pardoning God. 

8 Oh ! may Thy love inspire my tongue ; 
Salvation shall be all my song ; 

And all my powers shall join to bless 
The Lord, my strength and righteousness. 

52— Part I. L. M. Barlow 

THE DESTRUCTION OF PERSECUTORS. 

1 WHY should the haughty tyrant boast, 
His vengeful arm, his warlike host? 
While blood defiles his cruel hand, 
And desolation wastes the land. 

2 He joys to hear the captive's cry, 
The widow's groan, the orphan's sigh; 
And when the weary sword would spare, 
His falsehood spreads the fatal snare. 

3 He triumphs in the deeds of wrong, 
And arms with rage his impious tongue, 
With pride proclaims his dreadful power, 
And bids the trembling world adore. 

4 But God is good, and with a frown, 
Casts to the dust his honours down : 
The righteous, freed, their hopes recall, 
And hail the proud oppressor's fall. 

5 How low the persecutor lies, 

Who dared th' eternal power despise; 
And vainly strove, with impious joy, 
The church and nation to destroy ! 

6 We praise the Lord, who heard our cries, 
And sent salvation from the skies : 

The saints who saw our mournful days, 
Shall join our grateful songs of praise. 



PSALMS. 

52 — Part II. L. M. D wight. 

THE LORD'S PEOPLE IN HIS HOUSE. 

1 A WORD in season, spoke with power, 

I Ve often heard within these walls ; 
But none surpassing, what this hour 
Attends the precious gospel call. 

2 When Christ unveils His lovely face, 

And grace for grace is largely given; 
A glory shines, which makes this place 
The house of God, the gate of heaven. 

3 Here, in Thy courts, let me be seen, 

Growing in faith, and hope, and love; 
Like olives fair, and fresh, and green, 
And ripening for the world above. 

4 Here will I view Thy glory, Lord, 

And songs for all Thy goodness raise : 
Here will I wait to hear Thy word, 

And join with saints who sing Thy praise. 

53 — Part I. L. M. 

PRACTICAL ATHEISM. 

1 "THERE is a God," all nature cries: 

The heavens and earth this truth confess; 
Yet this, the atheist fool denies, 

And dares his impious thoughts express. 

2 The Lord, from His celestial tower. 

Looked down, the sons of men to view; 
To see if any owned His power, 
If any truth and justice knew. 

3 But all He saw were gone aside, 

All, in their hearts, were atheists grown; 
'None took religion for their guide, 

Not one did God His sovereign own. 
5 97 



PSALMS. 

4 O wretched state! how fallen are men! 

How guilty, helpless, lost, and dead! 
They're all concluded under sin, 

Their hope is gone, their peace is fled. 

5 To such, the Lord His gospel sends; 

For these, a Saviour He appoints; 
To them His grace with power extends; 
And changes atheists into saints. 

53 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

FOES OF ZION. 

1 AEE all the foes of Zion fools, 

Who thus devour her saints? 
Do they not know her Saviour rules, 
And pities her complaints? 

2 They shall be seized with sad surprise: 

For God's avenging arm 
Scatters the bones of them that rise 
To do His children harm. 

3 In vain the sons of Satan boast 

Of armies in array : 
When God has first dispersed their host, 
They fall an easy prey. 

4 Oh! for a word from Zion's King, 

Her captives to restore! 
Jacob with all his tribes shall sing, 
And Judah weep no more. 

54 S. P. M. Dwight. 

A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE. 

1 MY God, preserve my soul; 

Oh! make my spirit whole; 
To save me let Thy strength appear : 

Strangers my steps surround ; 

Their pride and rage confound, 
And bring Thy great salvation near. 

98 



PSALMS. 

2 Those who against me rise, 
Are aliens from the skies : 

They hate Thy church and kingdom, Lord ! 

They mock Thy fearful name: 

They glory in their shame, 
JSTor heed the wonders of Thy word. 

3 But O Thou King divine! 
My chosen friends are Thine, 

The men, that still my soul sustain : 

Wilt Thou my foes subdue, 

And form their hearts anew, 
And snatch them from eternal pain? 

4 Escaped from every woe, 
Oh ! grant me, here below, 

To praise Thy name with those I love: 

And, when beyond the skies, 

Our souls unbodied rise, 
Unite us in the realms above. 

55 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

GOD OUR REFUGE. 

1 O GOD, my Refuge, hear my cries, 

Behold my flowing tears : 
For earth and hell my hurt devise, 
And triumph in my fears. 

2 Their rage is levelled at my life ; 

My soul with guilt they load, 
And fill my thoughts with inward strife, 
To shake my hope in God. 

3 With inward pain my heart-strings sound ; 

I groan with every breath : 
Horror and fear beset me round, 
Among the shades of death. 

4 Oh! were I like a feathered dove, 

Soon would I stretch my wings; 

99 



PSALMS. 

And fly, and make a long remove 
From all these restless things. 

5 Let me to some wild desert go, 

And find a peaceful home; 
Where storms of malice never blow, 
Temptations never come. 

6 Yain hopes, and vain inventions all, 

To 'scape the rage of hell! 
The mighty God on whom I call, 
Can save me here as well. 

55 — Part LT. S. M. Watts. 

DAILY DEVOTION. 

1 LET sinners take their conrse, 
And choose the road to death; 

But in the worship of my God 
I'll spend my daily breath. 

2 My thoughts address His throne, 
When morning brings the light: 

I seek His blessing every noon, 
And pay my vows at night. 

3 Thou wilt regard my cries, 
O my eternal God! 

While sinners perish in surprise, 
Beneath Thine angry rod. 

4 Because they dwell at ease, 
And no sad changes feel; 

They neither fear nor trust Thy name, 
Nor learn to do Thy will. 

5 But I with all my cares, 
Will lean upon the Lord: 

I'll cast my burdens on His arm, 
And rest upon His word. 

6 His arm shall well sustain 
The children of His love : 

100 



PSALMS. 

The ground on which their safety stands, 
No earthly power can move. 

56 — PaetL CM. Watts. 

TRUST IN GOD. 

1 O THOU whose justice reigns on high, 

And makes th' oppressor cease; 
Behold! how envious sinners try 
To vex and break my peace. 

2 The sons of violence and lies 

Join to devour me, Lord ; 
But as my hourly dangers rise, 
My refuge is Thy word. 

3 In God, most holy, just, and true, 

I have reposed my trust; 
Nor will I fear what flesh can do, 
The offspring of the dust. 

4 They wrest my words to mischief still, 

Charge me with unknown faults: 
Mischief doth all their counsels fill, 
And malice all their thoughts. 

5 Shall they escape without Thy frown? 

Must their devices stand? 
Oh ! cast the haughty sinner down, 
And let him know Thy hand! 

56 — Part II. C. M. Watts, 

god's cake of his people. 

1 GOD counts the sorrows of His saints, 

Their groans affect His ears : 
Thou hast a book for my complaints, 
A bottle for my tears. 

2 When to Thy throne I raise my cry, 

The wicked fear and flee; 

So swift is prayer to reach the sky, 

So near is God to me. 

101 



PSALMS. 

3 In Thee, most holy, just, and true, 

I have reposed my trust; 
Nor will I fear what man can do, 
The offspring of the dust. 

4 Thy solemn vows are on me, Lord, 

Thou shalt receive my praise; 
I'll sing, "How faithful is Thy word! 
How righteous all Thy ways!" 

5 Thou hast secured my soul from death ; 

Oh! set Thy prisoner free: 
That heart and hand, and life and breaili 
May be employed for Thee. 

57 L. M. Watts. 

GOD EXALTED. 

1 MY God, in whom are all the springs 

Of boundless love, and grace unknown, 
Hide me beneath Thy spreading wings 
Till the dark cloud is overblown. 

2 Up to the heavens I send my cry, 

The Lord will my desires perform : 
He sends His angels from the sky, 

And saves me from the threatening storm. 

3 Be thou exalted, O my God ! 

Above the heavens where angels dwell: 
Thy power on earth be known abroad, 
Let land to land Thy wonders tell. 

4 My heart is fixed; my song shall raise 

Immortal honours to Thy name : 
Awake, my tongue, to sound His praise, 
My tongue, the glory of my frame. 

5 High o'er the earth His mercy reigns, 

And reaches to the utmost sky: 
His truth to endless years remains, 
When lower worlds dissolve and die. 

102 



PSALMS. 

6 Be thou exalted, O my God! 

Above the heavens where angels dwell ; 
Thy power on earth be known abroad, 
And land to land Thy wonders tell. 

58 L. P. M. Watts. 

WARNING- TO MAGISTRATES. 

1 JUDGES, who rule the world by laws, 
Will ye despise the righteous cause, 

When vile oppression wastes the land? 
Dare ye condemn the righteous poor, 
And let rich sinners 'scape secure, 

While gold and greatness bribe your hand ? 

2 Forgot ye then, or never knew, 
That God will judge the judges too? 

High in the heavens His justice reigns: 
Yet you invade the rights of God, 
Ajid send your bold decrees abroad, 

To bind the conscience in your chains. 

3 A poisoned arrow is your tongue, 
The arrow sharp, the poison strong, 

And death attends where'er it wounds; 
You hear no counsels, cries, nor tears; 
So the deaf adder stops her ears 

Against the power of charming sounds. 

4 Break out their teeth, eternal God! 
Those teeth of lions, dyed in blood ; 

And crush the serpents in the dust: 
As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise, 
Before the sweeping tempest flies, 

So let their names and hopes be lost. 

5 The Almighty thunders from the sky, 
Their grandeur melts, their titles die, 

As hills of snow dissolve and run; 

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PSALMS. 

Or snails that perish in their slime, 
Or births that come before their time, 
Yain births, that never see the sun. 

6 Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord, 
Safety and joy to saints afford: 

And all who hear shall join and say, 
"Sure there's a God that rules on high, 
A God who hears His children cry, 

And will their sufferings well repay." 

59 S. M. Barlow. 

PRAYER AGAINST INVADING FOES. 

1 FBOM foes that round us rise, 
O God of heaven, defend; 

Who brave the vengeance of the skies, 
And with Thy saints contend. 

2 Behold ! from distant shores 
And desert wilds they come, 

Combine for blood their barbarous force, 
And through our cities roam. 

3 Beneath the silent shade, 
Their secret plots they lay; 

Our peaceful walls by night invade, 
And waste the fields by day. 

4 And will the God of grace, 
Begardless of our pain, 

Permit secure that impious race 
To riot in their reign? 

5 In vain their secret guile, 
Or open force, they prove: 

His eye can pierce the deepest veil; 
His hand their strength remove. 

6 Yet save them, Lord, from death, 
Lest we forget their doom ; 

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PSALMS. 

But drive them with Thine angry breath, 
Though distant lands to roam. 

7 Then shall our grateful voice 
Proclaim our guardian God; 
The nations round The earth rejoice, 
And sound Thy praise abroad. 

60 CM. Watts. 

ON A DAY OF HUMILIATION IN WAR. 

1 LORD, Thou hast scourged our guilty land ; 

Behold, Thy people mourn! 
Shall vengeance ever guide Thy hand ? 
Shall mercy ne'er return? 

2 Beneath the terrors of Thine eye, 

Earth's haughty towers decay; 
Thy frowning mantle spreads the sky, 
And mortals melt away. 

3 Our Zion trembles at Thy stroke, 

And dreads Thy lifted hand! 
Oh ! heal the nation Thou hast broke, 
And save the sinking land. 

4 Exalt the banner in the field, 

For those that fear Thy name; 
From barbarous hosts Thy people shield, 
And put our foes to shame. 

5 Attend our armies to the fight, 

And be their guardian God : 
In vain shall numerous powers unite, 
Against Thy lifted rod. 

6 Our troops, beneath Thy guiding hand, 

Shall gain a glad renown : 
'Tis God who makes the feeble stand, 
And treads the mighty down. 
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PSALMS. 
61 — Part I. S. M. Watts. 

GOD OUR REFUGE AND ROCK. 

1 WHEN, overwhelmed with grief, 
My heart within me dies; 

Helpless and far from all relief, 
To heaven I lift mine eyes. 

2 Oh! lead me to the rock, 
That 's high above my head ; 

And make the covert of Thy wings, 
My shelter and my shade. 

3 Within Thy presence, Lord, 
For ever I'll abide: 

Thou art the tower of my defence, 
The Kefuge where I hide. 

4 Tbou givest me the lot 

Of those that fear Thy name: 
If endless life be their reward, 
I shall possess the same. 

61 — Part II. L. M. 

JESUS OUR KING. 

1 MY soul of Thy protection sure, 
Against her foes shall rest secure; 

For Thou, O God, hast heard my vows 
And brought me joyful to Thy house. 

2 With all Thy saints I'll strive to sing 
The glories of my heavenly King; 
Whom Thou in mercy didst ordain, 
Should o'er Thy chosen people reign. 

3 Jesus shall live for ever blessed, 
And give His people peace and rest ; 
Llis years shall last, and God will own 
His righteous sceptre, and His throne. 

4 Oh! let Thy truth prepare the way; 
Tn mercy, Lord, extend His sway: 

106 






PSALMS. 

Tims we'll devote our future days, 
To pay our vows and sing Thy praise. 

62 L - M - Watts. 

TRUST IN GOD ALONE. 

1 MY spirit looks to God alone; 
My rock and refuge is His throne; 
In all my fears, in all my straits, 
My soul on His salvation waits. 

2 Trust Him, ye saints, in all your ways, 
Pour out your hearts before His face: 
When helpers fail, and foes invade, 
God is our all-sufficent aid. 

3 False are the men of high degree, 
The baser sort are vanity; 

Laid in the balance, both appear 
Light as a puff of empty air. 

4 Make not increasing gold your trust, 
Nor set your hearts on glittering dust; 
Why will ye grasp the fleeting smoke, 

* And not believe what God has spoke? 

5 Once hath His awful voice declared, 
Once and again my ears have heard, 
a All power is His eternal due; 

He must be feared and trusted too." 

6 For sovereign power reigns not alone, 
Grace is a partner of the throne: 
Thy grace and justice, mighty Lord, 
Shall well divide our last reward. 

63 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

lord's day morning. 
1 EARLY, my God, without delay, 
I haste to seek Thy face; 
My thirsty spirit faints away, 



Without Thv cheering grace. 



107 



PSALMS. 

2 I've seen Thy glory and Thy power, 

Through all Thy temples shine : 
My God, repeat that heav'nly hour, 
That vision so divine. 

3 Not life itself, with all its joys, 

Can my best passions move; 
Or raise so high my cheerful voice, 
As Thy forgiving love. 

4 Thus till my last expiring day, 

I'll bless my God and king; 
Thus will I lift my hands to pray, 
And tune my lips to sing. 

63 — Part II. L. M. Watts. 

DELIGHT IN" GOD AND HIS WORSHIP. 

1 GREAT God, indulge my humble claim, 

Thou art my Hope, my Joy, my Rest; 
The glories, that compose Thy name, 
Stand all engaged to make me blessed. 

2 Thou great and good, Thou just and wise, 

Thou art my Father and my God; 
And I am Thine by sacred ties, 

Thy son, Thy servant, bought with blood. 

3 With early feet I love t' appear 

Among Thy saints, and seek Thy face; 
Oft have I seen Thy glory there, 

And felt the power of sovereign grace. 

4: Not fruits nor wines that tempt our taste, 
Nor all the joys our senses know, 
Could make me so divinely blessed, 
Or raise my cheerful passions so. 

5 My life itself, without Thy love, 
No taste of pleasure could afford; 
'T would but a tiresome burden prove, 
If I were banished from the Lord. 

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PSALMS. 

6 Amidst the wakeful hours of night, 

When busy cares afflict my head ; 
One thought of Thee gives new delight, 
And adds refreshment to my bed. 

7 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, 

While I have breath to pray, or praise; 
This work shall make my heart rejoice, 
And bless the remnant of my days. 

63 — Part III. S. M. Watts. 

SEEKING GOD. 

1 MY God, permit my tongue 
This joy, to call thee Mine; 

And let my early cries prevail 
To taste Thy love divine. 

2 My thirsty fainting soul 
Thy mercy does implore; 

Not travellers in desert lands 
Can pant for water more. 

3 Within Thy churches, Lord, 
I long to find my place; 

Thy power and glory to behold, 
And feel Thy quickening grace. 

4 Since Thou hast been my help, 
To Thee my spirit flies ; 

And on Thy watchful providence, 
My cheerful hope relies. 

5 The shadow of Thy wings 
My soul in safety keeps ; 

I follow where my Father leads, 
And He supports my steps. 

64 5»- M. Barlow. 

SEEKING DELIVERANCE FROM ENEMIES. 

1 GKEAT God, attend to my complaint, 
ISTor let my drooping spirit faint : 

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PSALMS. 

When foes in secret spread the snare, 
Let my salvation be Thy care. 

2 Shield me without, and guard within, 
From vile temptations and from sin; 
May envy, lust, and pride depart, 
And heavenly grace expand my heart. 

3 Thy justice and Thy power display,. 
And scatter far Thy foes away; 
"While listening nations learn Thy word, 
And saints, triumphant, "bless the Lord. 

4 Then shall Thy church exalt her voice, 
And all that love Thy name rejoice: 
By faith approach Thine awful throne, 
And plead the merits of Thy Son. 

65 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

A PRAYER-HEARING GOD. 

1 PEAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for Thee; 

There shall our vows be paid: 
Thou hast an ear when sinners pray ; 
All flesh shall seek Thine aid. 

2 Lord, our iniquities prevail, 

But pardoning grace is Thine; 
And Thou wilt grant us power and skill 
To conquer every sin. 

3 Blessed are the men whom Thou wilt choose 

To bring them near Thy face; 
Give them a dwelling in Thy house, 
To feast upon Thy grace. 

4 In answering what Thy church requests, 

Thy truth and terror shine; 
And works of dreadful righteousness 
Fulfil Thy kind design. 

5 Thus shall the wondering nations see 

The Lord is good and just; 

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PSALMS. 

And distant islands fly to Thee, 
And make Thy name their trust. 
G They dread Thy glittering tokens, Lord, 
When signs in heaven appear ; 
But they shall learn Thy holy word, 
And love as well as fear. 

65 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

god's goodness in the seasons. 

1 'T IS by Thy strength the mountains stand, 

God of eternal power : 
The sea grows calm at Thy command. 
And tempests cease to roar. 

2 Thy morning light and evening shade 

Successive comforts bring; 
Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad, 
Thy flowers adorn the spring. 

3 Seasons and times, and months and hours, 

Heaven, earth, and air are Thine; 
When clouds distil in fruitful showers, 
The Author is divine. 

4 Those wandering cisterns in the sky, 

Borne by the winds around, 
With watery treasures well supply 
The furrows of the ground. 

5 The thirsty ridges drink their fill, 

And ranks of corn appear; 
Thy ways abound with blessings still, 
Thy goodness crowns the year. 

65 — Part III. H. M. Dwight. 

THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN THE SEASONS. 

1 HOW pleasing is Thy voice, 
O Lord, our heavenly King. 
That bids the frosts retire, 
And wakes the lovely spring! 



PSALMS 



The rains return, 
The ice distils, 



And plains and hills 



Forget to mourn. 



2 The lofty mountains stand, 
Established by Thine arm : 
Thy voice the ocean stills, 
The tumult, and the storm; 



Through earth and skies 
With terror spread, 

3 The morn, with glory crowned, 
Thy hand arrays in smiles; 
Thou bidst the eve decline, 
Rejoicing o'er the hills. 



Thy tokens dread, 
All lands surprise. 



And beauty glows 
To earth's far end. 



Soft suns ascend ; 
The mild wind blows ; 

4 Thou mak'st the pasture green ; 

Thou call'st the flocks abroad ; 
The springing corn proclaims 

The footsteps of our God. 
Both bird and beast And happy share 

Partake Thy care, The general feast. 

5 Thy showers make soft the fields ; 

On every side, behold! 
The ripening harvests wave 
Their loads of richest gold. 

And, blessed, rejoice 



The labourers sing 



With cheerful voice, 



In God their Kins:. 



6 The thunder is His voice; 
His arrows, blazing fires ; 
He glows in yonder sun, 
And smiles in starry choirs. 



His beauty blooms 
In flowers and trees. 



The balmy breeze 
His breath perfumes 

7 With life He clothes the spring; 
The earth with summer warms ; 

112 



His gifts divine, 






PSALMS. 

He spreads th' autumnal feast, 
And rides in wintry storms. 

And ronnd the year 
Through all appear, His glories shine. 

66 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

THE GOD OF PROVIDENCE. 

1 SING-, all ye nations, to the Lord, 

Sing with a joyful noise; 
With melody of sound record 
His honours, and your joys. 

2 Say to the Power that shakes the sky, 

"How terrible art Thou! 
Sinners before Thy presence fly, 
Or at Thy feet they bow." 

3 He rules by His resistless might; 

Will rebel mortals dare 
Provoke th' Eternal to the fight, 
And tempt that dreadful war? 

4 Oh! bless our God, and never cease; 

Ye saints, fulfil His praise: 
He keeps our life, maintains our peace; 
And guides our doubtful ways. 

5 Lord, Thou hast proved our suffering souls, 

To make our graces shine: 
So silver bears the burning coals, 
The metal to refine. 

6 Through watery deeps, and fiery ways, 

We march at Thy command, 
Led, to possess the promised place, 
By Thine unerring hand. 

66 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

PRAISE TO GOD FOR HEARING PRATER. 

1 NOW shall my solemn vows be paid 

To that Almighty Power, 

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PSALMS. 

Who heard the long requests I made 
In my distressful hour. 

2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare 

To make His mercies known : 
Come, ye that fear my God, and hear 
The wonders He has done. 

3 When on my head huge sorrows fell, 

I sought His heavenly aid; 
He saved my sinking soul from hell, 
And death's eternal shade. 

4 If sin lay covered in my .heart, 

While prayer employed my tongue, 
The Lord had shown me no regard, 
Nor I his praises sung. 

5 But God, his name he ever blessed ! 

Hath set my spirit free; 
Nor turned from Him my poor request, 
Nor turned His heart from me. 

67 C. M. Watts. 

THE NATION'S PROSPERITY AND THE CHURCH'S INCREASE. 

1 SHINE on our land, Jehovah, shine, 

With beams of heavenly grace! 
Reveal Thy power through all our coasts, 
And show Thy smiling face. 

2 Here fix Thy throne exalted high, 

And, here, our glory stand; 
And, like a wall of guardian fire, 
Surround Thy favourite land. 

3 When shall Thy name from shore to shore, 

Sound all the earth abroad : 
And distant nations know and love 
Their Saviour and their God? 

4 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, 

Sing loud with solemn voice ; 

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PSALMS. 

Let thankful tongues exalt His praise, 
And thankful hearts rejoice. 

5 He, the great Lord, the sovereign Judge, 

Who sits enthroned above, 
Wisely commands the worlds He made, 
In justice and in love. 

6 Earth shall confess her Maker's hand, 

And yield a full increase: 
Our God will crown His chosen land 
With fruitfulness and peace. 

7 God, the Redeemer, scatters round 

His choicest favours here ; 
While the creation's utmost bound 
Shall see, adore, and fear. 

68— Paut I. L. M. Watts. 

MAJESTY AND COMPASSION OF GOD. 

1 LET God arise in all His might, 
And put the troops of hell to flight; 

As smoke, that sought to cloud the skies 
Before the rising tempest flies. 

2 He rides and thunders through the sky; 
His name Jehovah sounds on high; 
Sing to His name, ye sons of grace ; 
Ye saints, rejoice before His face. 

3 The widow and the fatherless 
Fly to His aid in sharp distress: 
In Him, the poor and helpless find 
A Judge that's just, a Father kind. 

4 He breaks the captive's heavy chain, 
And prisoners see the light again; 
But rebels, that dispute His will, 
Shall dwell in chains and darkness still. 

5 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong 
Crown Him, ye nations, in your song: 



11 



PSALMS. 

His wondrous names and powers rehearse; 
His honours shall enrich your verse. 

6 He shakes the heavens with loud alarms ; 
How terrible is God in arms! 

In Israel are His mercies known, 
Israel is His peculiar throne. 

7 Proclaim Him king, pronounce Him blessed ; 
He's your defence, your joy, your rest: 
When terrors rise, and nations faint, 

God is the strength of every saint. 

68 — Part H. L. M. Watts. 

Christ's ascension and gift of the spirit. 

1 LORD, when Thou didst ascend on high, 
Ten thousand angels filled the sky : 
Those heavenly guards around Thee wait. 
Like chariots that attend Thy state. 

2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear 
More glorious when the Lord was there; 
While He pronounced His dreadful law, 
And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 

3 How bright the triumph none can tell, 
When the rebellious powers of hell, 
That thousand souls had captive made, 
Were all in chains, like captives, led. 

4 Raised by His Father to the throne, 
He sent the promised Spirit down, 
With gifts and grace for rebel men, 
That God might dwell on earth again. 

68 — Part III. L. M. Watts. 

COMMON AND SPECIAL MERCIES. 

1 WE bless the Lord, the just, the good, 
Who fills our hearts with joy and food ; 
Who pours His blessings from the skies, 
And loads our days with rich sunnlies. 

' 116 



PSALMS. 

2 He sends the sun His circuit round, 

To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground; 
He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain, 
Kefresh the thirsty earth again. 

3 'Tis to His care we owe our breath, 
And all our near escapes from death: 
Safety and health to God belong, 

He heals the weak, and guards the strong. 

4 He makes the saint and sinner prove 
The common blessings of His love: 
But the wide difference that remains, 
Is endless joy, and endless pains. 

5 The Lord, that bruised the serpent's head, 
On all the serpent's seed shall tread: 
The stubborn sinner's hope confound, 
And smite him with a lasting wound. 

6 But His right hand His saints shall raise 
From the deep earth, or deeper seas ; 
And bring them to His courts above: 
There shall they taste His special love. 

69 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

Christ's passion. 

1 DEEP in our hearts let us record 
The deeper sorrows of our Lord ; 
Behold ! the rising billows roll, 
To overwhelm His holy soul. 

2 In long complaints He spends His breath, 
While hosts of hell, and powers of death, 
And all the sons of malice join 

To execute their cursed design. 

3 Yet, gracious God, Thy power and love 
Have made the curse a blessing prove: 
Those dreadful sufferings of Thy Son, 
Atoned for sins which we had done. 

117 



PSALMS. 

4 The pangs of our expiring Lord, 
The honours of Thy law restored : 
His sorrows made Thy justice known, 
And* paid for follies, not His own. 

5 Oh ! for His sake our guilt forgive, 
And let the mourning sinner live! 
The Lord will hear us in His name, 
Nor shall our hope be turned to shame. 

69 — Part n. L. M. Watts. 

THE SUFFERINGS AND ZEAL OF CHRIST. 

1 'TWAS for my sake, eternal God, 
Thy Son sustained that heavy load 
Of base reproach, and sore disgrace; 
And shame defiled His sacred face. 

2 The Jews, His brethren and His kin, 
Abused the man that checked their sin; 
While He fulfilled Thy holy laws, 
They hate Him, but without a cause. 

3 "My Father's house," said He, "was made 
A place for worship, not for trade:" 
Then scattering all their gold and brass, 
He scourged the merchants from the place. 

4 Zeal for the temple of His God 
Consumed his life, exposed His blood ; 
Reproaches, at Thy glory thrown, 

He felt, and mourned them as His own. 

5 His friends forsook, His followers fled, 
While foes and arms surround His head ; 
They curse Him with a slanderous tongue, 
And the false judge maintains the wrong. 

6 His life they load with hateful lies, 
And charge His lips with blasphemies; 
They nail Him to the shameful tree : 
There hung my Lord, who died for me. 

118 



PSALMS. 

7 Wretches, with hearts as hard as stones, 
Insult His piety and groans; 

Gall was the food they gave Him there, 
And mocked His thirst with vinegar. 

8 But God beheld; and from His throne 
Marked out the men that hate His Son : 
The hand that raised Him from the dead, 
Shall pour due vengeance on their head. 

69 — Paut HI. CM. Watts. 

THE OBEDIENCE AND DEATH OF CHKIST. 

1 FATHEK, I sing Thy wondrous grace, 

I bless my Saviour's name: 
He bought salvation for the poor, 
And bore the sinner's shame. 

2 His deep distress has raised us high: 

His duty and His zeal 
Fulfilled the law, which mortals broke, 
And finished all Thy will. 

3 His dying groans, His living songs 

Shall better please my God, 
Than harp's or trumpet's solemn sound, 
Than goat's or bullock's blood. 

4 This shall His humble followers see, 

And set their hearts at rest : 
They by His death draw near to Thee, 
And live for ever blest. 

5 Let heaven and all that dwell on high, 

To God their voices raise; 
While lands and seas assist the sky, 
And join t' advance the praise. 

6 Zion is Thine, most holy God : 

Thy Son shall bless her gates; 
And glory, purchased by His blood, 
For Thine own Israel waits. 

119 



PSALMS. 

70 k. M. DwiGHT. 

A PRAYER FOR THE PRESENCE OF CHRIST. 

1 O THOU, whose hands the kingdom sway; 
"Whom earth, and hell, and heaven obey: 
To help Thy chosen sons, appear 

And show Thy power and glory here! 

2 While stupid wretches, sunk in sleep, 
Slide onward to the fiery deep, 

To sense, and sin, and madness given, 
Believe no hell, and wish no heaven; 

3 "While fools deride, while foes oppress, 
And Zion mourns in deep distress; 

Her friends withdraw, her foes grOw bold; 
Truth fails, and love is waxen cold. 

4 Oh! haste, with every gift inspired, 
With glory, truth, and grace attired, 
Thou Star of heaven's eternal morn; 
Thou Sun, whom beams divine adorn! 

5 Assert the honour of Thy name; 
O'erwhelm Thy foes with fear and shame; 
Then, send Thy Spirit from above, 

And change their enmity to love. 

6 Saints shall be glad before Thy face, 
And grow in faith, in truth, and grace: 
Thy church shall blossom in Thy sight, 
Yield fruits of peace and pure delight. 

7 Oh! hither, then, Thy footsteps bend; 
Swift as a roe, from hills decend ; 
Mild as the Sabbath's cheerful ray, 
Till life unfolds eternal day ! 

71— Part! CM. Watts. 

THE AGED SAINt's REFLECTION AND HOPE. 

1 MY God, my everlasting hope, 
I live upon Thy truth ; 

120 



PSALMS. 

Thy hands have held my childhood up, 
And strengthened all my youth. 

2 My flesh was fashioned by Thy power, 

With all these limbs of mine; 
And, from my mother's painful hour, 
I've been entirely Thine. 

3 Still has my life new wonders seen 

Repeated every year; 
Behold! my days that yet remain, 
I trust them to Thy care. 

4 Cast me not off when strength declines, 

"When hoary hairs arise; 
And round me let Thy glory shine, 
Whene'er Thy servant dies. 

5 Then in the history of my age, 

When men review my days, 
They '11 read Thy love in every page, 
In every line, Thy praise. 

71— Part II. C. M. Watts. 

CHRIST OUR STRENGTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

1 MY Saviour, my almighty Friend, 

When I begin Thy praise, 
Where will the growing numbers end, 
The numbers of Thy grace? 

2 Thou art my everlasting trust, 

Thy goodness I adore! 
And, since I knew Thy graces first, 
I speak Thy glories more. 

3 My feet shall travel all the length 

Of the celestial road; 
And march with courage in Thy strength, 

To see my Father, God. 
4: When I am filled with sore distress 

For some surprising sin, 
6 121 



PSALMS. 

I'll plead Thy perfect righteousness, 
And mention none but Thine. 

5 How will my lips rejoice to tell 

The victories of my King! 
My soul, redeemed from sin and hell, 
Shall Thy salvation sing. 

6 My tongue shall all the day proclaim 

My Saviour and my God ; 
His death has brought my foes to shame, 
He saved me by His blood. 

7 Awake, awake, my tuneful powers ; 

With this delightful song, 
I'll entertain the darkest hours, 
Nor think the season long. 

71— Part III. C. M. Watts. 

THE AGED CHRISTIAN'S PRAYER AND SONG 

1 GOD of my childhood, and my youth, 

The Guide of all my days, 
I have declared Thy heavenly truth, 
And told Thy wondrous ways. 

2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs, 

And leave my fainting heart? 
Who shall sustain my sinking years, 
If God, my strength, depart? 

3 Let me Thy power and truth proclaim 

To the surviving age ; 
And leave a savour of Thy name, 
When I shall quit the stage. 

4 The land of silence and of death 

Attends my next remove: 
Oh ! may these poor remains of breath 
Teach the wide world Thy love! 

5 Thy righteousness is deep and high; 

Unsearchable Thy deeds 

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PSALMS. 

Thy glory spreads beyond the sky, 
And all my praise exceeds. 

6 Oft have I heard Thy threatenings roar, 

And oft endured the grief; 
But when Thy hand has pressed me sore, 
Thy grace was my relief. 

7 By long experience have I known 

Thy sovereign power to save: 
At Thy command I venture down, 
Securely to the grave. 

8 When I lie buried deep in dust, 

My flesh shall be Thy care: 
These withering limbs with Thee I trust, 
To raise them strong and fair. 

72 — Part I. L. M. Waits. 

THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST. 

1 GREAT God, whose universal sway 
The known and unknown worlds obey, 
Now give the kingdom to Thy Son, 
Extend His power, exalt His throne. 

2 Thy sceptre well becomes His hands, 
All heaven submits to His commands; 
His justice shall avenge the poor, 
And pride and rage prevail no more. 

3 With power He vindicates the just, 
And treads th' oppressor in the dust; 
His worship and His fear shall last, 
Till hours, and years, and time be past. 

4 As rain on meadows newly mown, 

So shall He send His influence down: 
His grace on fainting souls distills, 
Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills. 

5 The heathen lands, that lie beneath 
The shades of overspreading death, 

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PSALMS. 

Revive at His first dawning light, 
And deserts blossom at the sight. 

6 The saints shall flourish in His days, 
Dressed in the robes of joy and praise: 
Peace, like a river, from His throne, 
Shall flow to nations yet unknown. 

72— Pakt II. L. M. Watts. 

THE SAME. 

1 JESUS shall reign where'er the sun 
Does His successive journeys run; 

His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, 
Till moons shall wax and wane no more. 

2 For Him shall endless prayer be made, 
And praises circle round His head: 
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise 
With every morning sacrifice. 

3 People and realms of every tongue 
Dwell on His love with sweetest song; 
And infant voices shall proclaim 
Their early blessings on His name. 

4 Blessings abound where'er He reigns, 
The prisoner leaps to lose his chains, 
The weary find eternal rest, 

And all the sons of want are blessed. 

5 Where He displays His healing pow'r, 
Death and the curse are known no more: 
In Him the tribes of Adam boast 

More blessings than their father lost. 

6 Let every creature rise, and bring 
Peculiar honours to our King: 
Angels descend with songs again, 
And earth repeat the loud amen. 

124 



PSALMS. 
72— Part III. C. M. Tate and Brady. 

THE GLORY OF CHRIST. 

1 THE memory of Christ's glorious name 

Through endless years shall run; 
His spotless fame shall shine as bright 
And lasting as the sun. 

2 In Him the nations of the world. 

Shall be completely blessed; 

And His imputed righteousness, 

By every tongue confessed. 

3 Then blessed be God, the mighty Lord, 

The God whom Israel fears ; 
Who only, wondrous in His works, 
Beyond compare appears. 

4 Let earth be with His glory filled: 

For ever bless His name ; 
Whilst to His praise, the listening world, 
Their glad assent proclaim. 

73— Part I. S. M. Watts. 

THE MYSTERY OF PROVIDENCE UNFOLDED. 

1 SURE there's a righteous God, 
^sTor is religion vain : 

Though men of vice may boast aloud, 
And men of grace complain. 

2 I saw the wicked rise, 
And felt my heart repine; 

While haughty fools, with scornful eyes, 
In robes of honour shine. 

3 Pampered with wanton ease, 
Their flesh looks full and fair; 

Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas, 
And grows without their care. 

4 Free from the plagues and pains, 

That pious souls endure; 

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PSALMS. 

Through all their life oppression reigns, 
And racks the humble poor. 

5 Their impious tongues blaspheme 
The everlasting God: 

Their malice blasts the good man's name, 
And spreads their lies abroad. 

6 But I with flowing tears 
Indulged my doubts to rise! 

" Is there a God that sees or hears 
The things below the skies ?" 

7 The tumults of my thought 
Held me in hard suspense ; 

Till to Thy house my feet were brought 
To learn Thy justice thence. 

8 Thy word with light and power 
Did my mistake amend; 

I viewed the sinners' life before, 
But here I learned their end. 

9 On what a slipp'ry steep 
The thoughtless wretches go; 

And, Oh ! that dreadful fiery deep, 
That waits their fall below! 

10 Lord, at Thy feet I bow, 

My thoughts no more repine; 
I call my God my portion now, 
And all my powers are Thine. 

73 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

GOD OUR PORTION HERE AND HEREAFTER. 

1 GOD, my Supporter, and my Hope, 

My Help for ever near; 
Thine arm of mercy held me up, 
When sinking in despair. 

2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet, 

Through this dark wilderness; 

126 



PSALMS. 

Thy hand conduct me near Thy seat, 
To dwell before Thy face. 

3 Were I in heaven without my God, 

'T would be no joy to me; 
And while this earth is my abode, 
I long for none but Thee. 

4 "What if the springs of life were broke, 

And flesh and heart should faint? 
God is my soul's eternal Rock, 
The Strength of every saint. 

5 Behold ! the sinners, that remove 

Far from Thy presence, die: 
"Not all the idol gods they love, 
Can save them when they cry. 

6 But to draw near to Thee, my God, 

Shall be my sweet employ; 
My tongue shall sound Thy works abroad, 
And tell the world my joy. 

74 — Pact CM. Watts. 

THE CHUECH PLEADING UNDER PERSECUTION. 

1 WILL God for ever cast us off? 

His wrath for ever smoke 
Against the people of His love, 
His little chosen flock? 

2 Think of the tribes so dearly bought 

With their Redeemer's blood; 
"Nor let Thy Zion be forgot, 
Where once Thy glory stood. 

3 Lift up Thy feet, and march in haste; 

Aloud our ruin calls: 
See what a wide and fearful waste 
Is made within Thy walls. 

4 Where once Thy churches prayed and sang, 

Thy foes profanely roar; 

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PSALMS. 

Over Thy gates their ensigns hang, 
Sad tokens of their power. 

5 How are the seats of worship broke ! 

They tear the buildings down : 
And he, that deals the heaviest stroke, 
Procures the chief renown. 

6 With flames they threaten to destroy 

Thy children in their nest: 
"Come, let us burn at once," they cry, 
"The temple and the priest." 

7 And still to heighten our distress, 

Thy presence is withdrawn ; 
Thy wonted signs of power and grace, 
Thy power and grace are gone. 

8 No prophet speaks to calm our woes, 

The best, the wisest, mourn: 
And not a friend nor promise, shows 
The time of Thy return. 

74_p AKT n. C. M. Waits, 

god's power and covenant invoked. 

1 HOW long, eternal God, how long, 

Shall men of pride blaspheme? 
Shall saints be made their endless song, 
And bear immortal shame? 

2 Is not the world of nature Thine, 

The darkness and the day? 
Didst Thou not bid the morning shine, 
And mark the sun his way? 

3 Hath not Thy power formed every coast, 

And set the earth its bounds; 
With summer's heat and winter's frost, 
In their perpetual rounds? 

4 And shall the sons of earth and dust 

That sacred power blaspheme? 

128 



PSALMS. 

Will not Thy hand that formed them first, 
Avenge Thine injured name ? 

5 Think on the covenant Thou hast made. 

And all Thy words of love; 
Nor let the birds of prey invade, 
And vex Thy mourning dove, 

6 Our foes would triumph in our blood 

And make our hope their jest: 
Plead Thy own cause, Almighty God, 
And give Thy children rest. 

75 £■• M- Barlow. 

PRAISE FOR NATIONAL DELIVERANCE. 

1 TO Thee, most high and holy God, 

To Thee our thankful hearts we raise ; 
Thy works declare Thy name abroad, 
Thy wondrous works demand our praise. 

2 To slavery doomed, Thy chosen sons 

Behold their foes triumphant rise; 
And, sore oppressed by earthly thrones, 
They sought the sovereign of the skies. 

3 'Twas then, great God, with equal power 

Arose Thy vengeance and Thy grace, 
To scourge their legions from the shore, 
And save the remnant of Thy race. 

4 Thy hand, that formed the restless main, 

And reared the mountain's awful head, 
Bade raging seas their course restrain, 
And desert wilds receive their dead. 

5 Such wonders never come by chance, 

Nor could the wind such blessings blow: 
'Tis God th© Judge doth one advance, 
'Tis God that lays another low. 

6 Let haughty tyrants sink their pride, 

Nor lift so high their scornful head; 
6* 129 



PSALMS. 

But lay their impious thoughts aside, 
And own the empire God hath made. 

76 C. M. Watts. 



1 IN Judah, God of old was known; 

His name in Israel great : 
In Salem stood His holy throne, 
And Zion was His seat. 

2 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else, 

Than mighty hills of prey? 
The hill, on which Jehovah dwells, 
More glorious is than they. 

3 'T was Zion's King, who stopped the breath 

Of captains, and their hosts : 
The men of might slept fast in death 
And vain were all their boasts. 

4 At Thy rebuke, O Jacob's God, 

Both horse and chariot fell ; 
Who knows the terrors of Thy rod? 
Thy vengeance who can tell? 

5 When God in His own sovereign ways 

Comes down to save th' oppressed ; 
The wrath of man shall work His p raise, 
And He '11 restrain the rest. 

6 Yow to the Lord, and tribute bring, 

Ye princes, fear His frown; 
His terror shakes the proudest king 
And cuts an army down. 

7 The thunder of His sharp rebuke, 

Our haughty foes shall feel: 
The God of Jacob ne'er forsook, 
But dwells in Zion still. 

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PSALMS. 
77 — Paet I. C. M. Watts. 

MELANCHOLY REBUKED. 

1 TO God I cried with mournful voice, 

I sought His gracious ear: 
In the sad hour when troubles rose; 
And filled my heart with fear. 

2 Gloomy my days, and dark my nights ; 

My soul refused relief: 
I thought on God, the just and wise, 
But thoughts increased my grief. 

3 Still I complained, and, still oppressed, 

My heart began to break ; 
My God, Thy wratli forbade my rest, 
And kept my eyes awake. 

4 My overwhelming sorrows grew, 

Till I could speak no more; 
Then I within myself withdrew, 
And called Thy judgments o'er. 

5 I called back years and ancient times, 

When I beheld Thy face ; 
My spirit searched for secret crimes, 
That might withhold Thy grace. 

6 I called Thy mercies to my mind, 

Which I enjoyed before; 
And will the Lord no more be kind? 
His face appear no more ? 

7 Will He for ever cast me off? 

And will His promise fail? 
Hath He forgot His tender love? 
Shall anger still prevail? 

8 But we forbid this hopeless thought, 

This dark, despairing frame ; 
Remembering what Thy hand hath wrought, 
Thv hand is still the same. 

J 131 



PSALMS. 

9 I'll think again of all Thy ways, 
And talk Thy wonders o'er, 
Thy wonders of recovering grace, 
"When flesh could hope no more. 

10 Grace dwells with justice on the throne: 
And men, that love Thy word, 
Have in Thy sanctuary known 
The counsels of the Lord. 

77 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

ISRAEL LED TO CANAAN. 

1 "HOW awful is Thy chastening rod!" 

May Thy own children say, 
"The great, the wise, the dreadful God, 
How holy is His way !" 

2 I'll meditate His works of old, 

The King that reigns above: 
I'll hear His ancient wonders told, 
And learn to trust His love. 

3 Long did the house of Jacob lie 

With Egypt's yoke oppressed : 
Long He delayed to hear their cry, 
Nor gave His people rest. 

4: Israel, His people and His sheep, 
Must follow where He calls; 
He bids them venture through the deep 
And makes the waves their walls. 

5 The waters saw Thee, mighty God ! 

The waters saw Thee come; 
Backward they fled, and frighted stood, 
To make Thine armies room. 

6 Strange was Thy journey through the sea, 

Thy footsteps, Lord, unknown: 

Terrors attend the wondrous way, 

That brings Thy mercies down. 

132 



PSALMS. 

7 He gave them water from the rock; 
And safe by Moses' hand, 
Through a dry desert led His flock, 
Home to the promised land. 

78 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

CHILDREN INSTRUCTED BY PROVIDENCE. 

1 LET children hear the mighty deeds, 

Which God performed of old, 
Which in our younger years we saw, 
And which our fathers told. 

2 He bids us make His glories known; 

His works of power and grace : 
And we'll convey His wonders down 
Through every rising race. 

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, 

And they again to theirs; 
That generations yet unborn 
May teach them to their heirs. 

4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone 

Their hope securely stands ; 
That they may ne'er forget His works, 
But practise His commands, 

78 — Fart II. C. M. Watts. 

SIN AND CHASTISEMENT OF ISRAEL. 

1 OH ! what a stiff, rebellious house, 

Was Jacob's ancient race! 
False to their own most solemn vows, 
And to their Maker's grace. 

2 They broke the covenant of His love, 

And did His laws despise; 
Forgot the works He wrought, to prove 
His power before their eyes. 

3 They saw the plagues on Egypt light, 

From His avenging hand: 

133 



PSALMS. 

"What dreadful tokens of His might, 
Spread o'er the stubborn land! 

4 They saw Him cleave the mighty sea; 

And marched in safety through, 
With watery walls to guard their way, 
Till they had 'scaped the foe. 

5 A wondrous pillar marked the road, 

Composed of shade and light; 
By day it proved a sheltering cloud, 
A leading fire by night. 

6 He from the rock their thirst supplied ; 

The gushing waters fell, 
And ran in rivers by their side, 
A constant miracle. 

7 Yet they provoked the Lord most high, 

And dared distrust His hand : 
" Can He with bread our host supply, 
Amidst this desert land ?" 

8 The Lord with indignation heard, 

And caused His wrath to flame: 
His terrors ever stand prepared 
To vindicate His name. 

78— Part HI. C. M. Watts. 

CHASTISEMENT AND SALVATION. 

1 WHEN" Israel sinned, the Lord reproved 

And filled their hearts with dread; 
Yet He forgave the tribes He loved, 
And sent them heavenly bread. 

2 He fed them with a liberal hand, 

And made His treasures known; 
He gave the midnight clouds command 
To pour provision down. 

3 The manna, like a morning shower, 

Lay thick around their feet : 

' 134 



PSALMS. 

The corn of heaven, so light, so pure, 
As though 't were angels' meat. 

4 But they in murmuring language said, 

" Manna is all our feast : 
We loathe this light, this airy bread; 
We must have flesh to taste." 

5 "Ye shall have flesh to please your lust," 

The Lord in wrath replied ; 
And sent them quails, like sand or dust, 
Heaped up from side to side. 

6 He gave them all their own desire ; 

And, greedy as they fed, 
His vengeance burned with secret fire, 
And smote the rebels dead. 

7 When some were slain, the rest returned, 

And sought the Lord with tears ; 
Under the rod they feared and mourned, 
But soon forgot their fears. 

8 Oft he chastised and still forgave: 

Till, by His gracious hand, 
The nation He resolved to save, 
Possessed the promised land. 

79 L. M. Barlow 

THE CHURCH PLEADING UNDER PERSECUTION. 

1 BEHOLD ! O God, what cruel foes, 

Thy peaceful heritage invade: 
Thy holy temple stands defiled ; 
In dust Thy sacred walls are laid. 

2 Wide o'er the valleys, drenched in blood, 

Thy people fallen in death remain: 

The fowls of heaven their flesh devour ; 

And savage beasts divide the slain. 

3 Th' insulting foes with impious rage, 

Eeproach Thy children to their face: 

135 



PSALMS. 

"Where is your God of boasted power, 
And where the promise of His grace?" 

4 Deep from the prison's horrid gloom, 

Oh ! hear the mournful captive sigh ; 
And let Thy sovereign power reprieve 
The trembling souls condemned to die. 

5 Let those who dared t' insult Thy reign, 

Eeturn dismayed with endless shame; 
While heathens, who Thy grace despise, 
Shall from Thy vengeance learn Thy name. 

6 So shall Thy children, freed from death, 

Eternal songs of honour raise ; 
And every future age shall tell 

Thy sovereign power, and pardoning grace. 

80 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE PRAYER OF THE CHURCH UNDER DESERTION. 

1 GEEAT Shepherd of Thine Israel, 
Who didst between the cherubs dwell, 
And lead the tribes, Thy chosen sheep, 
Safe through the desert and the deep: 

2 Thy church is in the desert now ; 

Shine from on high, and guide us through: 
Turn us to Thee, Thy love restore, 
We shall be saved and sigh no more. 

3 Great God, whom heavenly hosts obey, 
How long shall we lament and pray, 
And wait in vain Thy kind return ? 
How long shall Thy fierce anger burn? 

4 Instead of wine and cheerful bread, 
Thy saints with their own tears are fed: 
Turn us to Thee, Thy love restore, 

We shall be saved, and sigh no more. 

136 



PSALMS. 
80 — Paet II. L. M. Watts. 

SEEKING A REVIVAL. 

1 LORD, Thou hast plauted with Thy hands 
A lovely vine in heathen lands; 

Thy power defended it around, 

And heavenly dews enriched the ground. 

2 How did the spreading branches shoot, 
And bless the nations with the fruit ! 
But now, dear Lord, look down and see 
Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree! 

3 Why is its beauty thus defaced? 
Why hast Thou laid its fences waste? 
Strangers and foes against it join, 
And every beast devours Thy vine. 

4 Return, almighty God, return; 

JSTor let Thy bleeding vineyard mourn: 
Turn us to Thee, Thy love restore; 
We shall be saved, and sigh no more. 

80 — Part HI. L. M. Watts. 

CHRIST, THE DEFENDER OF HIS CHURCH. 

1 LORD, when Thy vine in Canaan grew, 
Thou wast its strength and glory too ; 
Attacked in vain by all its foes, 

Till the fair branch of promise rose. 

2 Fair Branch, ordained of old to shoot 
From David's stock, from Jacob's root; 
Himself a noble Yine, and we 

The lesser branches of the Tree. 

3 'Tis Thy own Son; and He shall stand 
Girt with Thy strength, at Thy right hand; 
Th' eternal Son, enthroned and blessed, 

To give His suffering people rest. 

4 Oh ! for His sake attend our cry, 
Shine on Thy churches, lest they die: 

137 



PSALMS. 

Turn us to Thee, Thy love restore; 
We shall be saved and sigh no more. 

81 S. M. Watts. 

CHRISTIAN FIDELITY URGED. 

1 SING to the Lord aloud, 
And make a joyful noise: 

God is our strength, our Saviour God; 
Let Israel hear His voice. 

2 " From vile idolatry 
Preserve my worship clean ; 

I am the Lord, who set thee free 
From slavery and sin. 

3 Stretch thy desires abroad, 
And I'll supply them well; 

But if ye will refuse your God, 
If Israel will rebel, 

4 I'll leave them," saith the Lord, 
"To their own lusts a prey, 

And let them run the dangerous road, 
'Tis their own chosen way. 

5 Yet Oh! that all My saints 
Would hearken to My voice! 

Soon would I ease their sore complaints, 
And bid their hearts rejoice. 

6 While I destroyed their foes, 
I'd richly feed My flock, 

And they should taste the stream, that flows 
From their eternal Rock." 

82 L - M. Watts. 

MAGISTRATES WARNED. 

1 AMONG th' assemblies of the great, 
A greater Ruler takes His seat; 
The God of heaven, as Judge, surveys 
Those gods on earth, and all their ways. 

138 



PSALMS. 

2 Why will ye then frame wicked laws? 
Or why support th' unrighteous cause? 
"When will ye once defend the poor, 
That sinners vex the saints no more? 

3 They know not, Lord, nor will they know; 
Dark are the ways in which they go ; 
Their name of earthly gods is vain; 

For they shall fall, and die like men. 

4 Arise, O Lord, and let Thy Son 
Possess His universal throne, 

And rule the nations with His rod; 
He is our Judge, and He our God. 

83 S. M. Watts. 

A PRAYER AGAINST PERSECUTORS. 

1 AND will the God of grace 
Perpetual silence keep? 

The God of justice hold His peace, 
And let His vengeance sleep? 

2 Behold what cursed snares 
The men of mischief spread! 

The men, that hate Thy saints and Thee, 
Lift up their threatening head. 

3 Against Thy hidden ones 
Their counsels they employ; 

And malice, with her watchful eye, 
Pursues them to destroy. 

4 " Come, let us join," they cry, 

" To root them from the ground ; 
Till not the name of saints remain, 
Nor memory shall be found." 

5 Awake, almighty God! 

And call Thy wrath to mind: 
Give them like forests to the fire, 
Or stubble to the wind. 

139 



PSALMS. 

6 Convince their madness, Lord, 
And make them seek Thy name: 

Or else their stubborn rage confonnd, 
That they may die in shame. 

7 Then shall the nations know 
That glorious dreadful word : 

Jehovah is Thy name alone, 
And Thou the sovereign Lord. 

84— Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE PLEASURE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. 

1 HOW" pleasant, how divinely fair, 

O Lord of hosts, Thy dwellings are! 
With long desire my spirit faints 
To meet th' assemblies of Thy saints. 

2 My flesh would rest in Thine abode, 
My panting heart cries out for God; 
My God! my King! why should I be 
So far from all my joys, and Thee? 

3 The sparrow chooses where to rest, 
And for her young provides her nest; 
But will my God to sparrows grant 
That pleasure which His children want? 

4 Blessed are the saints who sit on high, 
Around Thy throne of majesty; 

Thy brightest glories shine above, 
And all their work is praise and love. 

5 Blessed are the souls that find a place 
Within the temple of Thy grace : 
There they behold Thy gentler rays, 
And seek Thy face, and learn Thy praise. 

6 Blessed are the men whose hearts are set 
To find the way to Zion's gate: 

God is their strength, and through the road 
They lean upon their helper, God. 

140 



PSALMS. 

7 Cheerful they walk with growing strength, 
Till all shall meet in heaven at length ; 
Till all before Thy face appear, 
And join in nobler worship there. 

84 — Part II L. M. Watts. 

GRACE AND GLORY. 

1 GEE AT God attend, while Zion sings 
The joy that from Thy presence springs: 
To spend one day, with Thee on earth, 
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 

2 Might I enjoy the meanest place 
Within Thy house, O God of grace; 
Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power, 
Should tempt my feet to leave Thy door. 

3 God is our snn, He makes our day; 
God is our shield, He guards our way 
From all th' assaults of hell and sin, 
From foes without and foes within. 

4 All needful grace will God bestow, 
And crown that grace with glory too: 
He gives us all things, and withholds 
~No real good from upright souls. 

5 O God, our King, Thy sovereign sway, 
The glorious hosts of heaven obey; 
And devils at Thy presence flee : 
Blessed is the man that trusts in Thee ! 

84— Part III. H. M. Watts. 

LONGING FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD. 

1 LOED of the worlds above, 
How pleasant and how fair, 
The dwellings of Thy love, 
Thine earthly temples are! 
To Thine abode, With warm desires 

My heart aspires, To see my God. 

141 



PSALMS. 

2 The sparrow for her young 
With pleasure seeks a nest, 
And wandering swallows long 
To find their wonted rest: 



My spirit faints 
With equal zeal, 



To rise and dwell 
Among Thy saints. 

3 O happy souls that pray 

Where God appoints to hear! 
O happy men that pay 

Their constant service there ! 
They praise Thee still ; I That love the way 
And happy they, j To Zion's hill. 

4 They go from strength to strength, 

Through this dark vale of tears ; 
Till each arrives at length, 
Till each in heaven appears. 



O glorious seat, 



Shall thither bring 



When God our King Our willing feet ! 

5 To spend one sacred day, 

Where God and saints abide, 
Affords diviner joy, 

Than thousand days beside : 

To keep the door, 
Than shine in courts. 



Where God resorts, 
I covet more 



6 God is our sun and shield, 
Our light and our defence; 
With gifts His hands are filled; 
We draw our blessings thence: 



Peculiar grace, 
And glory too. 



He shall bestow 
On Jacob's race, 

V The Lord His people loves; 
His hand no good withholds 
From those His heart approves, 
From pure and pious souls. 



142 



PSALMS. 

Thrice happy he, Whose spirit trusts 

O God of hosts, I Alone in Thee ! 

85— Past I. L. M. Watts. 

THE SPIRIT ACKNOWLEDGED AND DESIRED. 

1 LORD, Thou hast called Thy grace to mind, 

Thou hast reversed our heavy doom : 
So God forgave when Israel sinned, 

And brought His wandering captives home. 

2 Thou hast begun to set ns free, 

And made Thy fiercest wrath abate: 
£Tow let our hearts be turned to Thee; 
And Thy salvation be complete. 

3 Revive our dying graces, Lord, 

And let Thy saints in Thee rejoice: 
Make known Thy truth, fulfil Thy word; 
We wait for praise to tune our voice. 

4 We wait to hear what God will say ; 

He '11 speak, and give His people peace : 
But let them run no more astray, 
Lest His returning wrath increase. 

85 — Part n. L. M. Watts. 

SALVATION BY CHRIST. 

1 SALVATION is for ever nigh, 

The souls that fear and trust the Lord ; 
And grace, descending from on high, 
Fresh hopes of glory shall afford. 

2 Mercy and truth on earth are met, 

Since Christ the Lord came down from heaven : 
By His obedience so complete, 

Justice is pleased, and peace is given. 

3 Now truth and honour shall abound; 

Religion dwell on earth again ; 
And heavenly influence bless the ground, 
In our Redeemer's gentle reign. 

143 



PSALMS. 

4 His righteousness is gone before, 
To give us free access to God: 
Our wandering feet shall stray no more, 
But mark His steps, and keep the road. 

86— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

MAJESTY AND GRACE OF GOD. 

1 AMONG the princes, earthly gods, 

There's none hath power divine; 
Nor is their nature, mighty Lord ! 
Nor are their works like Thine. 

2 The nations, Thou hast made, shall bring 

Their offerings round Thy throne: 
For Thou alone dost wondrous things; 
For thou art God alone. 

3 Lord, I would walk with holy feet: 

Teach me Thy heavenly ways ; 
And my poor scattered thoughts unite 
In God my Father's praise. 

4 Great is Thy mercy, and my tongue 

Shall those sweet wonders tell ; 
How by Thy grace my sinking soul 
Hose from the deeps of hell. 

86 — Part II. L. M. Livingston. 

PLEADING FOR EVIDENCE OF AN INTEREST TN CHRIST. 

1 JESUS, my God, my all in all, 

Display Thy power, unveil Thy face; 
"Wilt Thou not hear when sinners call? 
Is not Thy reign, a reign of grace? 

2 A thousand times my tongue hath said, 

" Bought with a price, I 'm not my own ;" 
A thousand times my soul hath fled, 
And sought relief before Thy throne. 

3 But now I grope, as in the night ; 

I can't believe, and dare not trust: 

144 



PSALMS. 

My path is hedged, I see no light, 
My hopes are prostrate in the dust. 

4 "With fears that all experience past 

Hath been delusive, false and vain, 
I dread, lest falling short at last, 
I never shall the prize obtain. 

5 "When to the cross I wish to fly, 

And see the blood of sprinkling flow ; 
To Sinai's mount, not Calvary, 
A legal spirit bids me go. 

6 Striving to stretch my withered arms, 

I fain would give myself away ; 
But sins and guilt excite alarms, 

And check a near approach to Thee. 

7 Oh! if already I've believed, 

If Christ and I indeed be one : 
Then prove thyself my Help and Shield, 
Or, let the work be now begun. 

8 Show me a token, Lord, for good, 

And let me know that I am Thine; 
Dispel my doubts, disperse the cloud, 
And on my soul benignant shine. 

9 Now, let Thy Spirit from above, 

Bear witness to my troubled heart ; 
Now shed abroad my Father's love, 

And filial confidence impart. 
10 Then shall my foes, who hate me, see 

That God is faithful to His saints ; 
That He hath heard and helped me, 

And changed to praise my sad complaints. 

87 L. M. Watts. 

THE CHURCH, THE BIRTH PLACE OF THE SAINTS. 

1 GOD in His earthly temples lays 
Foundations for His heavenly praise ; 
7 145 



PSALMS. 

He likes tlie tents of Jacob well ; 
But still in Zion loves to dwell. 

2 His mercy visits every house, 

That pays its night and morning vows ; 
But makes a more delightful stay, 
Where churches meet to praise and pray. 

3 What glories were described of old ! 
What wonders are of Zion told 1 
Thou city of our God below, 

Thy fame shall Tyre and Egypt know. 

4 Egypt and Tyre, the Greek and Jew, 
Shall there begin their lives anew ; 
Angels and men shall join to sing 
The Hill, where living waters spring. 

5 When God makes up his last account 
Of natives in his holy mount, 
'Twill be an honour to appear, 

As one new born and nourished there. 

88 — Part I. L. M. Dwight. 

LIFE THE ONLY ACCEPTED TIME. 

1 WHILE life prolongs its precious light, 

Mercy is found and peace is given; 

But soon, ah soon ! th' approaching night 

Shall blot out every hope of heaven. 

2 While God invites, how blessed the day! 

How sweet the gospel's charming sound! 
" Come, sinners, haste, oh ! haste away, 
While yet a pardoning God he's found. 

3 In that lone land of deep despair, 

No Sabbath's heavenly light shall rise; 
No God regard your bitter prayer, 
Nor Saviour call you to the skies." 

146 



PSALMS. 
88 — Pabt II. S. M. Dwight. 

SICKNESS SANCTIFIED. 

1 STKETCHED on the bed of grief, 
In silence long I lay ; 

For sore disease and wasting pain 
Had worn my strength away. 

2 How mourned my sinking soul 
The Sabbath's hours divine ; 

The day of grace, that precious day, 
Consumed in sense and sin ! 

3 The work, the mighty work 
Of life, so long delayed ; 

Repentance, yet to be begun, 
Upon a dying bed ! 

4 Then to the Lord I prayed, 
And raised a bitter cry: 

"Hear me, O God, and save my soul, 
Lest I for ever die." 

5 He heard my humble cry ; 

He saved my soul from death : 
To him I'll give my heart and hands, 
And consecrate my breath. 

6 Ye sinners, fear the Lord, 
While yet 'tis called to-day; 

Soon will the awful voice of death 
Command your souls away. 

88— Part III. L. M. Dwight. 

RESURRECTION AND IMMORTALITY. 

1 SHALL man, O God of light and life, 

For ever moulder in the grave? 
Can'st Thou forget Thy glorious work, 
Thy promise, and Thy power to save? 

2 Cease, cease, ye vain desponding fears: 

When Christ, our Lord, from darkness sprang, 

147 



PSALMS. 

Death, the last foe, was captive led, 

And heaven with praise and wonder rang. 

3 Him, the first fruits, His chosen sons 

Shall follow from the vanquished grave; 
He mounts His throne, the King of kings, 
His church to quicken, and to save. 

4 Faith sees the bright eternal doors 

Unfold, to make His children way; 
They shall be clothed with endless life, 
And shine in everlasting day. 

5 The trump shall sound ; the dust awake ; 

From the cold tomb the slumberers spring: 
Through heaven with joy their myriads rise, 
And hail their Saviour and their King. 

88 — PartIY. L. M. 

A BELIEVER WALKING IN DARKNESS. 

1 LORD, in a day of power divine, 

Thy grace prevailed, and made me Thine: 
To Thee, my soul, when young, I gave, 
And trusted in Thy power to save. 

2 But where remain my joy and peace, 
Which, then I thought, would never cease? 
If I am Thine, how can it be, 

That comforts should for ever flee? 

3 Involved in glooms of darkest night, 
And banished from Thy blissful sight, 
I seek Thy face on every side; 

But still the glooms of night abide. 

4 Up from my youth, deprived of joy, 
Afflictions all my peace destroy ; 
Thy terrors oft distract my soul, 
And sorrows rise beyond control. 

5 Oh ! turn Thine hand, command relief, 

Restore my peace, assuage my grief; 

148 



PSALMS. 

And let, of future rest, an heir 
One drop of consolation share. 

89 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE COVENANT MADE WITH CHRIST. 

1 FOR ever shall my song record 
The truth and mercy of the Lord; 
Mercy and truth for ever stand, 

Like heaven, established by His hand. 

2 Thus to His Son He sware and said: 
"With thee My covenant first was made; 
In Thee shall dying sinners live ; 

Glory and grace are Thine to give. 

3 Be Thou My Prophet, Thou My Priest : 
Thy children shall be ever blest ; 
Thou art My chosen King; Thy throne 
Shall stand eternal, like My own." 

4 Now let the church rejoice, and sing, 
Jesus her Saviour, and her King : 
Angels His heavenly wonders show, 
And saints declare His works below. 

89 — Part II. CM. Watts. 

THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD. 

1 MY never ceasing songs shall show 

The mercies of the Lord : 
And make succeeding ages know, 
How faithful is His word. 

2 The sacred truths His lips pronounce, 

Shall firm as heaven endure; 
And if He speaks a promise once, 
Th' eternal grace is sure. 

3 How long the race of David held 

The promised Jewish Throne ! 
But there's a nobler covenant sealed 
To David's greater Son. 

149 



PSALMS. 

4 His seed for ever shall possess 

A throne above the skies; 
The meanest subject of His grace, 
Shall to that glory rise. 

5 Lord God of hosts, Thy wondrous ways 

Are sung by saints above; 
And saints on earth their honours raise 
To Thy unchanging love. 

89 — Part III. C. M. Watts. 

THE POWER AND MAJESTY OF GOD. 

1 WITH reverence let the saints appear, 

And bow before the Lord; 
His high commands adoring hear, 
And tremble at His word. 

2 How terrible Thy glories be! 

How bright Thine armies shine! 
Where is the power that vies with Thee? 
Or truth compared with Thine ? 

3 The northern pole and southern, rest 

On Thy supporting hand ; 
Darkness and day from east to west, 
Move round at Thy command. 

4 Thy words the raging winds control, 

And rule the boisterous deep : 
Thou rnakest the sleeping billows roll, 
The rolling billows sleep. 

5 Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are Thine, 

And the dark world of hell ; 
How did Thine arm in vengeance shine 
When Egypt durst rebel! 

6 Justice and judgment are Thy throne, 

Yet wondrous is Thy grace; 
While truth and mercy, joined in one, 
Invite us near Thy face. 

150 



PSALMS. 
89 — PaktIY. CM. Watts. 

THE BLESSEDNESS OF KNOWING THE GOSPEL. 

1 BLESSED are the souls that hear and know 

The gospel's joyful sound; 
Peace shall attend the path they go, 
And light their steps surround. 

2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up 

Through their Redeemer's name; 
His righteousness exalts their hope, 
Nor Satan dares condemn. 

3 The Lord, our glory and defence, 

Strength and salvation gives; 
Israel ! thy King for ever reigns, 
Thy God for ever lives. 

89 — Paj*t Y. C. M. Watts. 



1 HEAR what the Lord in vision said, 

And made His mercy known; 
"Sinners, behold, your help is laid 
On My almighty Son. 

2 High shall He reign on David's throne, 

My people's better King; 
My arm shall beat His rivals down, 
And still new subjects bring. 

3 My truth shall guard Him in His way, 

With mercy by His side; 
While in My name through earth and sea, 
He shall in triumph ride. 

4 My covenant stands for ever fast, 

My promises are strong ; 
Firm as the heavens His throne shall last, 
His seed endure as long." 

151 



PSALMS. 
89 — Paet VI. C. M. Watts. 

THE COVENANT UNCHANGEABLE. 

1 YET (saith the Lord) if David's race, 

The children of My Son, 
Should break My laws, abuse My grace, 
And tempt Mine anger down; 

2 Their sins I'll visit with the rod, 

And make their folly smart; 
But I'll not cease to be their God, 
Nor from My truth depart. 

3 My covenant I will ne'er revoke, 

But keep My grace in mind; 
And what eternal love hath spoke, 
Eternal truth shall bind. 

4 Once have I sworn (I need no more) 

And pledged My holiness, 
To seal My sacred promise sure 
To David and his race. 

5 The sun shall see his offspring rise, 

And spread from sea to sea, 
Long as he travels round the skies 
To give the nations day. 

6 Sure as the moon that rules the night, 

His kingdom shall endure ; 
Till the fixed laws of shade and light 
Shall be observed no more. 

89 — Part YII. L. M. Watts. 

MORTALITY AND HOPE. 

1 REMEMBER, Lord, our mortal state! 
How frail our life ; how short the date ! 
Where is the man that draws his breath, 
Safe from disease, secure from death? 

2 Lord, while we see whole nations die, 
Our flesh and sense repine and cry, 

152 






PSALMS. 

"Must death for ever rage and reign? 
Or hast Thou made mankind in vain? 

3 Where is Thy promise to the just? 
Are not Thy servants turned to dust?" 
But faith forbids these mournful sighs, 
And sees the sleeping dust arise. 

4 That glorious hour, that dreadful day, 
Wipes the reproach of saints away; 
And clears the honour of Thy word : 
Awake, our souls, and bless the Lord. 

90— Part I. L. M. Watts. 

MAN MORTAL AND GOD ETERNAL. 

1 THKOUGH every age, eternal God! 
Thou art our rest, our safe abode ; 

High was Thy Throne, ere heaven was made, 
Or earth Thy humble footstool laid. 

2 Long had'st Thou reigned ere time began, 
Or dust was fashioned into man ; 

And long Thy kingdom shall endure, 
When earth and time shall be no more. 

3 But man, weak man, is born to die, 
Made up of guilt and vanity: 

Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just, 
"Return, ye sinners, to your dust." 

4 A thousand of our years amount 
Scarce to a day in Thine account ; 
Like yesterday's departed light, 
Or the last watch of ending night. 

5 Death, like an overflowing stream, 
Sweeps us away : our life 's a dream ; 
An empty tale; a morning flower, 
Cut down and withered in an hour. 

6 Our age to seventy years is set; 

How short the term I how frail the state ! 
7* 153 



PSALMS. 

And if to eighty we arrive, 

"We rather sigh and groan, than live. 

7 But ohl how oft Thy wrath appears, 
And cuts off our expected years ! 
Thy wrath awakes our humble dread: 
We fear the power that strikes us dead. 

8 Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man, 
And kindly lengthen out our span ; 
Till faith, and love, and piety, 

Fit us to die, and dwell with Thee. 

90— Part H CM. Watts. 

MAN FRAIL, AND GOD OUR REFUGE. 

1 OUK God, our help in ages past, 

Our hope for years to come, 
Our shelter from the stormy blast, 
And our eternal home! 

2 Before the hills in order stood, 

Or earth received her frame, 
From everlasting Thou art God, 
To endless years the same. 

3 Time, like an ever rolling stream, 

Bears all its sons away ; 
They fly, forgotten, as a dream 
Dies at the opening day. 

4 Our God, our help in ages past, 

Our hope for years to come, 
Be Thou our guard while troubles last, 
And our eternal home. 

90 — Part in. CM. Watts. 

DEATH THE EFFECT OF SIN : BREVITY OF LIFE. 

1 LORD, if Thine eyes survey our faults, 
And justice grow severe, 
Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts, 
And burns beyond our fear. 

154 



PSALMS. 

2 Thine anger turns our frame to dust; 

By one offence to Thee, 
Adam and all his sons have lost 
Their immortality. 

3 Life, like a vain amusement, flies, 

A fable or a song: 
By swift degrees our nature dies, 
Nor can our joys be long. 

4 'Tis but a few, whose days amount 

To three score years and ten ; 
And all, beyond that short account, 
Is sorrow, toil and pain. 

5 Almighty God, reveal Thy love, 

And not Thy wrath alone: 
Oh! let our sweet experience prove 
The mercies of Thy throne ! 

90 — Part IT. C. M. Watts. 

BREATHING AFTER HEAVEN. 

1 KETITKN, O God of love, return ; 

Earth is a tiresome place: 
How long shall we, Thy children, mourn 
Our absence from Thy face ? 

2 Let heaven succeed our painful years, 

Let sin and sorrow cease; 
And, in proportion to our tears, 
So make our joys increase. 

3 Thy wonders to Thy servants show, 

Make Thy own work complete; 
Then shall our souls Thy glory know, 
And own Thy love was great. 

4 Then shall we shine before Thy throne, 

In all Thy beauty, Lord ; 
And, the poor service, we have done, 
Meet a divine reward. 

155 



PSALMS. 
91— Part I. L. M. Watts. 

SAFETY IN DISEASES AND DANGERS. 

1 He that hath made his refuge God, 
Shall find a most secure abode; 
Shall walk all day beneath His shade, 
And there at night shall rest his head. 

2 Then will I say, "My God, Thy power, 
Shall be my fortress and my tower: 

I, that am formed of feeble dust, 
Make Thine almighty arm my trust.' 5 

3 Thrice happy man ! thy Maker's care 
Shall keep thee from the fowler's snare, 
Satan, the tempter, who betrays 
Unguarded souls a thousand ways. 

4 Just as a hen protects her brood 

From birds of prey that seek their blood, 
Under her feathers ; so the Lord 
Makes His own arm His people's guard. 

5 If burning beams of noon conspire 
To dart a pestilential fire, 

God is their life: His wings are spread, 
To shield them with an healthful shade. 

6 If vapours with malignant breath 
Rise thick, and scatter midnight death, 
Israel is safe : the poisoned air 
Grows pure, if Israel's God be there. 

7 What though a thousand at thy side, 
At thy right hand ten thousand died; 
Thy God His chosen people saves 
Among the dead, amid the graves. 

8 But if the fire, or plague, or sword, 
Receive commission from the Lord, 
To strike His saints among the rest, 
Their very pains and death are blessed. 



PSALMS. 

9 The sword, the pestilence, or fire, 
Shall but fulfil their best desire: 
From sins and sorrows set them free, 
And bring Thy children, Lord, to Thee. 

91— Part II. C. M. Watts. 

A PROMISE OF DIVINE PROTECTION. 

1 YE sons of men, a feeble race, 

Exposed to every snare, 
Come, make the Lord your dwelling place, 
And try, and trust His care. 

2 No ill shall enter where you dwell ; 

Or if the plague come nigh, 
And sweep the wicked down to hell, 
'Twill raise His saints on high. 

3 He'll give His angels charge to keep 

Your feet in all their ways ; 
To watch your pillow while you sleep, 
And guard your happy days. 

4 Their hands shall bear you, lest you fall, 

And dash against the stones : 

Are they not servants at His call, 

And sent t' attend His sons? 

5 Adders and lions ye shall tread; 

The tempter's wiles defeat: 
For He that broke the serpent's head, 
Puts Him beneath your feet. 

6 "Because on me they set their love, 

I'll save them;" saith the Lord, 
"I'll bear their joyful souls above 
Destruction and the sword. 

7 My grace shall answer when they call; 

In trouble I '11 be nigh : 
My power shall help them when they fall, 
And raise them when they die. 

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PSALMS. 

8 Those that on earth my name have known, 
I '11 honour them in heaven ; 
There my salvation shall be shown, 
And endless life be given." 

92 — Pakt I. L. M. Watts. 



1 SWEET is the work, my God, my King, 
To praise Thy name, give thanks and sing: 
To show Thy love by morning light, 

And talk of all Thy truth at night. 

2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest, 

No mortal care shall seize my breast: 
Oh! may my heart in tune be found, 
Like David's harp of solemn sound. 

3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord, 
And bless His works, and bless His word : 
Thy works of grace, how bright they shine! 
How deep Thy counsels ! how divine ! 

4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high, 
Like brutes they live, like brutes they die: 
Like grass they flourish, till Thy breath 
Blasts them in everlasting death. 

5 But I shall share a glorious part, 
When grace hath well refined my heart; 
And fresh supplies of joy are shed, 
Like holy oil, to cheer my head. 

6 Sin, my worst enemy before, 

Shall vex my eyes and ears no more: 
My inward foes shall all be slain; 
Nor Satan break my peace again. 

7 Then shall I see, and hear, and know 
All I desired or wished below: 

And every power find sweet employ 

In that eternal world of ]ov. 

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PSALMS. 
92 — Part II. L. M. Watts. 

THE CHUECH, THE GAEDEN OF GOD. 

1 LORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand 
In gardens planted by Thy hand, 

Let me within Thy courts be seen, 
Like a young cedar fresh and green. 

2 There grow Thy saints in faith and love, 
Blessed with Thine influence from above; 
Not Lebanon with all its trees, 

Yields such a comely sight as these. 

3 The plants of grace shall ever live; 
Nature decays, but grace must thrive ; 
Time, that doth all things else impair, 
Still makes them flourish strong and fair. 

4 Laden with fruits of age, they show 
The Lord is holy, just and true; 
None, that attend His gates, shall find 
A God unfaithful or unkind. 

93 L. M. Watts. 

ETEENITY AND DOMINION OF GOD. 

1 JEHOYAH reigns : He dwells in light 
Girded with majesty and might: 

The world, created by His hands, 
Still on its first foundation stands. 

2 But ere this spacious world was made, 
Or had its first foundation laid; 

Thy throne eternal ages stood, 
Thyself the ever living God. 

3 Like floods the angry nations rise, 
And aim their rage against the skies; 
Yain floods that aim their rage so high! 
At Thy rebuke the billows die. 

4 For ever shall Thy throne endure ; 
Thv promise stands for ever sure: 

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PSALMS. 

And everlasting holiness 

Becomes the dwellings of thy grace. 

94— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

SINNERS THREATENED : SAINTS CHASTISED. 

1 O GOD, to whom revenge belongs, 

Proclaim Thy wrath aloud ; 
Let sovereign power redress our wrongs, 
Let justice smite the proud. 

2 They say, "The Lord nor sees nor hears:" 

When will the fools be wise? 
Can He be deaf, who formed their ears ? 
Or blind, who made their eyes \ 

3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain, 

And they shall feel His power ; 
His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain 
In some surprising hour. 

4 But if Thy saints deserve rebuke, 

Thou hast a gentler rod ; 
Thy providences and Thy book 
Shall make them know their God. 

5 Blessed is the man Thy hands chastise, 

And to his duty draw : 
Thy chastenings make Thy children wise, 
When they forget Thy law. 

6 But God will ne'er cast off His saints, 

Nor His own promise break ; 
He pardons His inheritance 
For their Redeemer's sake. 

94 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

GOD OUR SUPPORT AND COMFORT. 

1 WHO will arise and plead my right, 

Against my numerous foes ; 

While earth and hell their force unite, 

And all my hopes oppose? 

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PSALMS. 

2 Had not the Lord, my rock, my help, 

Sustained my fainting head, 
My life had now in silence dwelt; 
My soul among the dead. 

3 "Alas! my sliding feet!" I cried, 

Thy promise was my prop : 
Thy grace stood constant by my side, 
Thy Spirit bore me up. 

4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts 

Within my bosom roll ; 
Thy boundless love forgives my faults, 
Thy comforts cheer my soul. 

5 Powers of iniquity may rise, 

And frame pernicious laws; 
But God, my refuge, rules the skies; 
He will defend my cause. 

6 Let malice vent her rage aloud, 

Let bold blasphemers scoff: 
The Lord our God shall judge the proud, 
And cut the sinners off. 

95 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

PREPARATION FOR PRAYER. 

1 SLN~G to the Lord Jehovah's name, 

And in His strength rejoice: 
When His salvation is our theme, 
Exalted be our voice. 

2 With thanks approach His awful sight, 

And psalms of honour sing: 
The Lord 's a God of boundless might, 
The whole creation's King. 

3 Let princes hear, let angels know, 

How mean their natures seem, 
Those gods on high, and gods below, 
When once compared with Him. 

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PSALMS. 

4 Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, 

Lies in His spacious hand ; 
He fixed the seas, what bounds to keep, 
And where the hills must stand. 

5 Come, and with humble souls adore; 

Come, kneel before His face; 
Oh ! may the creatures of His power 
Be children of His grace! 

6 !Now is the time: He bends His ear, 

And waits for your request: 
Come, lest He rouse His wrath, and swear 
" Ye shall not see my rest." 

95 — Part II. S. M. Watts. 

A CALL TO DELAYING SINNERS. 

1 COME, sound His praise abroad, 
And hymns of glory sing: 

Jehovah is the sovereign God, 
The universal King. 

2 He formed the deeps unknown; 
He gave the seas their bound; 

The watery worlds are all His own, 
And all the solid ground. 

3 Come, worship at His throne, 
Come, bow before the Lord* 

We are His work, and not our own, 
He formed us by His word. 

4 To-day attend His voice, 
Nor dare provoke His rod ; 

Come, like the people of His choice, 
And own your gracious God. 

5 But if your ears refuse 
The language of His grace; 

And hearts grow hard like stubborn Jews, 
That unbelieving race : 

162 



PSALMS. 

6 The Lord in vengeance dressed, 

Will lift His hand and swear; 
"Ye that despise Mj promised rest, 

Shall have no portion there." 

95 — Part HI. L. M. Watts. 

WARNING AGAINST DELAY. 

1 COME, let our souls address the Lord, 
Who framed our nature with His word: 
He is our Shepherd ; we the sheep 

His mercy chose, His pastures keep. 

2 Come, let us hear His voice to-day, 
The counsels of His love obey; 
Nor let our hardened hearts renew 
The sins and plagues that Israel knew. 

3 Seize the kind promise, while it waits, 
And march to Zion's heavenly gates; 
Believe, and take the promised rest ; 
Obey, and be for ever blest. 

96— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

THE FIRST AND SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. 

1 SLN"G to the Lord, ye distant lands, 

Ye tribes of every tongue ; 
His rich display of grace demands 
A new and nobler song. 

2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, 

God's own almighty Son: 
His power the sinking world sustains, 
And grace surrounds His throne. 

3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day; 

Joy through the earth be seen: 
Let cities shine in bright array, 
And fields in cheerful green. 

4 Let an unusual joy surprise 

The islands of the sea: 

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PSALMS. 

Ye mountains sink ; ye valleys rise ; 
Prepare the Lord His way. 

5 Behold He comes ! He comes to bless 

The nations as their God : 
To show the world His righteousness, 
And send His truth abroad. 

6 But when His voice shall raise the dead, 

And bid the world draw near; 
How will the guilty nations dread, 
To see their Judge appear! 

96 -- Past II. L. P. M. Watts. 

UNIVERSAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOD. 

1 THE heathen know Thy glory, Lord; 
The wondering nations read Thy word; 

In these far climes Jehovah 's known : 
Our worship shall no more be paid 
To gods which mortal hands have made; 

Our Maker is our God alone. 

2 He framed the globe, He built the sky; 
He made the shining worlds on high, 

And reigns complete in glory there: 
His beams are majesty and light; 
His beauties, how divinely bright! 

His temple, how divinely fair! 

3 Come, the great day, the glorious hour, 
When earth shall feel His saving power. 

And barbarous nations fear His name: 
Then shall the race of man confess 
The beauty of His holiness, 

And in His courts His grace proclaim. 

97 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

CHRIST COMING TO JUDGMENT. 

1 HE reigns ; the Lord, the Saviour reigns ! 
Praise Him in evangelic strains: 

164 



PSALMS. 

Let the whole earth in songs rejoice. 
And distant islands join their voice. 

2 Deep are His counsels and unknown ; 
But grace and truth support His throne: 
Though gloomy clouds His way surround, 
Justice is their eternal ground. 

3 In robes of judgment, lo, He comes! 
Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the tombs ! 
Before Him burns devouring fire; 

The mountains melt, the seas retire. 

4 His enemies, with sore dismay, 

Fly from the sight, and shun the day : 
Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high, 
And sing, for your redemption's nigh. 

97— Part n. L. M. Watts. 

CHRIST ADORED BY ANGELS. 

1 THE Lord is come; the heavens proclaim 
His birth ; the nations learn His name ; 
An unknown star directs the road 

Of eastern sages to their God. 

2 All ye bright armies of the skies, 
Go, worship, where the Saviour lies: 
Angels and kings before Him bow, 
Those gods on high, and gods below. 

3 Let idols totter to the ground, 

And their own worshippers confound: 

Let Judah shout, let Zion sing, 

And earth confess her sovereign Kin^. 

97 — Part in. L. M. "Watts. 

GRACE AND GLORY. 

1 TH' Almighty reigns, exalted high 

O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky: 

Though clouds and darkness veil His feet, 

His dwelling is the mercy seat. 

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PSALMS. 

2 O ye that love His holy name, 
Hate every work of sin and shame! 
He guards the souls of all His friends, 
And from the snares of hell defends. 

3 Immortal light, and joys unknown, 
Are for the saints in darkness sown; 
Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise, 
And the bright harvest bless our eyes. 

4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record 
The sacred honours of the Lord : 
None but the soul that feels His grace, 
Can triumph in His holiness. 

98— Part I. CM. Waits. 

PBAISE FOE THE GOSPEL. 

1 TO our almighty Maker, God, 

New honours be addressed: 
His great salvation shines abroad, 
And makes the nations blessed. 

2 He spake the word to Abraham first; 

His truth fulfils the grace: 
The Gentiles make His name their trust, 
And learn His righteousness. 

3 Let the whole earth His love proclaim, 

With all her different tongues ; 
And spread the honours of His name, 
In melody and songs. 

98— Part II. C. M. Watts, 

the Messiah's coming and kingdom. 

1 JOY to the world; the Lord is come: 

Let earth receive her King; 
Let every heart prepare Him room, 
And heaven and nature sinff. 

2 Joy to the earth; the Saviour reigns: 

Let men their songs employ ; 

166 



PSALMS. 

While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains, 
Repeat the sounding joy. 

3 "No more let sins and sorrows grow, 

Nor thorns infest the ground: 
He comes, to make His blessings flow, 
Far as the curse is found. 

4 He rules the world with truth and grace, 

And makes the nations prove 
The glories of His righteousness, 
And wonders of His love. 

99 — Part I. S. M. Watts. 

THE KINGDOM AND MAJESTY OF CHRIST. 

1 THE Lord Jehovah reigns, 
Let all the nations fear; 

Let sinners tremble at His throne; 
And saints be humble there. 

2 Jesus the Saviour reigns, 
Let earth adore its Lord: 

Bright cherubs His attendants stand, 
And swift fulfil His word. 

3 In Zion is His throne; 
His honours are divine; 

His church shall make His wonders known, 
For there His glories shine. 

4 How holy is His name! 
How terrible His praise! 

Justice, and truth, and judgment join, 
In all His works of grace. 

99 — Part LI. S. M. Watts. 

THE MAJESTY AND GRACE OF GOD. 

1 EXALT the Lord our God, 

And worship at His feet; 
His ways are wisdom, power and truth, 

And mercv is His seat. 

167 



PSALMS. 

2 When Israel was His church, 
When Aaron was His priest, 

When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed, 
He gave His people rest. 

3 Oft He forgave their sins, 
JSTor would destroy their race; 

And oft He made His vengeance known, 
When they abused His grace. 

4 Exalt the Lord our God; 
His grace is still the same: 

Still he 's a God of holiness, 
And jealous for His name. 

100— Part I. L. M. Watts. 

PRAISE TO OUR CREATOR. 

1 BEFOKE Jehovah's awful throne, 

Ye nations, bow with sacred joy: 
Know that the Lord is God alone; 
He can create, and He destroy. 

2 His sovereign power, without our aid, 

Made us of clay, and formed us men ; 
And when like wandering sheep we strayed, 
He brought us to His fold again. 

3 We are His people, we His care; 

Our souls and all our mortal frame: 
What lasting honours shall we rear, 
Almighty Maker, to Thy name? 

4 We '11 crowd Thy gates with thankful songs : 

High as the heaven, our voices raise: 
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 

5 Wide as the world is Thy command ; 

Vast as eternity Thy love: 
Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand, 

When rolling years shall cease to move. 

168 



PSALMS. 
100 — Part II. H. M. Dwight. 

PRAISE TO OUR PRESERVER. 

1 SING to the Lord most high; 
Let every land adore: 
With grateful voice make known 
His goodness and His power. 

And let His praise 
Inspire your tongues. 



Let cheerful songs 



Declare His ways, 

2 Enter His courts with joy; 
With fear address the Lord: 
He formed us with His hand, 
And quickened by His word. 



O'er every sea, 
And every land. 



With wide command, 
He spreads His sway, 

3 His hands provide our food, 
And every blessing give: 
We feed upon His care, 
And in His pastures live. 

And let His praise 
Inspire your tongues. 



With cheerful songs, 



Declare His ways, 

4 Good is the Lord our God, 
His truth and mercy sure ; 
While earth and heaven shall last, 
His promises endure. 
With bounteous hand, O'er every sea, 

He spreads His sway, I And every land. 

101— Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE MAGISTRATE'S PSALM. 

1 MERCY and judgment are my song: 
And since they both to Thee belong, 
My gracious God, my righteous King, 
To Thee my songs and vows I'll bring. 

2 If I am raised to bear the sword, 

I'll take my counsels from Thy word: 
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PSALMS. 

Thy justice and Thy heavenly grace 
Shall be the pattern of my ways. 

3 Let wisdom all my actions guide, 
And let my God with me reside: 
"No wicked thing shall dwell with me, 
Which may provoke Thy jealousy. 

4: I '11 search the land, and raise the just 
To posts of honour, wealth and trust : 
The men that work Thy holy will, 
Shall be my friends and favourites still. 

5 In vain shall sinners hope to rise 
By nattering or malicious lies ; 
And while the innocent I guard, 
The bold offender sha'n't be spared. 

6 The impious crew, that factious band, 
Shall hide their heads, or quit the land; 
And all that break the public rest, 
"Where I have power, shall be suppressed. 

101 — Paet II. C. M. Watts. 

FOR THE HEAD OF A FAMILY. 

1 OF justice and of grace I sing, 

And pay my God my vows: 
Thy grace and justice, heavenly King, 
Teach me to rule my house. 

2 Now to my tent, O God, repair, 

And make Thy servant wise : 

I '11 suffer nothing near me there, 

That shall offend Thine eyes. 

3 The man that doth his neighbour wrong, 

By falsehood or by force; 
The scornful eye, the slanderous tongue, 
I'll thrust them from my doors. 

4 I'll seek the faithful and the just, 

And will their help enjoy; 

170 



PSALMS. 

These are the friends that I shall trust, 
The servants I'll employ. 

5 The wretch that deals in sly deceit 

I'll not endure a night; 
The liar's tongue I '11 ever hate, 
And banish from my sight. 

6 I'll purge my family around, 

And make the wicked flee; 
So shall my house be ever found, 
A dwelling fit for Thee. 

102 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

A PRAYER OF THE AFFLICTED. 

1 HEAE me, O God, nor hide Thy face, 

But answer, lest I die: 
Hast Thou not built a throne of grace 
To hear when sinners cry? 

2 My days are wasted like the smoke 

Dissolving in the air; 
My strength is dried, my heart is broke, 
And sinking in despair. 

3 My spirits flag like withering grass 

Burned with excessive heat: 
In secret groans my minutes pass, 
And I forget to eat. 

4 As on some lonely building's top, 

The sparrow tells her moan ; 
Far from the tents of joy and hope 
I sit and grieve alone. 

5 My soul is like a wilderness, 

Where beasts of midnight howl; 
There the sad raven finds her place, 
And there the screaming owl. 

6 Dark dismal thoughts and boding fears 

Dwell in my troubled breast ; 

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PSALMS. 

While sharp reproaches wound my ears, 
'Nov give my spirit rest. 

7 My cup is mingled with my woes. 

And tears are my repast; 
My daily bread like ashes grows 
Unpleasant to my taste. 

8 Sense can afford no real joy 

To souls that feel Thy frown; 
Lord, 't was Thy hand advanced me high ; 
Thy hand hath cast me down. 

9 My looks like withered leaves appear; 

And life's declining light 
Grows faint, as evening shadows arc, 
That vanish into night. 

10 But Thou for ever art the same, 

O my eternal God ! 
Ages to come shall know Thy name, 
And spread Thy works abroad. 

11 Thou wilt arise and show Thy face; 

Nor will my Lord delay 
Beyond the appointed hour of grace, 
That long expected day. 

12 He hears His saints, He knows their cry; 

And by mysterious ways 
Redeems the prisoners doomed to die, 
And fills their tongues with praise. 

102 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

PRAYER HEARD AND THE CHURCH REVIVED. 

1 LET Zion and her sons rejoice: 

Behold the promised hour! 
Her God hath heard her mourning voice 
And comes t' exalt His power. 

2 Her dust and ruins that remain, 

Are precious in our eyes ; 

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PSALMS. 

Those ruins shall be built again, 
And all that dust shall rise. 

3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem, 

And stand in glory there: 
Nations shall bow before His name, 
And kings attend with fear. 

4 He sits a sovereign on His throne, 

With pity in His eyes; 
He hears the dying prisoners' groan, 
And sees their sighs arise. 

5 He frees the souls condemned to death; 

And when His saints complain, 
It sha'n't be said, that praying breath 
Was ever spent in vain. 

6 This shall be known when we are dead, 

And left on long record ; 
That ages yet unborn may read, 
And trust, and praise the Lord. 

102 — Past III. L. M. Watts. 

SAINTS DIE, BUT THE CHURCH LIVES. 

1 IT is the Lord our Saviour's hand 

Weakens our strength amid the race; 
Disease and death, at His command, 
Arrest us, and cut short our days. 

2 Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray, 

Nor let our sun go down at noon: 
Thy years are one eternal day, 

And must Thy children die so soon! 

3 Yet in the midst of death and grief, 
This thought our sorrow shall assuage; 

"Our Father and our Saviour live: 

Christ is the same through every age." 

4 'Twas He, this earth's foundation laid; 
Heaven is the building of His hand: 

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PSALMS. 

This earth grows old, these heavens shall fade, 
And all be changed at His command. 

5 The starry curtains of the sky, 

Like garments, shall be laid aside; 
But still Thy throne stands firm and high; 
Thy church for ever must abide. 

6 Before Thy face, Thy church shall live, 

And on Thy throne Thy children reign: 
This dying world shall they survive, 
And the dead saints be raised again. 

103 — Part I. S. M. Watts. 

PRAISE FOR SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL MERCIES. 

1 OH ! bless the Lord, my soul ! 
Let all within me join, 

And aid my tongue to bless His name, 
Whose favours are divine. 

2 Oil ! bless the Lord, my soul ! 
Nor let His mercies lie 

Forgotten in unthankfulness, 
And without praises die. 

3 'Tis He forgives thy sins; 
'Tis He relieves thy pain; 

5 Tis He that heals thy sicknesses, 
And makes thee young again. 

4 He crowns thy life with love, 
When ransomed from the grave; 

He, that redeemed my soul from hell, 
Hath sovereign power to save. 

5 Lie fills the poor with good, 
Lie gives the sufferers rest; 

The Lord hath judgments for the proud, 

And justice for th' oppressed. 
G His wondrous works and ways 

He made by Moses known; 

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PSALMS. 

But sent the world His truth and grace, 
By His beloved Son. 

103 — Part II. S. M. Watts. 

MERCY IN THE MIDST OF JUDGMENT. 

1 MY soul, repeat His praise, 
Whose mercies are so great; 

Whose anger is so slow to rise, 
So ready to abate. 

2 God will not always chide: 
And when His strokes are felt, 

His strokes are fewer than our crimes, 
And lighter than our guilt. 

3 High as the heavens are raised 
Above the ground we tread; 

So far the riches of His grace 
Our highest thoughts exceed. 

4 His power subdues our sins: 
And His forgiving love, 

Far as the east is from the west, 
Doth all our guilt remove. 

5 The pity of the Lord, 

To those that fear His name, 
Is such, as tender parents feel: 
He knows our feeble frame. 

6 He knows we are but dust, 
Scattered with every breath; 

His anger, like a rising wind, 
Can send us swift to death. 

7 Our days are as the grass, 
Or like the morning flower : 

If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, 
It withers in an hour. 

8 But Thy compassions, Lord, 
To endless years endure: 

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PSALMS. 

And children's children ever find 
Thy words of promise sure. 

103— Past HI. S. M. Watts. 

ANGELIC PRAISE. 

1 THE Lord, the sovereign King, 
Hath fixed His throne on high: 

O'er all the heavenly world He rules, 
And all beneath the sky. 

2 Ye angels great in might, 
And swift to do His will; 

Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, 
Whose pleasure ye fulfil. 

3 Let the bright hosts who wait 
The orders of their King, 

And guard His churches when they pray, 
Join in the praise they sing. 

4 While all His wondrous works, 
Through Llis vast kingdom, show 

Their Maker's glory; thou, my soul, 
Shalt sing His praises too. 

104 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE GLORY OF GOD IN CREATION. 

1 MY soul, thy great Creator praise ; 
When clothed in His celestial rays, 
lie in full majesty appears, 

And, like a robe, His glory wears. 

2 The heavens are lor His curtains spread, 
Th' unfathomed deep He makes His bed : 
Clouds are His chariots, when He flies 
On winged storms across the skies. 

3 Angels, whom His own breath inspires, 
His ministers, are flaming fires ; 

And swift as thought, their armies move, 

To bear His vengeance, or His love. 

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4 The world's foundations by His hand 
Are poised, and shall for ever stand: 
He binds the ocean in His chain, 
Lest it should drown the earth again. 

5 When earth was covered with the flood, 
Which high above the mountains stood, 
He thundered, and the ocean fled, 
Confined to its appointed bed. 

6 The swelling billows know their bound, 
And in their channels walk their round ; 
Yet thence conveyed by secret veins, 
They spring from hills, and drench the plains. 

7 He bids the crystal fountains flow, 
And cheer the valleys as they go; 
Tame heifers there their thirst allay, 
And for the stream wild asses bray. 

8 From pleasant trees which shade the brink, 
The lark and linnet light to drink ; 
Their songs the lark and linnet raise, 
And chide our silence in His praise. 

104— Part II. L. M. Waits. 

GOD SENDS THE FRUITS OF THE EARTH. 

1 GOD, from His cloudy cistern, pours 

On the parched earth enriching showers; 
The grove, the garden, and the field, 
A thousand joyful blessings yield. 

2 He makes the grassy food arise, 
And gives the cattle large supplies; 
With herbs for man, of various power, 
To nourish nature, or to cure. 

3 What noble fruit the vines produce! 
The olive yields a shining juice: 

Our hearts are cheered with generous wine ; 

With inward joy our faces shine. 

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PSALMS. 

4 Oh ! bless His name, ye nations, fed 
With nature's chief supporter, bread : 
While bread your vital strength imparts, 
Serve him with vigour in your hearts. 

104— Part III. L. M. Watts. 

GOD'S HAND IN AIR, AND EARTH, AND SEA. 

1 BEHOLD ! the stately cedar stands, 
Eaised in the forests by His hands ; 
Birds to the boughs for shelter fly, 
And build their nests secure on high. 

2 To craggy hills ascends the goat; 
And at the airy mountain's foot, 
The feeble creatures make their cell ; 
He gives them wisdom where to dwell. 

3 He sets the sun his circling race, 
Appoints the moon to change her face; 
And when thick darkness veils the day, 
Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey. 

4 Fierce lions lead their young abroad, 
And roaring, ask their meat from God ; 
But when the morning beams arise, 
The savage beast to covert flies. 

5 Then man to daily labour goes; 
The night was made for his repose : 
Sleep is Thy gift, that sweet relief 
From tiresome toil, and wasting grief. 

6 How strange Thy works ! how great Thy skill ! 
All lands Thy boundless riches fill : 

Thy wisdom round the world we see ; 
The spacious earth is full of Thee. 

7 Nor less Thy glories in the deep, 
Where fish in millions swim and creep, 
Witli wondrous motions swift or slow, 
Still wandering in the paths below. 

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8 There ships divide their watery way, 
And flocks of scaly monsters play ; 
There dwells the huge Leviathan, 
And foams and sports in spite of man. 

104— Part IY. L. M. Watts. 



1 YAST are Thy works, almighty Lord! 
All nature rests upon Thy word: 
And the whole race of creatures stand, 
Waiting their portion from Thy hand. 

2 While each receives his different food, 
His cheerful looks pronounce it good : 
Eagles and bears, and whales and worms 
Eejoice, and praise in different forms. 

3 But when Thy face is hid, they mourn, 
And dying, to their dust return ; 
Both man and beast their souls resign; 
Life, breath, and spirit, all are Thine. 

4 Yet Thou can'st breathe on dust again, 
And fill the world with beast and men: 
A word of Thy creating breath 
Repairs the wastes of time and death. 

5 Thy works, the wonders of Thy might, 
Are honoured with Thine own delight: 
How awful are Thy glorious ways! 
Lord, Thou art dreadful in Thy praise. 

The earth stands trembling at Thy stroke, 
And at Thy touch the mountains smoke : 
Yet humble souls may see Thy face, 
And tell their wants to sovereign grace. 

7 In Thee my hopes and wishes meet, 
And make my meditations sweet: 
Thy praises shall my breath employ, 
Till it expire in endless joy. 

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8 While haughty sinners die accursed, 
Their glory buried with their dust, 
I, to my God, my heavenly King, 
Immortal hallelujahs sing. 

105 — Part I. C. M. Watts. 

THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM. 

1 GIYE thanks to God, invoke His name, 

And tell the world His grace; 
Sound through the earth His deeds of fame, 
That all may seek His face. 

2 His covenant, which He kept in mind 

For numerous ages past, 
To numerous ages yet behind, 
In equal force shall last. 

3 He sware to Abraham and his seed, 

And made the blessing sure: 
Gentiles the ancient promise read, 
And find His truth endure. 

4 "Thy seed shall make the nations blest," 

Said the Almighty voice ; 
"And Canaan's land, shall be their rest, 
The type of heavenly joys." 

5 How large the grant ! how rich the grace ! 

To give them Canaan's land, 
When they were strangers in the place, 
A little, feeble band. 

6 Like pilgrims, through the countries round, 

Securely they removed; 
And haughty kings, that on them frowned, 
Severely He reproved. 

7 "Touch Mine anointed, and My arm 

Shall soon revenge the wrong: 
The man that does my prophets harm, 
Shall know their God is strong." 

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8 Then let the world forbear its rage, 
Nor put the church in fear : 
Israel must live through every age, 
And be th' Almighty's care. 

105-^-Paet II. C. M. Watts. 

THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT. 

1 WHEN" Pharaoh dared to vex the saints 

And thus provoked their God; 

Moses was sent to their complaints, 

Armed with His dreadful rod. 

2 He called for darkness ; darkness came, 

Like an o'erwhelming flood ; 
He made each lake, and every stream, 
A lake, a stream of blood. 

3 He gave the sign, and noisome flies 

Through the whole country spread ; 
xlnd frogs, in croaking armies, rise 
About the monarch's bed. 

4 Through fields, and towns, and palaces, 

The tenfold vengeance flew : 
Locusts in swarms devoured their trees, 
And hail their cattle slew. 

5 Then, by an angel's midnight stroke, 

The flower of Egypt died ; 
The strength of every house was broke, 
Their glory and their pride. 

6 Now let the world forbear its rage, 

Nor put the church in fear: 
Israel must live through every age, 
And be th' Almighty's care. 

105— Part III. C. M. Watts. 

ISRAEL LED TO CANAAN. 

1 THUS were the tribes from bondage freed, 

And left the hated ground: 

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Egyptian spoils supplied their need, 
~Nov was one feeble found. 

2 The Lord himself chose out their way, 

And marked their journeys right; 
Gave them a leading cloud by day, 
A fiery guide by night. 

3 They thirst, and waters from the rock 

In rich abundance flow; 
And, following still the course they took, 
Ran all the desert through. 

4 O wondrous stream ! O blessed type 

Of ever flowing grace! 
So Christ our Rock maintains our life, 
Through all the wilderness. 

5 Thus guarded by tli' Almighty's hand, 

The chosen tribes possessed 
Canaan, the rich, the promised land ; 
And there enjoyed their rest. 

6 Then let the world forbear its rage, 

The church renounce her fear: 
Israel must live through every age, 
And be th' Almighty's care. 

106 — Part I. L. M. "Watts. 

PRAISE FOR GOD'S GREATNESS AND MERCY. 

1 TO God the great, the ever blessed, 
Let songs of honour be addressed ; 
His mercy firm for ever stands; 

Give Him the thanks His love demands. 

2 Who knows the wonders of Thy ways? 
Who shall fulfil Thy boundless praise? 
Blessed are the souls that fear Thee still, 
And pay their duty to Thy will. 

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3 Remember what Thy mercy did 
For Jacob's race, Thy chosen seed; 
And with the same salvation "bless 
The meanest suppliant of Thy grace. 

4 Oh ! may I see Thy tribes rejoice, 
And aid their triumphs with my voice ! 
This is my glory, Lord, to be 

Joined to Thy saints, and near to Thee. 

106 — Part II. . S. M. Watts, 

INCONSTANCY OF SAINTS : CONSTANCY OF GOD. 

1 GOD of eternal love, 
How fickle are our ways! 

And yet how oft did Israel prove 
Thy constancy of grace ! 

2 They saw Thy wonders wrought, 
And then Thy praise they sung; 

But soon Thy works of power forgot, 
And murmured with their tongue. 

3 ]STow they believed His word, 
While rocks with rivers flow ; 

Now with their lusts provoked the Lord, 
And He reduced them low. 

4 Yet when they mourned their faults, 
He hearkened to their groans ; 

Brought His own covenant to His thoughts, 
And called them still His sons. 

5 Their names were in His book; 
He saved them from their foes: 

Oft He chastised, but ne'er forsook 
The people that He chose. 

6 Let Israel bless the Lord, 
Who loved their ancient race; 

And Christians join the solemn word, 
Amen, to all their praise. 

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107 — Part I. L. M. Watts, 

ISRAEL LED TO CANAAN", AND CHRISTIANS TO HEAVEN. 

1 GIYE thanks to God; He reigns above; 
Kind are His thoughts, His name is love; 
His mercy ages past have known, 

And ages long to come shall own. 

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord, 
The wonders of His grace record; 
Israel, the nation whom He chose, 
And rescued from their mighty foes. 

3 In their distress to God they cried, 
God was their Saviour and their guide ; 
He led their march far wandering round : 
'T was the right path to Canaan's ground. 

4 Thus when our first release we gain 
From sin's old yoke and Satan's chain, 
We have this desert world to pass, 

A dangerous and a tiresome place. 

5 He feeds and clothes us all the way, 
He guides our footsteps lest we stray; 
He guards us with a powerful hand, 
And brings us to the heavenly land. 

6 Oh ! let the saints with joy record 
The truth and goodness of the Lord ! 
How great His works ! how kind His ways ! 
Let every tongue pronounce His praise. 

107 — Part II. L. M. Watts, 

god's dealings with men. 

1 FEOM age to age exalt His name; 
God and His grace are still the same: 
He fills the hungry souls with food, 
And feeds the poor with every good. 

2 But if their hearts rebel and rise 
Against the God that rules the skies; 

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If they reject His heavenly word, 
And slight the counsels of the Lord; 

3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, 
And no deliverer shall be found : 
Laden with grief they waste their breath 
In darkness, and the shades of death. 

4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries; 
He makes the dawning light arise ; 
And scatters all that dismal shade, 
That hung so heavy round their head. 

5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, 
And lets the smiling prisoners through; 
Takes off the load of guilt and grief, 
And gives the labouring soul relief. 

6 Oh ! may the sons of men record 
The wondrous goodness of the Lord ! 

How great His works, how kind His ways ! 
Let every tongue pronounce His praise. 

107— Part III. L. M. Watts. 

INTEMPERANCE PUNISHED AND PARDONED. 

1 VAIN man, on foolish pleasures bent, 
Prepares for his own punishment : 
What pains, what loathsome maladies 
From luxury and lust arise! 

2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste, 

Yet drowns his health to please his taste, 
Till all his active powers are lost, 
And fainting life draws near the dust. 

3 The glutton groans, and loathes to eat ; 
His soul abhors delicious meat: 
Nature with heavy loads oppressed, 
Would yield to death to be released. 

4 Behold the frightened sinners fly 
To God for help with earnest cry! 

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PSALMS. 

He hears their groans, prolongs their breath, 
And saves them from approaching death. 

5 JN"o medicines could effect the cure, 
So quick, so easy, or so sure: 

The deadly sentence God repeals, 

He sends His sovereign word and heals. 

6 Oh ! may the sons of men record 
The wondrous goodness of the Lord! 
And let their thankful offerings prove 
How they adore their Maker's love. 

107 — Part IY. C. M. Watts. 

THE MARINER'S PSALM. 

1 THY works of glory, mighty Lord, 

Thy wonders in the deeps, 
The sons of courage shall record, 
Who trade in floating ships. 

2 At Thy command the winds arise, 

And swell the towering waves ; 
The men astonished mount the skies, 
And sink in gaping graves. 

3 Frighted to hear the tempest roar, 

They pant with fluttering breath; 
And hopeless of the distant sho*e, 
Expect immediate death. 

4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, 

He hears their loud request; 
And orders silence through the skies, 
And lays the floods to rest. 

5 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears, 

And see the storm allayed : 
Now to their eyes the port appears; 
There let their vows be paid. 

6 'Tis God that brings them safe to land; 

Let stupid mortals know, 

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That waves are under His command, 
And all the winds that blow. 

7 Oh ! that the sons of men would praise 
The goodness of the Lord ! 
And those that see Thy wondrous ways, 
Thy wondrous love record. 

107 — Past V. L. M. Watts. 

NATIONS BLESSED AND PUNISHED. 

1 WHEN God, provoked with daring crimes, 
Scourges the madness of the times, 

He turns the fields to barren sand, 
And dries the rivers from the land. 

2 His word can raise the springs again, 
And make the withered mountains green ; 
Send showery blessings from the skies; 
And harvests in the desert rise. 

3 Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey, 
Or men as tierce and wild as they; 

He bids tli' oppressed and poor repair, 
And builds them towns and cities there. 

4 They sow the fields, the trees they plant ; 
Whose yearly fruit supplies their want : 
Their race grows up from fruitful stocks; 
Their wealth increases with their flocks. 

5 Thus they are blessed ; but if they sin, 
He lets the heathen nations in : 

A savage crew invades their lands ; 
Their people die by barbarous hands ; 

6 Their captive sons, exposed to scorn, 
Wander unpitied and forlorn : 

The country lies unfenced, untilled, 

And desolation spreads the field. 

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7 Yet if the humbled nation mourns, 
Again His dreadful hand He turns ; 
Again He makes their cities thrive, 
And bids the dying churches live. 

8 The righteous with a joyful sense, 
Admire the works of Providence; 
And tongues of atheists shall no more 
Blaspheme the God that saints adore. 

9 How few with pious care record 
These wondrous dealings of the Lord! 
But wise observers still shall find, 
The Lord is holy, just and kind. 

108 — Pabt I. L. M. Dwight. 

god's care of his church. 

1 AGAIN, my tongue, thy silence break, 
My heart, and all my powers, awake; 
My tongue, the glory of my frame, 
Awake, and sing Jehovah's name. 

2 O'er heaven exalted is His throne ; 
In every world His glory shown : 

The church He loves, His hand shall save 
From death, and sorrow, and the grave. 

3 Ye kingdoms, hear His awful voice! 
"In Zion shall My heart rejoice; 
This hand shall all her foes dismay, 
And make their scattered strength a prey. 

4 Mine are the sons of Zion, Mine 
Their glory, grace, and truth divine ; 
My sceptre shines in Juclah's hands, 
And still My strength in Epliraim stands. 

5 My foes to ruin shall be given, 

The shame of earth, the scorn of heaven ; 
Their eyes shall see My church prevail ; 
Their strength shall shrink, their courage fail." 

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6 O Thou, beneath whose sovereign sway, 
Nations and worlds in dust decay, 

Though Thy sweet smile has been withdrawn, 
Thine aid denied, Thy presence gone ; 

7 Yet wilt Thou still with love return ; 
With duty teach our hearts to burn : 
Our dying graces, Lord, revive, 
And bid Thy fainting children live. 

8 Save us from sin, and fear, and woe, 
From every snare, and every foe, 
And help us boldly to contend, 
Falsehood resist, and truth defend. 

108 — Part II. C. M. Barlow. 

A MORNING SONG OF PRAISE. 

1 AWAKE my soul, with fervent praise, 

Awake my heart to sing ; 
Join all my powers the song to raise, 
And morning incense bring. 

2 Among the people of His care, 

And through the nations round, 
Glad songs of praise will I prepare, 
And high His name resound. 

3 Be Thou exalted, O my God, 

Above the starry train ; 
Diffuse Thy heavenly grace abroad, 
And teach the world Thy reign. 

4 The church is Thine ; Thou wilt maintain 

Her cause in every age : 
Built on a rock, her foes in vain 
Against her rights engage. 

5 Then let Thy chosen sons rejoice, 

And throng Thy courts above ; 
While sinners hear Thy pardoning voice, 
And taste redeeming love. 

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109 0. M. Watts. 

LOVE TO ENEMIES, FROM THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST. 

1 GOD of my mercy and my praise, 

Thy glory is my song ; 
Though sinners speak against Thy grace 
With a blaspheming tongne. 

2 When in the form of mortal man 

Thy Son on earth was fonnd ; 
With cruel slanders, false and vain, 
They compassed Him around. 

3 Their miseries, His compassion move, 

Their peace, He still pursued ; 
They render hatred for His love, 
And evil for His good. 

4 Their malice raged without a cause ; 

Yet with His dying breath, 
He prayed for murderers on His cross, 
And blessed His foes in death. 

5 Lord, shall Thy bright example shine 

In vain before my eyes ? 
Give me a soul akin to Thine, 
To love mine enemies. 

6 The Lord shall on my side engage; 

And in my Saviour's name, 
I shall defeat their pride and rage, 
Who slander and condemn. 

110— Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE SUCCESS OF THE GOSPEL. 

1 THUS the eternal Father spake 

To Christ the Son : "Ascend and sit 
At My right hand, till I shall make 
Thy foes submissive at Thy feet. 

2 From Zion shall Thy word proceed ; 

Thy word, the sceptre in Thv hand, 

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Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed 



And bow their wills to Thy command. 

3 That day shall show Thy power is great; 

When saints shall flock with willing minds, 
And sinners crowd Thy temple gate, 
"Where holiness in beauty shines." 

4 O blessed power ! O glorious day ! 

What a large victory shall ensue ! 
And converts, who Thy grace obey, 
Exceed the drops of morning dew. 

110— Part II. C. M. Watts. 

cheist's kingdom and priesthood. 

1 JESUS, our Lord, ascend Thy throne, 

And near Thy Father sit : 
In Zion shall Thy power be known, 
And make Thy foes submit. 

2 What wonders shall Thy gospel do ! 

Thy converts shall surpass 
The numerous drops of morning dew, 
And own Thy sovereign grace. 

3 God hath pronounced a firm decree, 

Nor changes what He swore: 
"Eternal shall Thy priesthood be, 
When Aaron is no more. 

4 Melchisedec, that wondrous priest, 

That king of high degree; 
That holy man, whom Abraham blessed, 
Was but a type of Thee." 

5 Jesus our Priest for ever lives, 

To plead for us above ; 
Jesus our King for ever gives 
The blessings of His love. 

6 God shall exalt His glorious head, 

His loftv throne maintain ; 

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And strike the powers and princes dead, 
Who dare oppose His reign. 

110 — Part III. L. M. Watts. 

THE TRIUMPH OF JESUS OUR PRIEST. 

1 JESUS the Priest ascends the throne; 

While counsels of eternal peace 
Between the Father and the Son, 
Proceed with honour and success. 

2 Through the whole earth His reign shall spread, 

And crush the powers that dare rebel: 
Then shall He judge the rising dead, 
And send the guilty world to hell. 

3 Though while He treads His glorious way, 

He drinks the cup of tears and blood; 
The sufferings of that dreadful day 
Shall but advance Him near to God. 

Ill— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

WISDOM OF GOD IN HIS WORKS. 

1 SONGS of immortal praise belong 

To my almighty God: 
He hath my heart, and He my tongue, 
To spread His name abroad. 

2 How great the works His hand hath wrought, 

How glorious in our sight! 
And men in every age have sought 
His wonders with delight. 

3 How most exact is nature's frame! 

How wise th' eternal Mind! 
His counsels never change the scheme, 
That His first thoughts designed. 

4 When He redeemed His chosen sons, 

He fixed His covenant sure : 
The orders that His lips pronounce, 
To endless years endure. 

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5 Nature and time, and earth and skies, 

Thy heavenly skill proclaim : 
"What shall we do to make us wise, 
But learn to read Thy name? 

6 To fear Thy power, to trust Thy grace, 

Is our divinest skill ; 
And he's the wisest of our race, 
Who best obeys Thy will. 

Ill— Part II. C. M. Watts. 

PERFECTIONS OF GOD IN GRACE. 

1 GREAT is the Lord, His works of might 

Demand our noblest songs : 

Let His assembled saints unite 

Their harmony of tongues. 

2 Great is the mercy of the Lord, 

He gives His children food ; 
And ever mindful of His word, 
He makes His promise good. 

3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came 

To seal His covenant sure : 
Holy and reverend is His name; 
His ways are just and pure. 

4 They that would grow divinely wise, 

Must with His fear begin ; 
Our fairest proof of knowledge lies 
In hating every sin. 

H2 C. M. Watts. 

LIBERALITY REWARDED. 

1 HAPPY is he that fears the Lord, 

And follows His commands ; 
Who lends the poor, without reward, 
Or gives with liberal hands. 

2 As pity dwells within his breast 

To all the sons of need ; 
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So God shall answer his request 
With blessings on his seed. 

3 No evil tidings shall surprise 

His well established mind : 
His soul to God, his refuge, flies, 
And leaves his tears behind. 

4 In times of general distress 

Some beams of light shall shine, 
To show the world his righteousness, 
And give him peace divine. 

5 His works of piety and love 

Remain before the Lord : 
Honour on earth, and joys above, 
Shall be his sure reward. 

H3 L. M. "Watts. 

THE SOVEREIGNTY AND GOODNESS OF GOD. 

1 YE servants of th' almighty King, 
In every age His praises sing : 
Where'er the sun shall rise or set, 
The nations shall His praise repeat. 

2 Above the earth, beyond the sky, 
Stands His high throne of majesty: 
Nor time, nor place, His power restrain, 
Nor bound His universal reign. 

3 Which of the sons of Adam dare, 
Or angels, with their God compare % 
His glories how divinely bright, 
Who dwells in uncreated light ! 

4 Behold His love ! He stoops to view 
What saints above, and angels do; 
And condescends yet more to know 
The mean affairs of men below. 

5 From dust and cottages obscure, 
His grace exalts the humble poor; 

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Gives them the honour of His sons, 
And fits them for their heavenly thrones. 

6 A word of His creating voice, 

Can make the barren house rejoice ; 
Though Sarah's ninety years were past, 
The promised seed is born at last. 

7 With joy the mother views her son, 
And tells the wonders God has done: 
Faith may grow strong, when sense despairs ; 
Though nature fails, the promise bears. 

H4 L. M. Watts. 

MIRACLES ATTENDING ISRAEL'S JOURNEY. 

1 WHEN Israel freed from Pharaoh's hand, 
Left the proud tyrant and his land ; 

The tribes with cheerful homage own 
Their King, and Judah was His throne. 

2 Across the deep their journey lay ; 
The deep divides to make them way; 
Jordan beheld their march, and fled 
With backward current to his head. 

3 The mountains shook, like frighted sheep; 
Like lambs, the little hillocks leap ; 

ISTor Sinai, on her base, could stand, 
Conscious of sovereign power at hand. 

4 What power could make the deep divide! 
Or Jordan, backward roll his tide ! 
Why did ye leap, ye little hills? 

And whence the fright that Sinai feels? 

5 Let every mountain, every flood, 
Retire and know th' approaching God ; 
The King of Israel : see Him here ; 
Tremble thou earth, adore and fear. 

6 He thunders, and all nature mourns ; 
The rocks to standing pools He turns; 

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Flints spring with fountains at His word, 
And fires and seas confess the Lord. 

115 L- M. Watts. 

IDOLATRY REPROVED. 

1 NOT to ourselves, who are but dust, 

Not to ourselves is glory due ; 
'Tis Thine, great God, the only just, 
The only gracious, wise, and true. 

2 Shine forth in all Thy dreadful name ; 

Why should a heathen's haughty tongue 
Insult us ; and, to raise our shame, 

Say, "Where's the God you've served so long?" 

3 The God we serve, maintains His throne 

Above the clouds, beyond the skies : 
Through all the earth His will is done ; 
He knows our groans, He hears our cries. 

4 But the vain idols they adore, 

Are senseless shapes of stone and wood ; 
At best a mass of glittering ore, 
A silver saint, or golden god. 

5 With eyes and ears they carve the head ; 

Deaf are their ears, their eyes are blind : 
To them in vain are offerings made, 
And vows are scattered in the wind. 

6 Their feet were never made to move, 

Nor hands to save when mortals pray: 
Mortals, that pay them fear or love, 
Seem to be blind and deaf as they. 

7 O Israel! make the Lord thy hope, 

Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest ; 
The Lord shall build thy ruins up, 
And bless the people and the priest. 

8 The dead no more can speak Thy praise; 

They dwell in silence and the grave ; 

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But we shall live to sing Thy grace, 
And tell the world Thy power to save. 

116— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 

1 I LOYE the Lord ; He heard my cries 

And pitied every groan : 
Long as I live, when troubles rise, 
I'll hasten to His throne. 

2 I love the Lord ; He bowed His ear, 

And chased my griefs away : 
Oh ! let my heart no more despair, 
While I have breath to pray. 

3 My flesh declined, my spirits fell, 

And I drew near the dead ; 
While inward pangs, and fears of hell, 
Perplexed my wakeful head. 

4 "My God," I cried, "Thy servant save, 

Thou ever good and just ; 
Thy power can rescue from the grave, 
Thy power is all my trust." 

5 The Lord beheld me sore distressed, 

He bade my pains remove : 
Return, my soul, to God, thy rest, 
For thou hast known His love. 

6 My God hath saved my soul from death, 

And dried my falling tears: 
Now to Mis praise I '11 spend my breath, 
And my remaining years. 

116 — Part II. CM. Watts. 

PERSONAL CONSECRATION. 

1 WHAT shall I render to my God, 
For all His kindness shown? 
My feet shall visit Thine abode, 
My songs address Thy Throne. 

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2 Among the saints that fill Thine house, 

My offerings shall be paid ; 
There shall my zeal perform the vows, 
My soul in anguish made. 

3 How much is mercy Thy delight, 

Thou ever blessed God ! 
How dear Thy servants in Thy sight! 
How precious is their blood ! 

4 How happy all Thy servants are! 

How great Thy grace to me ! 
My life, which Thou hast made Thy care, 
Lord, I devote to Thee. 

5 Now I am Thine, for ever Thine, 

Nor shall my purpose move ; 
Thy hand hath loosed my bonds of pain, 
And bound me with Thy love. 

6 Here in Thy courts I leave my vow, 

And Thy rich grace record ; 
Witness, ye saints who hear me now 
If I forsake the Lord. 

117 L. M. Watts. 

UNIVERSAL PRAISE. 

1 FROM all that dwell below the skies, 
Let the Creator's praise arise: 

Let the Redeemer's name be sung 
Through every land, by every tongue. 

2 Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord ; 
Eternal truth attends Thy word; 

Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 
Till suns shall rise and set no more. 

118— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

SECURITY OF THE SAINTS. 

1 THE Lord appears my helper now, 
Nor is mv faith afraid ; 

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PSALMS. 

Whatever the sons of earth may do, 
Since heaven affords its aid. 

2 'Tis safer Lord, to hope in Thee, 

And have my God my friend, 
Than trust in men of high degree, 
And on their truth depend. 

3 'Tis through the Lord my heart is strong, 

In Him my lips rejoice ; 
While His salvation is my song, 

How cheerful is my voice! 
4: Like angry bees, they girt me round; 

When God appears, they fly: 
So burning thorns, with crackling sound, 

Make a fierce blaze, and die. 
5 Joy to the saints, and peace belongs ; 

The Lord protects their days: 
Let Israel tune immortal songs 

To His almighty grace. 

118 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

PRAISE FOR RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 

1 LOKD, Thou hast heard Thy servant cry, 

And rescued from the grave; 
Now shall he live: for none can die, 
If God resolve to save. 

2 Thy praise more constant than before, 

Shall fill his daily breath; 
Thy hand that hath chastised him sore, 
Defends him still from death. 

3 Open the gates of Zion now, 

For we shall worship there; 
The house where all the righteous go, 
Thy mercy to declare. 

4 Among th' assemblies of Thy saints 

Our thankful voice we raise; 

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PSALMS. 

There we have told Thee our complaints, 
And there we speak Thy praise. 

118 — Part III. C. M. Watts. 

CHRIST THE FOUNDATION OF HIS CHURCH. 

1 BEHOLD the sure foundation Stone, 

Which God in Zion lays, 
To build our heavenly hopes upon, 
And His eternal praise. 

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, 

How glorious is Thy name! 
Saints trust their whole salvation here, 
Nor shall they suffer shame. 

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, 

Reject it with disdain: 
Yet on this Rock the church shall rest, 
And envy rage in vain. 

4 What though the gates of hell withstood ; 

Yet must this building rise; 
'Tis Thy own work, almighty God, 
And wondrous in our eyes. 

118 — Part IV. C. M. Watts. 

AN HOSANNA FOR THE LORD'S DAY. 

1 THIS is the day the Lord hath made; 

He calls the hours Llis own ; 
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad, 
And praise surround the throne. 

2 To-day He rose, and left the dead ; 

And Satan's empire fell : 
To-day the saints His triumph spread, 
And all His wonders tell. 

3 Hosanna to th' anointed King, 

To David's holy Son : 
Help us, O Lord, descend and bring 
Salvation from Thy throne. 

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PSALMS. 

4 Blessed be the Lord who comes to men 

With messages of grace ; 
Who comes in God, His Father's name, 
To save our sinful race. 

5 Hosanna in the highest strains 

The church on earth can raise! 
The highest heavens in which He reigns, 
Shall give Him nobler praise. 

118 —Part Y. S. M. Watts. 

CHRIST THE LIVING STONE. 

1 SEE what a living Stone 
The builders did refuse! 

Yet God hath built His church thereon, 
In spite of envious Jews. 

2 The scribe and angry priest 
Reject Thine only Son; 

Yet on this Rock shall Zion rest, 
As the chief corner stone. 

3 The work, O Lord, is Thine, 
And wondrous in our eyes: 

This day declares it all divine, 
This day did Jesus rise. 

4 This is the glorious day, 
That our Redeemer made: 

Let us rejoice, and sing and pray; 
Let all the church be glad. 

5 Hosanna to the King 
Of David's royal blood ; 

Bless Him, ye saints ; He comes to bring 
Salvation from your God. 

6 We bless Thy holy word, 
Which all this grace displays; 

And offer on Thine altar, Lord, 

Our sacrifice of praise. 
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PSALMS. 
119 — Paet I. C. M. Watts. 

THE BLESSEDNESS OF SAINTS AND MISERY OF SINNERS. 

1 BLESSED are the undenled in heart, 

Whose ways are right and clean; 
Who never from Thy law depart, 
But fly from every sin. 

2 Blessed are the men that keep Thy word, 

And practice Thy commands; 
With their whole heart they seek the Lord, 
And serve Him with their hands. 

3 Great is their peace who love Thy law, 

How firm their souls abide ! 
Nor can a bold temptation draw 
Their steady feet aside. 

4 Then shall my heart have inward joy, 

And keep my face from shame; 
When all Thy statutes I obey 
And honour all Thy name. 

5 But haughty sinners God will hate; 

The proud shall die accursed : 
The sons of falsehood and deceit 
Are trodden to the dust ; 

6 Yile as the dross the wicked are ; 

And those that leave Thy ways 
Shall see salvation from afar, 
But never taste Thy grace. 

119 — Part n. C. M. Watts. 

HABITUAL DEVOTION. 

1 To Thee, before the dawning light, 

My gracious God, I pray; 
I meditate Thy name by night, 
And keep Thy law by day. 

2 My spirit faints to see Thy grace, 

Thy promise bears me up ; 

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PSALMS. 

And, while salvation long delays, 
Thy word supports my hope. 

3 Seven times a day I lift my hands, 

And pay my thanks to Thee; 
Thy righteous providence demands 
Repeated praise from me. 

4 "When midnight darkness veils the skies, 

I call Thy works to mind ; 
My thoughts in warm devotion rise, 
And sweet acceptance find. 

119 — Part III. C. M. Watts. 

SELF-CONSECRATION. 

1 THOU art my portion, O my God : 

Soon as I know Thy way, 
My heart makes haste t' obey Thy word, 
And suffers no delay. 

2 I choose the path of heavenly truth, 

And glory in my choice: 

Not all the riches of the earth 

Could make me so rejoice. 

3 The testimonies of Thy grace, 

I set before mine eyes; 
Thence I derive my daily strength, 
And there my comfort lies. 

4 If once I wander from Thy path, 

I think upon my ways ; 
Then turn my feet to Thy commands 
And trust Thy pardoning grace. 

5 Now I am Thine, for ever Thine, 

Oh ! save Thy servant, Lord ! 
Thou art my shield, my hiding place, 
My hope is in Thy word. 

6 Thou hast inclined this heart of mine, 

Thy statutes to fulfil: 

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PSALMS. 

And thus, till mortal life shall end, 
Would I perform Thy will. 

119 — Part IY. C. M. Watts. 

SCRIPTURE THE BEST GUIDE. 

1 HOW shall the young secure their hearts, 

And guard their lives from sin? 
Thy word the choicest rules imparts; 
To keep the conscience clean. 

2 When once it penetrates the mind, 

It spreads such light abroad ; 
The meanest souls instruction find, 
Ajid raise their thoughts to God. 

3 'Tis, like the sun, a heavenly light, 

That guides us all the day: 
And through the dangers of the night, 
A lamp to lead our way. 

4 The men that keep Thy law with care, 

And meditate Thy word, 
Grow wiser than their teachers are, 
And better know the Lord. 

5 Thy precepts make me truly wise ; 

I hate the sinner's road : 
I hate my own vain thoughts, that rise; 
But love Thy law, my God. 

6 The starry heavens Thy rule obey; 

The earth maintains her place: 
And these Thy servants, night and day, 
Thy skill and power express. 

7 But still Thy law and gospel, Lord, 

Give lessons more divine; 
Not earth stands firmer than Thy word, 
Nor stars so nobly shine. 

8 Thy word is everlasting truth ; 

How pure is every page! 

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PSALMS. 

That holy book shall guide our youth, 
And well support our age. 

119— PartY. CM. Watts. 

DELIGHT IN SCRIPTURE. 

1 OH ! how I love Thy holy law ! 

'Tis daily my delight: 
And thence my meditations draw 
Divine advice by night. 

2 My waking eyes prevent the day, 

To meditate Thy word : 
My soul with longing melts away, 
To hear Thy gospel, Lord. 

3 How doth Thy word my heart engage ! 

How well employ my tongue ! 
And in my tiresome pilgrimage, 
Yield me a heavenly song! 

4 Am I a stranger, or at home, 

'Tis my perpetual feast; 
Not honey, dropping from the comb, 
So much allures the taste. 

5 No treasures so enrich the mind; 

Nor shall Thy word be sold 

For loads of silver well refined; 

Nor heaps of choicest gold. 

6 When nature sinks, and spirits droop, 

Thy promises of grace 
Are pillars to support my hope; 
And there I write Thy praise. 

119 — Part YI. CM. Watts. 

HOLINESS AND COMFORT FROM THE WORD. 

1 LORD, I esteem Thy judgments right, 
And all Thy statutes just; 
Thence I maintain a constant fight 
With every flattering lust. 

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PSALMS. 

2 Thy precepts often I survey ; 

I keep Thy laws in sight, 
Through all the business of the day, 
To form my actions right. 

3 My heart in midnight silence cries, 

" How sweet Thy comforts be !'-' 
My thoughts in holy wonder rise, 
And bring their thanks to Thee. 

4 And when my spirit drinks her fill. 

At some good word of Thine; 
"Not mighty men, that share the spoil, 
Have joys compared to mine. 

119 — Part YII. C. M. Watts. 

THE PERFECTION OF SCRIPTURE. 

1 LET all the heathen writers join, 

To form one perfect book ; 
Great God ! if once compared with Thine, 
How mean their writings look ! 

2 ^N~ot the most perfect rules they gave, 

Could show one sin forgiven ; 

Nor lead a step beyond the grave ; 

But Thine conduct to heaven. 

3 I 've seen an end of what we call 

Perfection here below : 
How short the powers of nature fall ! 
And can no further go. 

4 Yet men would fain be just with God, 

By works their hands have wrought ; 
But Thy commands, exceeding broad, 
Extend to every thought. 

5 In vain we boast perfection here, 

"While sin defiles our frame, 
And sinks our virtues down so far, 
They scarce deserve the name. 

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PSALMS. 

6 Our faith and love, and every grace. 
Fall far below Thy word ; 
But perfect truth and righteousness 
Dwell only with the Lord. 

119 — Part YIIL C. M. Watts. 

THE EXCELLENCE OF SCRIPTURE. 

1 LORD, I have made Thy word my choice, 

My lasting heritage ; 
There shall my noblest powers rejoice, 
My warmest thoughts engage. 

2 I '11 read the histories of Thy love, 

And keep Thy laws in sight ; 
While through Thy promises I rove, 
With ever fresh delight. 

3 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown, 

Where springs of life arise ; 
Seeds of immortal bliss are sown, 
And hidden glory lies. 

4 The best relief that mourners have, 

It makes our sorrows blessed ; 
Our fairest hope beyond the grave, 
And our eternal rest. 

119— Part IX. CM. Watts, 

SEEKING DIVINE INSTRUCTION. 

1 THY mercies fill the earth, O Lord, 

How good Thy works appear I 
Open mine eyes to read Thy word, 
And see Thy wonders there. 

2 My heart was fashioned by Thy hand, 

My service is Thy due : 
Oh ! make Thy servant understand 
The duties he must do ! 

3 Since I'm a stranger here below, 

Let not Thy path be hid; 

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PSALMS. 

But mark the road my feet should go, 
And be my constant guide. 

4 When I confessed my wandering ways, 

Thou heard'st my soul complain ; 
Grant me the teachings of Thy grace, 
Or I shall stray again. 

5 If God to me His statutes show, 

And heavenly truth impart ; 

His work for ever I '11 pursue, 

His law shall rule my heart. 

6 This was my comfort when I bore 

Variety of grief; 
It made me learn Thy word the more, 
And fly to that relief. 

7 In vain the proud deride me now ; 

I'll ne'er forget Thy law, 
Nor let that blessed gospel go, 
Whence all my hopes I draw. 

8 When I have learned my Father's will, 

I '11 teach the world His ways ; 

My thankful lips, inspired with zeal, 

Shall loud pronounce His praise. 

119 — PaetX. C. M. Watts. 

PLEADING THE PROMISES. 

1 BEHOLD Thy waiting servant, Lord, 

Devoted to Thy fear ; 
Bemember and confirm Thy word, 
For all my hopes are there. 

2 Hast Thou not sent salvation down, 

And promised quickening grace? 
Doth not my heart address Thy throne ? 
And yet Thy love delays. 

3 Mine eyes for Thy salvation fail ; 

Oh ! bear Thy servant up ! 

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PSALMS. 

Nor let the scoffing lips prevail, 
Which dare reproach roy hope. 

4 Did'st Thou not raise my faith, O Lord ! 
Then let Thy truth appear : 
Saints shall rejoice in my reward, 
And trust as well as fear. 

119 — Part XL C. M. Watts. 

BREATHING- AFTER HOLINESS. 

1 OH ! that the Lord would guide my ways 

To keep His statutes still ! 
Oh ! that my God would grant me grace 
To know and do His will! 

2 Oh! send Thy Spirit down to write 

Thy law upon my heart ! 
Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, 
Nor act the liar's part. 

3 From vanity turn off my eyes ; 

Let no corrupt design, 
Nor covetous desires arise, 
Within this soul of mine. 

4 Order my footsteps by Thy word, 

And make my heart sincere : 
Let sin have no dominion, Lord; 
But keep my conscience clear. 

5 My soul hath gone too far astray, 

My feet too often slip ; 
Yet since I've not forgot Thy way, 
Restore Thy wandering sheep. 

6 Make me to walk in Thy commands, 

'Tis a delightful road; 
Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands, 



Offend against my God. 



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PSALMS. 
119— Part XII. CM. Watts. 

SEEKING DELIVERANCE. 

1 MY God, consider my distress, 

Let mercy plead my cause: 
Though. I have sinned against Thy grace, 
I can't forget Thy laws. 

2 Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach, 

Which I so justly fear: 
Uphold my life, uphold my hopes, 
Nor let my shame appear. 

3 Be Thou a surety, Lord, for me, 

Eor let the proud oppress ; 
But make Thy waiting servant see 
The shinings of Thy face. 

4 Mine eyes with expectation fail : 

My heart within me cries, 
"When will the Lord His truth fulfil, 
And make my comforts rise?" 

5 Look down upon my sorrows, Lord, 

And show Thy grace the same ; 
As Thou art ever wont t' arTord 
To those that love Thy name. 

119— Part XIII. CM. Watts. 

HOLY FEAR AND TENDERNESS OF CONSCIENCE. 

1 WITH my whole heart I 've sought Thy face : 

Then let me never stray 
From Thy commands, O God of grace ; 
Nor tread the sinner's way. 

2 Thy word I 've hid within my heart, 

To keep my conscience clean, 
And be an everlasting guard 
From every rising sin. 

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PSALMS. 

3 I -m a companion of the saints, 

Who fear and love the Lord ; 
My sorrows rise, my nature faints, 
When men transgress Thy word. 

4 While sinners do Thy gospel wrong, 

My spirit stands in awe : 
My soul abhors a lying tongue, 
But loves Thy righteous law. 

5 My heart with sacred reverence hears 

The threatenings of Thy word ; 
My flesh with holy trembling fears 
The judgments of the Lord. 

6 My God, I long, I hope, I wait 

For Thy salvation still ; 
While Thy whole law is my delight, 
And I obey Thy will. 

119 — Part XIV . C. M. Watts. 

BENEFIT OF AFFLICTIONS. 

1 CONSIDEK all my sorrows, Lord, 

And Thy deliverance send : 
My soul for Thy salvation faints ; 
When will my troubles end ? 

2 Yet I have found it good for me 

To bear my Father's rod ; 
Afflictions make me learn Thy law, 
And live upon my God. 

3 This is the comfort I enjoy, 

When new distress begins; 
I read Thy word, I run Thy ways, 
And hate my former sins. 

4 Had not Thy word been my delight, 

When earthly joys had fled, 
My soul, oppressed with sorrow's weight, 
Had sunk among the dead. 

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PSALMS. 

5 I know Thy judgments, Lord, are right, 

Though they may seem severe : 
The sharpest sufferings, I endure, 
Flow from Thy faithful care. 

6 Before I knew Thy chastening rod, 

My feet were apt to stray; 
But now I learn to keep Thy word, 
Nor wander from Thy way. 

119 — Part XY. C. M. Watts. 

CHRISTIAN PERSEVERANCE. 

1 OH ! that Thy statutes every hour 

Might dwell upon my mind ! 
Thence I derive a quickening power, 
And daily peace I find. 

2 To meditate Thy precepts, Lord, 

Shall be my sweet employ ; 
My soul shall ne'er forget Thy word ; 
Thy word is all my joy. 

3 How would I run in Thy commands, 

Should'st Thou my heart discharge 
From sin, and Satan's hateful chains, 
And set my feet at large ! 

4 My lips with courage shall declare 

Thy statutes and Thy name ; 
I'll speak Thy word, though kings should hear, 
Eor yield to sinful shame. 

5 Let bands of persecutors rise, 

To rob me of my right ; 
Let pride and malice forge their lies, 
Thy law is my delight. 

6 Depart from me, ye wicked race, 

Whose hands and hearts are ill: 

1 love my God, I love His ways, 

And must obey His will. 

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PSALMS. 
119 — Part XVI. C. M. Watts. 

PRAYER FOE QUICKENING GRACE. 

1 MY soul lies cleaving to the dust ; 

Lord, give me life divine: 
From vain desires and every lust, 
Turn off these eyes of mine. 

2 I need the influence of Thy grace 

To speed me in Thy way; 
Lest I should loiter in my race, 
Or turn my feet astray. 

3 When sore afflictions press me down, 

I need Thy quickening powers ; 
Thy word, that I have rested on, 
Shall cheer my heaviest hours. 

4 Are not Thy mercies sovereign still, 

And Thou a faithful God? 
Wilt Thou not grant me warmer zeal 
To run the heavenly road? 

5 Does not my heart Thy precepts love, 

And long to see Thy face? 
And yet how slow my spirits move, 
Without enlivening grace! 

6 Then shall I love Thy gospel more, 

And ne'er forget Thy word ; 
When I have felt its quickening power, 
To draw me near the Lord. 

119 —Part XVII. L. M. Watts. 

CONSTANCY UNDER TRIALS. 

1 WHEN pain and anguish seize me, Lord, 
All my support is from Thy word : 
My soul dissolves with heaviness ; 
Uphold me with Thy strengthening grace. 

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PSALMS. 

2 The proud have framed their scoffs and lies, 
They watch my feet with envious eyes; 
And tempt my soul to snares and sin; 

Yet Thy commands I ne'er decline. 

3 They hate me, Lord, without a cause, 
They hate to see me love Thy laws ; 
But I will trust and fear Thy name, 
Till pride and malice die with shame. 

HQ _ Part XYIII. L. M. Watts. 

SANCTIFIED AFFLICTIONS. 

1 FATHEE, I bless Thy gentle hand ; 

How kind was Thy chastising rod, 
That forced my conscience to a stand, 

And brought my wandering soul to God ! 

2 Foolish and vain I went astray, 

Ere I had felt Thy scourges, Lord; 
I left my guide, and lost my way ; 
But now I love and keep Thy word. 

3 'Tis good for me to wear the yoke, 

For pride is apt to rise and swell : 
'Tis good to bear my Father's stroke, 
That I might learn His statutes well. 

4 The law that issues from Thy mouth, 

Shall raise my cheerful passions more, 
Than all the treasures of the south, 
Or western hills of golden ore. 

5 Thy hands have made my mortal frame, 

Thy Spirit formed my soul within : 
Teach me to know Thy wondrous name, 
And guard me safe from death and sin. 

6 Then all that love and fear the Lord, 

At my salvation shall rejoice: 
For I have hoped in Thy word, 

And made Thy grace my only choice. 

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PSALMS. 
119 — Part XIX. L.M. 

PERSEVERANCE IN PRATER. 

1 KEEP me from fainting in my prayers, 

When to Thy footstool, Lord, I come; 

My soul with God would leave her cares, 

And hope for mercy from the throne. 

2 Kindle a flame of love and zeal, 

While wrestling for the grace I need; 
Bring me by faith within the vail, 
And help me ardently to plead. 

3 Known to the Lord are all my sighs; 

I will not yield to unbelief; 
But persevere with fervent cries, 
Until He hear and grant relief. 

119— Part XX. CM. 

PLEADING THE PROMISES. 

1 KEMEMBEK all my sorrows, Lord, 

And do as Thou hast said ; 
Send help according to Thy word, 
And give the promised aid. 

2 Repeated mercies in a train 

Demand my gratitude ; 
And these my faith and hope sustain, 
That more will be bestowed. 

3 Renew Thy work of grace, then, Lord, 

Nor let my soul complain ; 
That, while I rest upon Thy word, 
My hopes are still in vain. 

119 —Part XXL L. M. Livingston. 

CHRISTIAN SLNCERITY. 

1 SEARCHER and Saviour of my soul, 

My Sun, my Shield, my sovereign Judge, 
All things are naked to Thy view, 

My heart, my thoughts, my words, my ways. 

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PSALMS. 

2 Sinners of state with power arrayed, 

Who fear not God, nor man regard, 
Have persecuted without cause ; 
But all their hatred I defy. 

3 Still to Thy word my soul repairs; 

Thence I my highest comforts draw: 
Though foes may fight and devils rage, 
If God be for me, all is well. 

4 Sustain me then with promised grace, 

Revive my heart, increase my faith: 
I hate to lie, I love the truth ; 
Oh ! make me be what I profess. 

5 Seven times a day my prayers ascend 

With mingled praises to the throne: 
'Tis good to seek my Father's face, 
And plead in my Redeemer's name. 

6 Strong peace have they, who love Thy law; 

Firm on a rock their hopes are built; 
Their faith looks up to nobler scenes, 
And nothing can detain them here. 

7 Seal to my soul Thy pardoning love, 

Let strength be equal to my day ; 
Then will I run with great delight, 
And eager press, to seize the prize. 

8 Supremely wise, and good, and great ; 

Oh ! search my heart, and try my ways ; 
Thy word I love, Thy judgments fear, 
And tremble, while I pray and praise. 

119 — Part XXII. C. M. Heginbotham. 

THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 

1 THE least, the feeblest of the sheep, 
To Christ, the Father gave ; 
He loves the flock, the charge he '11 keep ; 



His arm is strong to save. 



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PSALMS. 

2 They 're prone to wander out of sight, 

And apt to run astray ; 
And when once lost, unable quite, 
To find again the way. 

3 That hand, which heaven and earth upholds, 

Can keep them free from harms ; 
The Shepherd brings them to their folds, 
And bears them in His arms. 

4 To thee, my Shepherd and my Rock, 

A grateful song I'll raise; 
Oh ! let the meanest of the flock 
Attempt to speak Thy praise. 

5 Thou art my guard ; my all I owe 

To Thine amazing love : 
My standing in Thy fold below, 
And hopes of bliss above. 

6 Ten thousand thousand comforts here, 

Dispensed in various ways, 
Confirm Thy faithfulness and care, 
And claim adoring praise. 

7 Then, guided, Shepherd, by Thy love, 

My feet shall keep Thy way ; 
Soon shall I reach Thy fold above, 
And go no more astray. 

120 0. M. Watts. 

COMPLAINT AGAINST STRIFE, AND DESIRE FOR PEACE. 

1 THOU God of love, Thou ever blessed, 
Pity my suffering state : 
When wilt Thou set my soul at rest, 
From lips that love deceit? 

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PSALMS. 

2 Hard lot of mine ! my days are cast 

Among the sons of strife; 
Whose never ceasing brawlings waste 
My golden hours of life. 

3 Oh ! might I fly to change my place, 

How would I choose to dwell 
In some wide, lonesome, wilderness, 
And leave these gates of hell ! 

4 Peace is the blessing that I seek : 

How lovely are its charms ! 
I am for peace ; but, when I speak, 
They all declare for arms. 

5 New passions still their souls engage, 

And keep their malice strong : 
What shall be done to curb thy rage, 
O thou devouring tongue ! 

6 Should burning arrows smite thee through, 

Strict justice would approve ; 

But I would rather spare my foe, 

And melt his heart with love. 

121 — Past I. CM. TatemdBkady. 

DIVINE PROTECTION. 

1 TO Zion's hill I lift my eyes, 

From thence expecting aid ; 
From Zion's hill, and Zion's God, 
Who heaven and earth has made. 

2 Thou, then, my soul, in . safety rest ; 

Thy guardian will not sleep : 
His watchful care, that Israel guards, 
Will thee in safety keep. 

3 Sheltered beneath th' Almighty's wings, 

Thou shalt securely rest, 

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PSALMS. 

Where neither sun nor moon shall thee 
By day or night molest. 

4 At home, abroad, in peace, in war, 
Thy God shall thee defend ; 
Conduct thee through life's pilgrimage, 
Safe to thy journey's end. 

121 — Part II. H. M. Watts. 

GOD OUR PRESERVER. 

1 UPWAKD I lift mine eyes ; 
From God is all my aid ; 
The God that built the skies, 
And earth and nature made : 



God is the power, 
To which I % ; 



His grace is nigh 
In every hour. 



2 My feet shall never slide, 
Nor fall in fatal snares ; 
Since God, my guard and guide, 
Defends me from my fears. 



Those wakeful eyes, 
That never sleep, 



Shall Israel keep, 
When dangers rise. 



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3 No burning heats by day, 
Nor blasts of evening air, 
Shall take my health away, 
If God be with me there : 
Thou art my sun, To guard my head 



And Thou my shade, 



By night, or noon. 



4 Hast Thou not given Thy word 
To save my soul from death ? 
And I can trust my Lord, 
To keep my mortal breath. 



I '11 go and come, 
Nor fear to die, 



Till from on high 
Thou call me home. 



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PSALMS. 
122 0. M. Watts. 

PUBLIC WORSHIP. 

1 HOW did my heart rejoice to hear 

My friends devoutly say : 
"In Zion let us all appear, 
And keep the solemn day!" 

2 I love her gates, I love the road: 

The church adorned with grace, 
Stands like a palace built for God, 
To show His milder face. 

3 Up to her courts, with joys unknown, 

The holy tribes repair ; 
The Son of David holds His throne, 
And sits in judgment there. 

4 He hears our praises and complaints; 

And while His awful voice 
Divides the sinners from the saints, 
We tremble and rejoice. 

5 Peace be within this sacred place, 

And joy a constant guest ; 
With holy gifts and heavenly grace 
Be her attendants blessed. 

6 My soul shall pray for Zion still, 

While life or breath remains : 
There my best friends, my kindred dwell ; 
There God, my Saviour, reigns. 

123 C - M - Watts. 

PLEADING WITH SUBMISSION. 

1 OH ! Thou whose grace and justice reign 

Enthroned above the skies ; 
To Thee our hearts would tell their pain, 
To Thee we lift our eyes. 

2 As servants watch their master's hand, 

And fear the angry stroke ; 

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PSALMS. 

Or maids before their mistress stand, 
And wait a peaceful look : 

3 So for our sins we justly feel 

Thy discipline, O God ; 
Yet wait the gracious moment still, 
Till Thou remove Thy rod. 

4 Those, that in wealth and pleasure live, 

Our daily groans deride ; 
And Thy delays of mercy give 
Fresh courage to their pride. 

5 Our foes insult us, but our hope 

In Thy compassion lies : 
This thought shall bear our spirits up, 
That God will not despise. 

124 L. M. Watts. 

THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE. 

1 HAD not the Lord, may Israel say, 

Had not the Lord maintained our side, 
When men, to make our lives a prey, 
Rose like the swelling of the tide, 

2 The swelling tide had stopped our breath, 

So fiercely did the waters roll ; 
We had been swallowed deep in death : 
Proud waters had o'erwhelmed our soul. 

3 We leap for joy, we shout and sing, 

Who just escaped the fatal stroke ; 
So flies the bird with cheerful wing. 
When once the fowler's snare is broke. 

4 For ever blessed be the Lord, 

Who broke the fowler's cursed snare ; 
Who saved us from the murdering sword, 
And made our lives and souls His care. 

5 Our help is in Jehovah's name, 

Who formed the earth, and built the skies; 

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PSALMS. 

He, that upholds that wondrous frame, 

Guards His own church with watchful eyes. 

125 S. M. Watts. 

THE TRIALS AND SAFETY OF BELIEVERS. 

1 FIRM and unmoved are they 
That rest their souls on God : 

Fixed as the mount where David dwelt, 
Or where the ark abode. 

2 As mountains stood to guard 
The city's sacred ground, 

So God and His almighty love 
Embrace His saints around. 

3 What, though the Father's rod 
Drop a chastising stroke, 

Yet, lest it wound their souls too deep, 
Its fury shall be broke. 

4 Deal gently, Lord, with those, 
Whose faith and pious fear, 

Whose hope and love, and every grace, 
Proclaim their hearts sincere. 

5 ~Nor shall the tyrant's rage 
Too long oppress the saint : 

The God of Israel will support 
His children, lest they faint. 

6 But if our slavish fear 
Will choose the road to hell, 

We must receive our portion there, 
Where bolder sinners dwell. 

126 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

PRAISE FOR UNEXPECTED MERCLES. 

1 WHEN God restored our captive state, 
Joy was our song, and grace our theme ; 
A grace beyond our hopes so great, 
The joy appeared but fancy's dream. 

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P S A L M S . 

2 The scoffer owns Thy hand, and pays 

Unwilling honours to Thy name ; 
While we with pleasure shout Thy praise, 
With cheerful notes Thy love proclaim. 

3 When we review our dismal fears, 

'T was hard to think they 'd vanish so ; 
With God we left our flowing tears, 
He makes our joys like rivers flow. 

126 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

THE JOY OF CONVERSION. 

1 WHEN God revealed His gracious name, 

And changed my mournful state, 
My rapture seemed a pleasing dream, 
The grace appeared so great. 

2 The world beheld the glorious change, 

And did Thy hand confess ; 
My tongue broke out in unknown strains, 
And sung surprising grace. 

3 " Great is the work," my neighbours cried, 

And owned the power divine ; 
" Great is the work," my heart replied, 
" And be the glory Thine." 

4: The Lord can clear the darkest skies, 
Can give us day for night ; 
Make drops of sacred sorrow rise 
To rivers of delight. 
5 Let those that sow in sadness wait 

Till the fair harvest come : 
They shall confess their sheaves are great, 
And shout the blessings home. 

G Though seed lie buried long in dust, 
It shan't deceive their hope : 
The precious grain can ne'er be lost, 
For grace insures the crop. 

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PSALMS. 

127 L. M. Watts. 

PROSPERITY FROM GOD. 

1 IF God succeed not, all the cost 

And pains to build the house are lost ; 

If God the city do not keep, 

The watchful guards as well may sleep. 

2 What, though you rise before the sun, 
And work and toil when day is done ; 
Careful and sparing eat your bread, 
To shun that poverty you dread ; 

3 'T is all in vain, till God hath blessed ; 
He can make rich, yet give us rest : 
Children and friends are blessings too, 
If God, our sovereign, make them so. 

4 Happy the man to whom He sends 
Obedient children, faithful friends ! 
How sweet our daily comforts prove, 
When they are seasoned with His love ! 

128 C - M - Watts. 

A CHRISTIAN BLESSED IIST HIS FAMILY. 

1 O HAPPY man, whose soul is filled 

With faith and reverend awe ; 
Whose lips to God their honours yield, 
Whose life adorns the law. 

2 A careful Providence shall stand, 

And ever guard thy head ; 
And on the labours of thy hand 
Its kindly blessings shed. 

3 Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine ; 

Thy children round thy board, 
Each, like a plant of honour, shine, 
And learn to fear the Lord. 

4 The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil, 

For months and years to come ; 

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PSALMS. 

The Lord, who dwells on Zion's hill, 
Shall send the blessings home. 

5 This is the man, whose happy eyes 
Shall see his house increase; 
Shall see the sinking church arise, 
And leave the world in peace. 

129 C. M. Watts. 

PERSECUTORS PUNISHED. 

1 UP from my youth, may Israel say, 

Have I been nursed in tears; 
My griefs were constant as the day, 
And tedious as the years. 

2 Up from my youth I bore the rage 

Of all the sons of strife ; 
Oft they assailed my riper age, 
But not destroyed my life. 

3 Their cruel plough had torn my flesh 

With furrows long and deep ; 
Hourly they vexed my wounds afresh, 
Nor let my sorrows sleep. 

4 How was their insolence surprised, 

To hear His thunders roll ! 
And all the foes of Zion seized 
With horror to the soul. 

5 Thus shall the men that hate the saints. 

Be blasted from the sky; 
Their glory fades, their courage faints, 
And all their projects die. 

6 What, though they flourish tall and fair ! 

They have no root beneath ; 
Their growth shall perish in despair, 
And lie despised in death. 

7 So corn, that on the house top stands, 

No hope of harvest gives; 
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PSALMS. 

The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands, 
Isov binder fold the sheaves : 

8 It springs and withers on the place: 
~No traveller bestows 
A word of blessing on the grass, 
Nor minds it as he goes. 

130 C. M. Watts. 

PARDONING GRACE. 

1 OUT of the depths of long distress. 

The borders of despair, 
I sent my cries to seek Thy grace, 
My groans to move Thine ear. 

2 Great God ! should Thy severer eye, 

And Thine impartial hand, 
Mark and revenge iniquity, 
~No mortal flesh could stand. 

3 But there are pardons with my God, 

For crimes of high degree ; 
Thy Son has bought them with His blood, 
To draw us near to Thee. 

4 I wait for Thy salvation, Lord, 

With strong desires I wait ; 
My soul, invited by Thy word, 
Stands watching at Thy gate. 

5 Just as the guards, that keep the night, 

Long for the morning skies ; 
Watch the first beams of breaking light, 
And meet them with their eyes; 

6 So waits my soul to see Thy grace, 

And, more intent than they, 
Meets tile first openings of Thy face, 
And finds a brighter clay. 

7 Then in the Lord let Israel trust ; 

Let Israel seek His face : 

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PSALMS. 

The Lord is good, as well as just, 
And plenteous in His grace. 
8 There's full redemption at His throne 
For sinners long enslaved : 
The great Redeemer is His Son; 
And Israel shall be saved. 

131 C. M. Watts. 

HUMILITY AND SUBMISSION. 

1 IS there ambition in my heart ? 

Search, gracious God, and see ; 
Or do I act a haughty part ? 
Lord, I appeal to Thee. 

2 I charge my thoughts, be humble still, 

And all my carriage mild ; 
Content, my Father, with Thy will, 
And quiet as a child. 

3 The patient soul, the lowly mind 

Shall have a large reward: 
Let saints in sorrow lie resigned, 
And trust a faithful Lord. 

132 — Part L L. M. Watts. 

THE CHURCH, THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD. 

1 WHERE shall we go, to seek and find 

A habitation for our God; 
A dwelling for th' eternal Mind, 
Among the sons of flesh and blood ? 

2 The God of Jacob chose the hill 

Of Zion for His ancient rest ; 
And Zion is His dwelling still ; 

His church is with His presence blessed. 

3 Here will I fix My gracious throne, 

And reign for ever, saith the Lord ; 
Here shall My power and love be known, 
And blessings shall attend My word. 



PSALMS. 

4 Here will I meet the hungry poor, 

And fill their souls with living bread ; 
Sinners that wait before My door, 
With sweet provision shall be fed. 

5 Girded with truth, and clothed with grace, 

My priests, My ministers shall shine ; 
Not Aaron, in his costly dress, 
Made an appearance so divine. 

6 The saints, unable to contain 

Their inward joy, shall shout and sing : 
The Son of David here shall reign, 
And Zion triumph in her King. 

7 Jesus shall see a numerous seed 

Born here, t' uphold His glorious name ; 
His crown shall flourish on His head, 

While all His foes are clothed with shame. 

132 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

PRIVILEGES OF THE CHURCH. 

1 ARISE, O King of grace, arise, 

And enter to Thy rest : 
Lo ! Thy church waits with longing eyes, 
Thus to be owned and blessed. 

2 Enter with all Thy glorious train, 

Thy Spirit and Thy word: 
All, that the ark did once contain, 
Could no such grace afford. 

3 Clothe all Tl.y ministers with grace, 

Let truth their tongues employ; 
That in the Saviour's righteousness 
Thy saints may shout for joy. 

4 Here, mighty God ! accept our vows, 

Here let Thy praise be spread ; 
Bless the provisions of Thy house, 
And fill Thy poor with bread. 

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PSALMS, 

5 Here hi the Bon of David reign, 
Let God's anointed shine ; 
Justice and truth His court maintain, 
With love and power divine. 

132 — Part III. C. M. Watts: Tate. 

THE HOUSE OF GOD, 

1 THE Lord in Zion placed His throne, 

His ark was settled there : 
To Zion the whole nation came, 
To worship thrice a year. 

2 But we have no such lengths to walk, 

Nor wander far abroad ; 
Where'er Thy saints assemble now, 
There is a house for God. 

3 Blessed Zion still, in God's esteem, 

All other seats excels : 
Wherever He records His name, 
'T is Zion ; there He dwells. 

4 " Her store," says- He, " I will increase ; 

Her poor with plenty bless ; 
Her saints shall shout for joy ; her priests 
My saving health confess. 

5 There David's power shall long remain 

In his established line ; 
There David's Son and Lord shall reign, 
And with fresh lustre shine. 

6 The faces of His vanquished foes 

Confusion shall o'erspread ; 
Whilst, with confirmed success, His crown 
Shall flourish on His head." 

133— Part I. CM. Watts. 

BROTHERLY LOVE. 

1 LO ! what an entertaining sight 
Are brethren that agree ; 

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PSALMS. 

Brethren whose cheerful hearts unite 
In bonds of piety. 

2 When streams of love from Christ, the spring, 

Descend to every soul, 
And heavenly peace with balmy wing, 
Shades and bedews the whole : 

3 'Tis like the oil divinely sweet, 

On Aaron's reverend head ; 
The trickling drops perfumed his feet, 
And o'er his garments spread. 

4 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews 

That fall on Zion's hill ; 
Where God His mildest glory shows, 
And makes His grace distil. 

133— Fakt H. S. M. Watts. 

COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

1 BLESSED are the sons of peace, 
Whose hearts and hopes are one ; 

Whose kind designs to serve and please, 
Through all their actions run. 

2 Blessed is the pious house, 
Where zeal and friendship meet : 

Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, 
Make their communion sweet. 

3 Thus, on the heavenly hills. 
The saints are blessed above, 

Where joy, like morning dew, distils, 
And all the air is love. 

134 C. M. Watts. 

DAILY AND NIGHTLY DEVOTION. 

1 YE that obey th' immortal King, 
Attend His holy place ; 
Bow to the glories of His power, 
And bless His wondrous grace. 

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PSALMS. 

2 Lift up your hands by morning light, 

And raise your souls on high ; 
Send your admiring thoughts by night 
Above the starry sky. 

3 The God of Zion cheers our hearts, 

With rays of quickening grace ; 
The God that spread the heavens abroad 
And rules the swelling seas. 

135 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE CHURCH IS GOd's HOUSE AND CARE. 

1 PEAISE ye the Lord, exalt His name, 

While in His earthly courts ye wait, 
Ye saints that to His house belong, 
Or stand attending at His gate. 

2 Praise ye the Lord, the Lord is good ; 

To praise His name is sweet employ : 
Israel He chose. of old, and still 
Hio church is His peculiar joy. 

3 The Lord Himself will judge His saints ; 

He treats His servants as His friends : 
And when He hears their sore complaints, 
Pepents the sorrows that He sends. 

4 Through every age the Lord declares 

His name, and breaks th' oppressor's rod ; 
He gives His suffering servants rest, 
And will be known th' almighty God. 

5 Bless ye the Lord, who taste His love ; 

People and priests exalt His name : 
Among His saints He ever dwells ; 
His church is His Jerusalem. 

135 — Part II. L. M. Watts. 

GRANDEUR OF GOD. 

1 GPEAT is the Lord, exalted high, 

Above all powers and every throne ; 

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PSALMS. 

Whatever He pleased in eartli or sea. 
Or heaven or hell, His hand hath done. 

2 At His command the vapours rise, 

The lightnings flash, the thunders roar ; 
He pours the rain ; He brings the wind, 
And tempest from His airy store. 

3 'Twas He those dreadful tokens sent, 

O Egypt, through thy stubborn land ! 
When all thy first born, beasts and men, 
Fell dead by His avenging hand. 

4 What mighty nations, mighty kings 

He slew, and their whole country gave 
To Israel, whom His hand redeemed, 
No more to be proud Pharaoh's slave. 

5 His power the same, the same His grace, 

That saves us from the hosts of hell : 
And heaven He gives us to possess, 
Whence those apostate angels fell. 

135 — Past III. C. M. Watts. 

PRAISE DUE TO GOD ALONE. 

1 AWAIIE, ye saints, to praise your King, 

Your sweetest passions raise ; 
Your pious pleasure, while you sing, 
Increasing with the praise. 

2 Great is the Lord! and works unknown 

Are His divine employ; 
But still His saints are near His throne, 
His treasure and Llis joy. 

3 Heaven, earth and sea, confess His hand; 

He bids the vapours rise : 
Lightning and storms, at His command, 
Sweep through the sounding skies. 

4 All power, that gods or kings have claimed, 

Is found with Him alone ; 

020 



PSALMS. 

But heathen gods should ne'er be named 
Where our Jehovah 's known. 

5 O Zion, trust the living God, 

Serve Him with faith and fear ; 
He makes thy courts His blessed abode, 
And claims His honours there. 

136 — Part I. H. M. Watts. 

THE WONDERS OF CREATION, PROVIDENCE, AND GRACE. 

1 GIYE thanks to God most high, 
The universal Lord; 
The sovereign King of kings ; 
And be His grace adored. 



His power and grace 
Are still the same; 



And let His name 
Have endless praise. 



2 How mighty is His hand ! 

What wonders hath He done ! 
He formed the earth and seas, 
And spread the heavens alone. 



Thy mercy, Lord, 
Shall still endure 



And ever sure 
Abides Thy word. 

3 His wisdom framed the sun, 
To crown the day with light; 
The moon and twinkling stars, 
To cheer the darksome night. 



And let His name 
Have endless praise. 



His power and grace 
Are still the same ; 

4 He smote the first born sons, 

The flower of Sgypt, dead ; 
And thence His chosen tribes 
With joy and glory led. 
Thy mercy, Lord, And ever sure 

Shall still endure ; I Abides Thy word. 

5 His power and lifted rod 

Cleft the Red Sea in two; 

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P S A L M S . 



And for His people made 
A wondrous passage through. 



His power and grace 



And let His name 



Are still the same ; Have endless praise. 

6 But cruel Pharaoh there, 

With all his host He drowned, 
And brought His Israel safe 
Through a long desert ground. 



Thy mercy, Lord, 
Shall still endure 



And ever sure 
Abides Thy word. 

7 The kings of Canaan fell 

Beneath His dreadful hand ; 
While His own servants took 
Possession of their land. 
His power and grace I And let His name 
Are still the same ; I Have endless praise. 

8 He saw the nations lie 

All perishing in sin ; 
And pitied the sad state 
The ruined world was in. 



Thy mercy, Lord, 
Shall still endure 



And ever sure 
Abides Thy word. 



9 He sent His only Son 

To save us from our woe, 
From Satan, sin, and death, 
And every hurtful foe. 



His power and grace 
Are still the same : 



And let His name 
Have endless praise. 

10 Give thanks aloud to God, 

To God the heavenly king; 
And let the spacious earth 
His works and glories sing. 



Thy mercy, Lord, 
Shall still endure 



And ever sure 
Abides Thy word. 



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PSALMS. 
130 _ p ART II. L. M. Watts. 

THANKS FOR CREATION AND REDEMPTION. 

1 GIVE to our God immortal praise ; 
Mercy and truth are all His ways : 
Give to the Lord of lords renown, 
The King of kings with glory crown. 

2 He built the earth, He spread the sky, 
And fixed the starry lights on high : 
He fills the sun with morning light, 
He bids the moon direct the night. 

3 The Jews He freed from Pharaoh's hand, 
And brought them to the promised land : 
He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, 

And felt His pity work within. 

4 He sent His Son with power to save 
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave : 
"Wonders of grace to God belong, 
Repeat His mercies in your song. 

5 Through this vain world He guides our feet, 
And leads us to His heavenly seat : 

His mercies ever shall endure, 

When this vain world shall be no more. 

137— Part I. L. M. Dwigiit. 

ISRAEL IN CAPTIVITY. 

1 BY Babel's stream the captives sate, 
And wept for Zion's hapless fate : 
Useless, their harps on willows hung, 
While foes required a sacred song. 

2 With taunting voice, and scornful eye, 
" Sing us a song of heaven," they cry : 
"While foes deride our God and King, 
How can we tune our harps or sing? 

3 If Zion's woes our hearts forget, 
Or cease to mourn for Israel's fate, 

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i\s ALMS. 

Let useful skill our hands forsake 



Our hearts with hopeless sorrow break. 

4 Thou, ruined Salem, to our eyes, 
Each day, in sad remembrance, rise ! 
Should we e'er cease to feel thy wrongs, 
Lost be our joys, and mute our tongues ! 

5 Remember, Lord, proud Edom's sons, 
Who cried, exulting at our groans, 
While Salem trembled at her base, 

"Rase them : her deep foundations rase." 

6 While thus they sung, the mourners viewed 
Their foes by Cyrus' arm subdued, 

And saw his glory rise, who spread 

Their streets and fields with hosts of dead. 

7 Pleased, they foresaw the blessed decree, 
That set their tribes from bondage free ; 
Renewed the temple, and restored 

The sacred worship) of the Lord. 

137- Part II. L. M. Dwight. 

CHURCH IX DISTRESS, SEEKING GOD. 

1 LORD, in these dark and dismal days, 
We mourn the hidings of Thy face ; 
Proud enemies our path surround, 

To level Zion with the ground. 

2 Her sous, her worship, they deride, 

And hiss Thy word with tongues of pride ; 

And cry, t' insult our humble prayer, 

" Where is your God, ye Christians, where?'' 

3 Errors, and sins, and follies grow ; 
Thy saints bow down in deepest woe : 
Their love decays, their zeal is o'er ; 
And thousands walk with Christ no more. 

4 To happier days our bosoms turn ; 
Those days but teach us how to mourn : 

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P S A LMS. 

The God, who bade His mercy flow, 
In wrath withdraws His blessing now. 

5 The blessing from Thy truth 's withdrawn ; 
Its quickening, saving influence gone : 
Unwarned, im wakened, sinners hear, 

Nor see their awful danger near. 

6 In dews unseen, in scanty showers, 
Thy Spirit sheds His healing powers : 
The thirsty ground is parched beneath, 
And all is barrenness and death. 

7 Yet still Thy name be ever blessed, 
On Thee our hope shall safely rest : 
Zion her Saviour soon shall see, 
Arrayed to set His Israel free. 

8 Jesus, with vengeance armed, shall come 
To crush His foes, and seal their doom ; 
The mystic Babel whelm in dust, 

Her pomp, her idols, power and trust. 

9 Then shall Thy saints exult, and sing 
The matchless glories of their King; 
Nations before His altar bend, 

And peace from realm to realm extend. 

137 — Part III. S. M. Dwight. 

LOVE FOR THE CHURCH. 

1 I LOYE Thy kingdom, Lord, 
The house of Thine abode ; 

The church our blessed Redeemer saved 
With His own precious blood. 

2 I love Thy church, O God ! 
Her walls before Thee stand, 

Dear as the apple of Thine eye, 
And graven on Thy hand. 

3 If e'er to bless Thy sons, 
My voice or hands deny, 

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P SALMS. 

These hands let useful skill forsake, 
This voice in silence die. 

4 If e'er my heart forget 
Her welfare or her woe, 

Let every joy this heart forsake, 
And every grief o'erflow. 

5 For her my tears shall fall ; 
For her my prayers ascend ; 

To her my cares and toils be given, 

Till toils and cares shall end. 
6* Beyond my highest joy 

I prize her heavenly ways ; 
Her sweet communion, solemn vows, 

Her hymns of love and praise. 

7 Jesus, Thou Friend divine, 
Our Saviour and our King, 

Thy hand from every snare and foe 
Shall great deliverance bring. 

8 Sure as Thy truth shall last, 
To Zion shall be given 

The brightest glories earth can yield, 
And brighter bliss of heaven. 

138 L- M. Watts. 

RESTORING AND PRESERVING GRACE. 

1 WITH all my powers of heart and tongue, 
I '11 praise my Maker in my song : 
Angels shall hear the notes I raise, 
Approve the song, and join the praise. 

2 Angels, that make Thy church their care, 
Shall witness my devotion there ; 
While holy zeal directs mine eyes 

To Thy fair temple in the skies. 

3 I'll sing Thy truth and mercy, Lord, 
I '11 sing the wonders of Thy word : 

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P S A L M S . 

Not all Thy works and names below, 
So much Thy power and glory show. 

4 To God I cried when troubles rose; 
He heard me, and subdued my foes ; 
He did my rising fears control, 

And strength diffused through all my soul. 

5 The God of heaven maintains His state, 
Frowns on the proud, and scorns the great ; 
But from His throne descends, to see 

The sons of humble poverty. 

6 Amid a thousand snares I stand, 
Upheld and guarded by Thy hand : 
Thy words my fainting soul revive, 
And keep my dying faith alive. 

7 Grace will complete what grace begins, 
To save from sorrows and from sins : 
The work that wisdom undertakes, 
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes. 

139 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

THE ALL SEEING GOD. 

1 THOU, Lord, by strictest search hast known 
My rising up and lying down : 

My secret thoughts are known to Thee, 
Known long before conceived by me. 

2 Thine eye my bed and path surveys, 
My public haunts and private ways ; 

Thou know'st what 't is my lips would vent ; 
My yet unuttered words' intent. 

3 Within Thy circling power I stand; 
On every side I find Thy hand : 
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, 

I am surrounded still with God. 

4 Oh ! could I so perfidious be, 

To think of once deserting Thee, 

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PSALMS. 

Where, Lord, could I Thy influence shun? 
Or whither from Thy presence run? 

5 If up to heaven I take my flight, 

'Tis there Thou dwell'st enthroned in light: 
If down to hell's infernal plains, 
'Tis there almighty vengeance reigns. 

6 If I the morning wings could gain, 
And fly beyond the western main, 
Thy swifter hand would first arrive, 
And there arrest Thy fugitive. 

7 Or should I try to shun Thy sight 
Beneath the sable wings of night ; 

One glance from Thee, one piercing ray, 
Would kindle darkness into day. 

8 The veil of night is no disguise, 

No screen from Thy all searching eyes; 
Through midnight shades thou find'st Thy way, 
As in the blazing noon of day. 

9 Oh! may these thoughts possess my breast, 
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest! 

Nor let my weaker passions dare 
Consent to sin ; for God is there. 

139— Part II. C. M. Watts. 

THE WISDOM OF GOD IN THE FORMATION OF MAN. 

1 WHEN I with pleasing wonder stand, 

And all my frame survey ; 
Lord, 't is Thy work ; I own, Thy hand 
Thus built my humble clay. 

2 Thy hand my heart and reins possessed, 

Where unborn nature grew : 
Thy wisdom all my features traced, 
And all my members drew. 

3 Thine eye with nicest care surveyed 

The growth of everv part ; 

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PSALMS. 

Till the whole scheme, Thy thoughts had laid, 
Was copied by Thine art. 

4 Heaven, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind, 

Show me Thy wondrous skill ; 
But I review myself, and find 
Diviner wonders still. 

5 Thine awful glories round me shine, 

My flesh proclaims Thy praise ; 
Lord, to Thy works of nature join 
Thy miracles of grace. 

139 — Part III. C. M. Watts. 

THE MERCIES OF GOD. 

1 LORD, when I count Thy mercies o'er, 

They strike me with surprise ; 
Not all the sands that spread the shore 
To equal numbers rise. 

2 My flesh with fear and wonder stands, 

The product of Thy skill; 
And hourly blessings from Thy hands 
Thy thoughts of love reveal. 

3 These on my heart by night I keep ; 

How kind, how dear to me ! 
Oh ! may the hour that ends my sleep 
Still find my thoughts with Thee. 

139— Part IY. L. M. Watts. 

THE SEARCHER OF HEARTS INVOKED. 

1 MY God, what inward grief I feel, 
When impious men transgress Thy will; 
I mourn to hear their lips profane, 
Take Thy tremendous name in vain. 

2 Does not my soul detest and hate 
The sons of malice and deceit? 
Those that oppose Thy laws and Thee, 

I count them enemies to me. 

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PSALMS. 

3 Lord, search my soul, try every thought, 
Though my own heart accuse me not 
Of walking in a false disguise, 

I beg the trial of Thine eyes. 

4 Doth secret mischief lurk within? 
Do I indulge some unknown sin? 
Oh! turn my feet whene'er I stray! 
And lead me in Thy perfect way. 

140 S. M. Dwight. 

A COMPLAINT AGAINST PERSONAL ENEMIES. 

1 MY God, while impious men, 
With malice in their heart, 

My peace destroy, my life defame, 
Thy guardian grace impart. 

2 With poison in their lips, 
And with a serpent's tongue, 

They sting my fainting soul to death, 
And make my name their song. 

3 Ceaseless they lie in wait 
My footsteps to betray; 

They hide their snare, they set their gin, 
Beside my peaceful way. 

4 Oh! hear my humble cry! 
Their fondest hope destroy ; 

Their arts confound, their plots disclose, 
And blast their envious joy. 

5 On their own heads shall fall 
The mischiefs they devise; 

Thy hand shall take them in their net, 
Their slanders, and their lies. 

6 As coals the wood consume, 
As pits receive their slain; 

So shall the men of malice sink, 
And never rise again. 

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psalm s. 

7 The Lord, who hates the proud, 
Shall scorch the slanderous tongue ; 

Shall hunt the wicked from the earth, 
And well requite their wrong. 

8 Thou wilt sustain the poor, 
And bid th' afflicted sing; 

Before Thee, shall Thy children dwell, 
Their Father, and their King. 

141 L. M. Watts. 

WATCHFULNESS AND BROTHERLY LOVE. 

1 MY God, accept my early vows, 
Like morning incense in Thy house ; 
And let my nightly worship rise 
Sweet as the evening sacrifice. 

2 Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord, 
From every rash and heedless word; 
iNor let my feet incline to tread 

The guilty path, where sinners lead. 

3 Oh ! may the righteous, when I stray, 
Smite and reprove my wandering way! 
Their gentle words, like ointment shed, 
Shall never bruise but cheer my head. 

4 When I behold them pressed with grief, 
I'll cry to heaven for their relief; 
And by my warm petitions prove 
How much I prize their faithful love. 

142 C. M. Watts. 

GOD THE HOPE OF THE HELPLESS. 

1 TO God I made my sorrows known, 

From God I sought relief; 
In long complaints before His throne 
I poured out all my grief. 

2 My soul was overwhelmed with woes, 

My heart began to break: 

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My God, who all my burdens knows, 
Knows every way I take. 

3 On every side I cast mine eye, 

And found my helpers gone ; 
While friends and strangers passed me by, 
Neglected or unknown. 

4 Then did I raise a louder cry, 

And called Thy mercy near ; 
Thou art my portion, when I die: 
Be Thou my refuge here. 

5 Lord, I am brought exceeding low; 

Now let Thine ear attend, 
And make my foes, who vex me, know, 
I've an almighty Friend. 

6 From my sad prison set me free ; 

Then shall I praise Thy name: 
And holy men shall join with me, 
Thy kindness to proclaim. 

143 L. M. Watts. 

MOITENING UNDER AFFLICTIONS. 

1 MY righteous Judge, my gracious God! 
Hear, when I spread my hands abroad, 
And cry for succour from Thy throne: 
Oh! make Thy truth and mercy known! 

2 Let judgment not against me pass; 
Behold, Thy servant pleads Thy grace: 
Should justice call us to Thy bar, 

No living man is guiltless there. 

3 Look down in pity, Lord, and see 
The mighty woes that burden me ! 
Down to the dust my life is brought, 
Like one long buried and forgot. 

4 I dwell in darkness and unseen, 
My heart is desolate within; 

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My thoughts in musing silence trace 
The ancient wonders of Thy grace. 

5 Thence I derive a glimpse of hope 
To bear my sinking spirits up; 

I stretch my hands to God again, 
And thirst, like parched lands, for rain. 

6 For Thee I thirst, I pray, I mourn ; 
When will Thy smiling face return ! 
Shall all my joys on earth remove? 
And God for ever hide His love? 

7 My God, Thy long delay, to save, 
Will sink Thy prisoner to the grave; 

My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye ; 
Make haste to help before I die. 

8 The night is witness to my tears, 
Distressing pains, distressing fears : 
Oh ! might I hear Thy morning voice, 
How would my wearied powers rejoice! 

9 In Thee I trust, to Thee I sigh, 
And raise my grieved soul on high ; 
For Thee sit waiting all the day, 
And wear the tiresome hours away. 

10 Break off my fetters, Lord, and show 
Which is the path, my feet should go ; 
If snares and foes beset the road, 

I flee to hide me near my God. 

11 Teach me to do Thy holy will, 
And lead me to Thy heavenly hill; 
Let the good Spirit of Thy love 
Conduct me to Thy courts above. 

12 Then shall my soul no more complain; 
The tempter then shall rage in vain: 
And flesh, that was my foe before, 
Shall never vex my spirit more. 

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144— Part I. C. M. Watts. 

VICTORY IN THE SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 

1 FOR ever blessed be trie Lord, 

My Saviour and my shield ; 
He sends His Spirit with His word, 
To arm me for the field. 

2 When sin and hell their force unite, 

He makes my soul His care; 
Instructs me to the heavenly fight, 
And guards me through the war. 

3 A friend and helper so divine, 

Does my weak courage raise ; 
He makes the glorious victory mine; 
And His shall be the praise. 

144— Part H. C. M. Watts. 

THE VANITY OF MAN. 

1 LORD, what is man, poor feeble man, 

Born of the earth at first ! 
His life a shadow, light and vain, 
Still hastening to the dust. 

2 Oh ! what is feeble dying man, 

Or any of his race, 
That God should make it His concern 
To visit him with grace ! 

3 That God, who darts His lightning down, 

Who shakes the worlds above; 
While mountains tremble at His frown : 
How wondrous is His love! 

144 — Part hi. L. M. Watts. 

THE HAPPY NATION. 

1 HAPPY the city, where their sons 

Like pillars round a palace set, 

And daughters, bright as polished stones, 

Give strength and beautv to the state. 

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2 Happy the country, where the sheep, 

Cattle, and corn, have large increase; 
Where men securely work, or sleep, 
Nor sons of plunder break their peace. 

3 Happy the nation thus endowed: 

But more divinely blessed are those, 
On whom the all sufficient God, 
Himself with all His grace bestows. 

145 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

GREATNESS OF GOD. 

1 MY God, my King, Thy various praise 
Shall fill the remnant of my days ; 
Thy grace employ my humble tongue, 
Till death and glory raise the song. 

2 The wings of every hour shall bear 
Some thankful tribute to Thine ear; 
And every setting sun shall see 
New works of duty done for Thee. 

3 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim; 
Thy bounty flows an endless stream; 
Thy mercy swift; Thine anger slow; 
But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 

4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine, 
And speak Thy majesty divine: 

Let Zion in her courts proclaim 
The sound and honour of Thy name. 

5 Let distant times and nations raise 
The long succession of Thy praise; 
And unborn ages make my song 
The joy and labour of their tongue. 

6 But who can speak Thy wondrous deeds? 
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds: 
Yast and unsearchable Thy ways; 

Yast and immortal be Thy praise. 

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145 — Part II. C. M. Watts. 

THE GOODNESS OF GOD. 

1 SWEET is the memory of Thy grace, 

My God, my heavenly King: 
Let age to age Thy righteousness 
In sounds of glory sing. 

2 God reigns on high, but not confines 

His goodness to the skies; 
Through the whole earth His bounty shines, 
And every want supplies. 

3 With longing eyes Thy creatures wait 

On Thee for daily food; 
Thy liberal hand provides their meat, 
And fills their mouths with good. 

4 How kind are Thy compassions, Lord ! 

How slow Thine anger moves! 
But soon He sends His pardoning word 
To cheer the souls He loves. 

5 Creatures, with all their endless race, 

Thy power and praise proclaim; 
But saints that taste Thy richer grace, 
Delight to bless Thy name. 

145 —Part HI. C. M. Watts. 

THE MERCY OF GOD. 

1 LET every tongue Thy mercy speak, 

Thou sovereign Lord of all ; 
Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak, 
And raise the poor that fall. 

2 When sorrow bows the spirit down, 

Or virtue lies distressed 
Beneath some proud oppressor's frown, 
Thou givest the mourners rest. 

3 The Lord supports our sinking days, 

And guides our giddy youth: 

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Holy and just are all His ways, 
And all His words are truth. 

4 He knows the pain His servants feel ; 

He hears His children cry ; 
And their best wishes to fulfil, 
His grace is ever nigh. 

5 His mercy never shall remove 

From men of heart sincere; 
He saves the souls, whose humble love 
Is joined with holy fear. 

6 His subborn foes, His sword shall slay, . 

And pierce their hearts with pain ; 
But none, that serve the Lord, shall say, 
"They sought His aid in vain. 1 ' 

7 My lips shall dwell upon His praise, 

And spread Llis fame abroad : 
Let all the sons of Adam raise 
The honours of their God. 

146 — Part I. L. M. Watts. 

PRAISE FOR DIVINE GOODNESS AND TRUTH. 

1 PKAISE ye the Lord : my heart shall join 
In work so pleasant, so divine; 

Now while the flesh is my abode, 
And when my soul ascends to God. 

2 Praise shall employ my noblest powers. 
While immortality endures; 

My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
While life, and thought, and being last. 

3 Why should I make a man my trust? 
Princes must die and turn to dust ; 
Their breath departs, their pomp and power, 
And thoughts all vanish in an hour. 

4 Happy the man, whose hopes rely 
On Israel's God; He made the sky, 

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And earth and seas, with all their train; 
And none shall find His promise vain. 

5 His truth for ever stands secure ; 

He saves th' oppressed, He feeds the poor; 
He sends the labouring conscience peace, 
And grants the prisoner sweet release. 

6 The Lord hath ejes to give the blind; 
The Lord supports the sinking mind; 
He helps the stranger in distress, 

The widow and the fatherless. 

7 He loves His saints, He knows them well, 
But turns the wicked down to hell : 

Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns ; 
Praise Him in everlasting strains. 

146 — Part II. L. P. M. Watts. 

GOODNESS AND FAITHFULNESS OF GOD. 

1 I'LL praise my Maker with my breath, 
And when my voice is lost in death, 

Praise shall employ my nobler powers : 
My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
While life, and thought, and being last, 

Or immortality endures. 

2 Why should I make a man my trust! 
Princes must die and turn to dust: 

Yain is the help of flesh and blood ; 
Their breath departs, their pomp, and power, 
And thoughts, all vanish in an hour: 

Nor can they make their promise good. 

3 Happy the man whose hopes rely 
On Israel's God ; He made the sky, 

And earth and seas, with all their train : 
His truth for ever stands secure ; 
He saves th' oppressed, He feeds the poor ; 

And none shall find His promise vain. 

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4: The Lord hath eyes to give the blind; 
The Lord supports the sinking mind ; 

He sends the labouring conscience peace : 
He helps the stranger in distress, 
The widow, and the fatherless ; 

And grants the prisoner sweet release. 

5 He loves His saints, He knows them well, 
But turns the wicked down to hell: 

Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns; 
Let every tongue, let every age, 
In this exalted work engage; 

Praise Him in everlasting strains. 

6 I '11 praise Him while He lends me breath ; 
And when my voice is lost in death, 

Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; 
My days of praise shall ne'er be past, 
While life, and thought, and being last, 

Or immortality endures. 

147— Part I. L. M. Waits. 

PROVIDENCE AND GRACE. 

1 PRAISE ye the Lord : 't is good to raise 
Our hearts and voices in His praise: 
His nature and His works invite 

To make this duty our delight. 

2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, 
And gathers nations to His name: 
His mercy melts the stubborn soul, 
And makes the broken spirit whole. 

3 He formed the stars, those heavenly flames, 
He counts their numbers, calls their names : 
His wisdom 's vast, and knows no bound, 

A deep where all our thoughts are drowned. 

4 Great is our Lord, and great His might, 
And all His glories infinite ; 

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He crowns the meek, rewards the just, 
And treads the wicked to the dust. 

5 The saints are lovely in His sight: 
On them He looks with great delight: 
He sees their hope, He knows their fear, 
And views and loves His image there. 

147— Fart II. L. M. Watts. 

SUMMER AND WINTER. 

1 LET Zion praise the mighty God, 
And make His honours known abroad; 
For sweet the joy our songs to raise, 
And glorious is the work of praise. 

2 Our children live secure and blessed; 
Our shores have peace, our cities rest; 
He feeds our sons with finest wheat, 
And adds His blessing to their meat. 

3 The changing seasons He ordains, 
The early and the latter rains; 

His flakes of snow, like wool, He sends, 
And thus the springing corn defends. 

4 With hoary frost He strews the ground; 
His hail descends with dreadful sound; 
His icy bands the rivers hold, 

And terror arms His wintry cold. 

5 He bids the warmer breezes blow; 
The ice dissolves, the waters flow ; 
But He hath nobler works and ways 
To call His children to His praise. 

6 Through all our coasts His laws are shown, 
His gospel through the nation known: 

He hath not thus revealed His word 
To every land: Praise ye the Lord. 

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147— Part ni. C. M. Watts. 

THE SEASONS OF THE YEAK. 

1 WITH songs and honours sounding loud, 

Address the Lord on high; 
Around the heavens He spreads His cloud, 
And waters veil the sky. 

2 He sends His showers of blessing down 

To cheer the plains below; 
He makes the grass the mountains crown, 
And corn in valleys grow. 

3 He gives the grazing ox his meat, 

He hears the raven's cry; 
But man, who tastes His finest w T heat, 
Should raise His honours high. 

4 His steady counsels change the face 

Of the declining year; 
He bids the sun cut short his race, 
And wintry days appear. 

5 His hoary frost, His fleecy snow, 

Descend and clothe the ground; 
The liquid streams forbear to flow, 
In icy fetters bound. 

6 When from His dreadful stores on high 

He pours the rattling hail, 
The wretch that dares his God defy, 
Shall find his courage fail. 

7 He sends His word, and melts the snow; 

The fields no longer mourn; 
He calls the southern gales to blow, 
And bids the spring return. 

8 The changing wind, the flying cloud, 

Obey His mighty word : 
With songs and honours sounding loud, 
Praise ye the sovereign Lord. 

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PSALMS. 
148 — Part I. H. M. Watts. 

PRAISE TO GOD FROM ALL CREATURES. 

1 YE tribes of Adam, join 

With heaven and earth and seas, 
And offer notes divine 
To your Creator's praise. 
Ye holy throng In worlds of light, 

Of angels bright. Begin the song. 

2 Thou sun with dazzling rays, 

And moon that rulest the night, 
Shine to your Maker's praise, 
With stars of twinkling light. 



His power declare, 
Ye floods on high 



And clouds, that fly 
In empty air. 

3 The shining worlds above 
In glorious order stand, 
Or in swift courses move 
By His supreme command. 



He spake the word, 
And all their frame 



From nothing came, 
To praise the Lord. 

4 He moved the mighty wheels 

In unknown ages past, 
And each His word fulfils, 
While time and nature last. 
In different ways His wondrous name, 

His works proclaim | And speak His praise. 

5 Let all the earth born race, 

And monsters of the deep ; 
The fish that cleave the seas, 
Or in their bosom sleep ; 



From sea and shore 



And still display 



Their tribute pay, Their Maker's power 

6 Ye vapours, hail and snow, 

Praise ye th' almighty Lord ; 

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And stormy winds, that blow, 
To execute His word. 



Let earth adore 
His hand divine. 



When lightnings shine 
Or thunders roar, 

7 Ye mountains near the skies, 
With lofty cedars there, 
And trees of humbler size, 
That fruit in plenty bear; 



In various forms, 
Exalt His name. 



Beasts wild and tame, 
Birds, flies, and worms, 

8 Ye kings, and judges, fear 

The Lord, the sovereign King ; 
And, while you rule us here, 
His heavenly honours sing: 



Nor let the dream 



Make you forget 



Of power and state His power supreme. 

9 Virgins, and youth, engage 
To sound His praise divine, 
While infancy and age 
Their feebler voices join : 

By every tongue, 



Wide as He reigns, 
His name be sung 



In endless strains. 



10 Let all the nations fear 

The God that rules above; 
He brings His people near, 

And makes them taste His love : 



While earth and sky 



His saints shall raise 



Attempt His praise, His honours high. 
148 — Part II. L. M. Watts. 

UNIVERSAL PRAISE. 

1 LOUD hallelujahs to the Lord, 

From distant worlds, where creatures dwell ; 
Let heaven begin the solemn wwd, 
And sound it dreadful down to hell. 

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PSALMS. 

2 The Lord, how absolute He reigns! 

Let every angel bend the knee; 
Sing of His love in heavenly strains, 
And speak how fierce His terrors be. 

3 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue, 

When nature all around you sings? 
Oh! for a shout from old and young, 
From humble swains and lofty kings! 

4 "Wide as His vast dominion lies, 

Make the Creator's name be known; 
Loud as His thunder shout His praise, 
And sound it lofty as His throne. 

5 Jehovah! 'tis a glorious word! 

Oh! may it dwell on every tongue! 
But saints, who best have known the Lord, 
Are bound to raise the noblest song. 

149 C. M. Watts. 

THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH. 

1 ALL ye that love the Lord, rejoice, 
And let your songs be new; 
Amid the church with cheerful voice, 
His later wonders show. 



2 The Jews, the people of His grace, 

Shall their Redeemer sing; 
And Gentile nations join the praise, 
While Zion owns her King. 

3 The Lord takes pleasure in the just, 

Whom sinners treat with scorn; 
The meek, that lie despised in dust, 
Salvation shall adorn. 

4 Saints shall be joyful in their King, 

Even on a dying bed; 

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And, like the souls, in glory sing: 
For God shall raise the dead. 

5 Then His high praise shall fill their tongues, 

Their hand shall wield the sword; 
And vengeance shall attend their songs, 
The vengeance of the Lord. 

6 When Christ the j udgment seat ascends, 

And bids the world appear; 
Thrones are prepared for all His friends, 
Who humbly loved Him here. 

7 Then shall they rule, with iron rod, 

Nations that dared rebel ; 
And join the sentence of their God, 
On tyrants doomed to hell. 

8 The royal sinner bound in chains, 

New triumphs shall afford : 
Such honour for the saints remains; 
Praise ye, and love the Lord. 

150 — Part I. H. M. Dwight. 

PRAISE ON EARTH AND IN HEAVEN. 

1 IN Zion's sacred gates, 

Let hymns of praise begin ; 
Where acts of faith and love 
With ceaseless beanty shine: 
In mercy there, Before His throne, 

While God is known, With songs appear. 

2 In heaven, His house on high, 

Ye angels, lift your voice; 
Let heavenly harps resound, 
And happy saints rejoice: 
The glories sing, With pomp divine, 

That ever shine, | Around your king. 

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PSALMS. 

3 His wondrous acts demand, 
His wisdom and His grace, 
The labours of our hands, 
And transports of our praise : 



Where'er His power 
His works proclaim. 



Rehearse His name 
To every shore, 

4 Let the trump's martial voice, 
The timbrel's softer sound, 
The organ's solemn peal, 
United praise resound. 

Let man employ 
His tuneful tongue. 



To swell the song 



"With highest joy, 
150 — Part II. l. m. 

HALLELUJAH. 

1 PRAISE ye the Lord; all nature join 
In work and worship so divine: 

Let heaven and earth unite, and raise 
High hallelujahs to His praise. 

2 While realms of joy, and worlds around, 
Their hallelujahs loud resound; 

Let saints below, and saints above, 
Exulting sing redeeming love. 

3 As instruments well tuned and strung, 
We '11 praise the Lord with heart and tongue : 
While life remains, we'll loud proclaim 
High hallelujahs to His name. 

4 Beyond the grave, in nobler strains, 
When freed from sorrow, sin, and pains, 
Eternally the church will raise 

High hallelujahs to His praise. 

5 Praise the Father, Hallelujah; 
Praise ye the Son, Hallelujah; 
Praise the Spirit, Hallelujah; 

These three are one, praise ye the Lord. 

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GENERAL TABLE OF THE HYMNS, 



General Praise 1-17 

The Scriptures 1S-24 

The Perfections of God 25-43 

The Trinity.. 44-50 

Praise to Christ 51-71 

Sonship of Christ 72-73 

Names and Offices of Christ — 79-104 

The Work of Christ 105-108 

Advent of Christ 109-117 

Death of Christ 11 8-132 ■ 

Resurrection of Christ 133-137 

Ascension and Exaltation of 

Christ 138-150 

The Holy Spirit 151-167 

The Decrees of God 168-172 

Creation and Providence 173-1 S3 

Man's Ruin 184-200 

The Law 201-239 

The Gospel 240-264 

Repentance 265-295 

Conversion 296-324 

Christian Character 325-336 

Christian Experience 337-386 

Love 3S7-403 

Faith 404-409 

Particular Duties 410-466 

Progress 410 

Conformity to Christ 411-412 

Confidence in God 413 

Zeal 414-417 

Self Denial 418 

Watchfulness 419-427 

Consistency 428-429 

Habitual Devotion 430 

Perseverance 431-433 

fabmission 434-441 

Heavenly Mindedness 442-447 

Contentment 448 

Integrity 449 

Charity 450-459 



Retirement 460-461 

Pilgrimage 462-465 

Family Tow 466 

The Church 467-476 

Prayer 477-4S5 

The Lord's Prayer 486-502 

The Ministry 503-5: 2 

The Sacraments 513 

Baptism 514-520 

The Lord's Supper 521-543 

Missions 549-609 

Revival 610-026 

Dedications ■. 627-633 

Morning and Evening 634-643 

The Year 644-657 

Youth and Age 658-667 

Mariners 6C3-671 

National 672-681 

Marriage 682-683 

Miscellaneous 684-699 

Parting and Reunion 684-686 

Birth Day 6S7-6S8 

Song of Deliverance 6S9 

Success of Hannah's Prayers 690 
Song of Simeon, of 

Hezekiah and of Mary 691-693 

Three Mountains 694 

Family Religion 695 

Traveller's Hymn C9 3 

Call of Samuel C97 

Apostle's Creed C9S 

Profession of Religion 099 

Death 70D 71 5 

of a Pastor 716-719 

of a Child 720 -723 

of a Christian 727-750 

The Resurrection 751-754 

Judgment 755-766 

Heaven ~f-7-78S 



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GENERAL PRAISE. 



H. M. Doddridge. 

PRAISE. 



1 O ZION, tune thy voice, 

And lift thy hands on high ; 
Tell all the world thy joys, 
And shout salvation nigh : 



While rays divine 
Stream all abroad. 



Cheerful in God, 
Arise and shine, 

2 He gilds thy mourning face 

With beams that cannot fade ; 
His all resplendent grace 
He pours around thy head ; 



With lustre new, 
Divinelv crowned. 



The nations round, 
Thy form shall view, 

3 In honour to His name, 
Eeflect that sacred light, 
And loud that grace proclaim, 

Which makes thy darkness bright: 



Pursue His praise. 
Till sovereign love, 



In worlds above, 
Thy glory raise. 

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GENERAL PRAISE. 

4 There, on His holy hill, 
A brighter sun shall rise, 
And with His radiance fill 
Those fairer, purer skies: 



While round His throne, 
Ten thousand stars 



In nobler spheres, 
His influence own. 



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INCITEMENTS TO PRAISE. 

1 GO, tune thy voice to sacred song; 

Exert thy noblest powers ; 
Go, mingle with the choral throng, 
The Saviour's praises to prolong, 

Amid life's fleeting hours. 

2 Oh! hast thou felt a Saviour's love, 

That flame of heavenly birth? 
Then let thy strains melodious prove, 
With raptures soaring far above 

The trifling toys of earth. 

3 Hast found the pearl of price unknown, 

That cost a Saviour's blood ? 
Heir of a bright celestial crown, 
That sparkles near th' eternal throne, 

Oh ! sing the praise of God ! 

4 Sing of the Lamb that once was slain 

That man might be forgiven ; 
Sing how He broke death's bars in twain, 
Ascending high in bliss to reign, 

The God of earth and heaven. 

5 Begin on earth the notes of praise, 

" Glory to God on high," 

Sing through the remnant of thy days ; 

At death, the song of victory raise, 

And soar beyond the sky. 

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BY ALL CREATURES. 

C. P. M. OUILVIE. 

CREATION CALLED TO PRAISE. 

BEGIN, my soul, th' exalted lay, 
Let each enraptured thought obey, 

And praise th' Almighty's name: 
Let heaven and earth, and seas and skies, 
In one melodious concert rise, 

To swell th' inspiring theme. 



2 Thou heaven of heavens, His vast abode, 
Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker, God ; 

Ye thunders, speak His power; 
Lo! on the lightning's fiery wing, 
In triumph walks th' eternal King: 

Th' astonished worlds adore. 

3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows rise, 
To join the thunders of the skies ; 

Praise Him who bids you roll: 
His praise in softer notes declare, 
Each whispering breeze of yielding air, 

And breathe it to the soul. 

4 "Wake, all ye soaring throngs, and sing ; 
Ye feathered warblers of the spring, 

Harmonious anthems raise 
To Him who shaped your finer mould, 
Who tipped your glittering wings with gold, 

And tuned your voice to praise. 

5 Let man, by nobler passions swayed, 
Let man, in God's own image made, 

His breath in praise employ; 
Spread wide his Maker's name around, 
Till heaven shall echo back the sound, 

In songs of holy joy. 

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GENERAL PRAISE. 
. L. M. Blacklock. 

THE GLORY OF GOD. 

1 COME, O my soul, in sacred lays, 
Attempt thy great Creator's praise: 

But Oh! what tongue can speak His fame! 
What mortal verse can reach the theme! 

2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres, 
He, glory like a garment, wears : 
To form a robe of light divine, 

Ten thousand suns around Him shine. 

3 In all our Maker's grand designs, 
Omnipotence with wisdom shines ; 

His works, through all this wondrous frame, 
Declare the glory of His name. 

4 Baised on devotion's lofty wing, 
Do thou, my soul, His glories sing; 
And let His praise employ thy tongue, 
Till listening worlds shall join the song. 

, C. M. Heglnbotham. 

PERPETUAL PRAISE. 

1 YES, I will bless Thee, O my God ! 

Through all my mortal days ; 
And to eternity prolong 

Thy vast, Thy boundless praise. 

2 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim 

The honours of my God; 
My life, with all its active powers, 
Shall spread Thy praise abroad. 

3 Not death itself shall stop my song, 

Though death will close my eyes ; 
My thoughts shall then to nobler heights, 
And sweeter raptures rise. 

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FROM THE CREATION. 

4 There shall my lips in endless praise 
Their grateful tribute pay ; 
The theme demands an angel's tongue 
And an eternal day. 

Q L. M. Addison. 

CREATION PRAISING GOD. 

1 THE spacious firmament on high, 
With all the blue ethereal sky, 

And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 
Their great Original proclaim. 

2 The unwearied sun, from day to day, 
Does his Creator's power display, 
And publishes to every land, 

The work of an almighty Hand. 

3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
The moon takes up the wondrous tale; 
And nightly, to the listening earth, 
Repeats the story of her birth ; 

4 Whilst all the stars that round her burn, 
And all the planets in their turn, 
Confirm the tidings as they roll, 

And spread the truth from pole to pole. 

5 What, though in solemn silence all 
Move round this dark terrestrial ball! 
What, though no real voice nor sound 
Amidst their radiant orbs be found ! 

6 In reason's ear they all rejoice, 
And utter forth a glorious voice; 
For ever singing, as they shine, 
"The hand that made us is divine." 

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GENERAL PRAISE. 

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DEVOUT WORSHIP. 

1 IN Thy name, O Lord, assembling, 

We, Thy people, now draw near: 

Teach us to rejoice with trembling; 

Speak, and let Thy servants hear, 

Hear with meekness, 
Hear Thy word with godly fear. 

2 While our days on earth are lengthened, 

Let us give them, Lord, to Thee; 
Cheered by hope, and daily strengthened, 
We would run, nor weary be, 
Till Thy glory 
Without clouds in heaven we see. 

3 There in worship, purer, sweeter, 

All Thy people shall adore; 
Tasting of enjoyment greater 

Than they could conceive before; 

Full enjoyment, 
Full, unmixed, for evermore. 

3 7s. Hammond. 

FOR A GENERAL BLESSING. 

1 LORD, we come before Thee now, 
At Thy feet we humbly bow; 
Oh! do not our suit disdain; 
Shall we seek Thee, Lord, in vain? 

2 Lord, on Thee our souls depend, 
In compassion, now descend; 

Fill our hearts with Thy rich grace, 
Tune our lips to sing Thy praise. 

3 Send some message from Thy word, 
That may joy and peace afford; 
Let Thy Spirit now impart 

Full salvation to each heart. 

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INVOCATION. 

4 Comfort those who weep and mourn; 
Let the time of joy return ; 

Those who are cast down, lift up ; 
Make them strong in faith and hope. 

5 Grant, that all may seek and find 
Thee, a God supremely kind: 
Heal the sick, the captive free, 
Let us all rejoice in Thee. 

9 7s. Kelly, 
cueist's presence invoked. 

1 LORD, behold Thy people here 

Come to learn what Thou wilt say; 
Oh! in mercy now draw near; 

Meet Thy people when they pray; 
Thou art God, and Thou alone, 
Lord, we worship at Thy throne. 

2 Jesus, 'tis on Thee we call, 

Israel's Saviour, Israel's King; 
Low before Thy feet we fall, 

Thee, whom angels love, we sing; 
Saviour, lead us in the way, 
Only Thee would we obey. 

3 Teach us what we do not know, 

Lord, instruct us in Thy will; 
What we learn, Oh ! may we do ! 

To Thy voice obedient still ; 
Close to Thee may we abide, 
Thee, our Saviour and our Guide. 

10 C. P. M. Kent. 

SOCIAL WORSHIP. 

1 "WHERE two or three together meet, 
My love and mercy to repeat 
And tell what I have done; 

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GENERAL PRAISE. 

There will I be," saith God, "to bless, 
And every burdened soul redress, 
Who worships at My throne." 

2 Make one in this assembly, Lord, 

Speak to each heart some cheering word, 

To set the spirit free ; 
Impart a kind celestial shower 
And grant that we may spend an hour 

In fellowship with Thee. 

11 C. M. Hoskins. 

PRAYER FOR THE SPIRIT. 

1 IN Thy great name, O Lord, we come, 

To worship at Thy feet; 
Oh! pour Thy Holy Spirit down 
On all that now shall meet. 

2 We come to hear Jehovah speak, 

To hear the Saviour's voice: 
Thy face and favour, Lord, we seek, 
Now make our hearts rejoice. 

3 Teach us to pray, and praise, and hear, 

And understand Thy word; 
To feel Thy blissful presence near, 
And trust our living Lord. 

4 Here let Thy power and grace be felt, 

Thy love and mercy known; 

Our icy hearts, dear Jesus, melt, 

And break this flinty stone. 

5 Let sinners, Lord, Thy goodness prove, 

And saints rejoice in Thee; 
Let rebels be subdued by love, 
And to the Saviour flee. 

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INVOCATION. 

6 This house with grace and glory fill. 
This congregation bless ; 
Thy great salvation now reveal, 
Thy glorious righteousness. 

12 C. M. Cotterill's Sel. 

CONFESSION, PRAYER, AND PRAISE. 

1 LOKD ! when we bend before Thy throne, 

And our confessions pourj, 
Teach us to feel the sins we own 
And hate what we deplore. 

2 Our broken spirits pitying see, 

True penitence impart: 
Then let a kindling glance from Thee 
Beam hope on every heart. 

3 When we disclose our wants in prayer, 

Oh ! let our wills resign ; 
And not a thought our bosom share, 
Which is not wholly Thine. 

4 Let faith each weak petition fill, 

And lift it to the skies ; 
And teach our hearts 't is goodness still 
Which grants it, or denies. 

5 When our united voices strive 

Their cheerful hymns to raise, 
Let love divine within us live, 
And lift our souls in praise. 

13 C. M. Pratt's Coll. 
god's presence sought. 

1 AGAINT our earthly cares we leave, 
And to Thy courts repair; 
Again with joyful feet we come, 
To meet our Saviour there. 

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GENERAL PRAISE. 

2 Great Shepherd of Thy people, hear! 

Thy presence now display; 
We bow within Thy house of prayer; 
Oh! give us hearts to pray. 

3 The clouds which veil Thee from our sight, 

In pity, Lord, remove; 
Dispose our minds to hear aright 
The message of Thy love. 

4 Help us, with holy fear and joy, 

To bow before Thy face; 
And make us, creatures of Thy power, 
The children of Thy grace. 

14 C. M. 0. Wesley. 

A BLESSING SOUGHT. 

1 COME, O thou all-victorious Lord, 

Thy power to us make known; 
Strike with the hammer of Thy word, 
Ajid break these hearts of stone. 

2 Speak with the voice which wakes the dead, 

And bid the sleeper rise; 
And let each guilty conscience dread 
The death that never dies. 

3 To each a sense of guilt impart, 

And then remove the load; 
Quicken and wash the troubled heart 
In Thine atoning blood. 

4 Our desperate state through sin declare, 

And speak our sins forgiven ; 
By daily growth in grace prepare, 
Then take us up to heaven. 

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INVOCATION. 

15 ^S. TOPLADY, 

BEFORE HEARING. 

1 SOUKCE of light and power divine, 
Deign upon Thy truth to shine; 
Lord, behold Thy servant stands, 
Lo! to Thee, he lifts his hands; 
Satisfy his soul's desire, 

Touch his lips with holy fire! 
Source of light and power divine, 
Deign upon Thy truth to shine. 

2 Breathe Thy Spirit, so shall fall 
Unction sweet upon us all; 
Till by odours scattered round, 
Christ himself be traced and found; 
Then shall every raptured heart, 
Rich in peace and joy, depart. 
Source of light and power divine, 
Deign upon Thy truth to shine. 

16 L. M. Kelly. 

THE DIVINE PRESENCE. 

1 HOTV sweet to leave the world awhile, 
And seek the presence of our Lord! 



Dear Saviour, on Thy people smile, 
And come according to Thy word. 

2 From busy scenes we now retreat, 

That we may here converse with Thee: 
Ah! Lord, behold us at Thy feet! 
Let this the "gate of heaven" be. 

3 "Chief of ten thousand," now appear, 

That we by faith my see Thy face; 
Oh! speak, that we Thy voice may hear, 
And let Thv presence fill this place. 

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THE SCRIPTURES. 

4 Lord, let Thy people's views be clear, 

And let their hearts be filled with love ; 
Oh! may their light to all appear, 
And prove their doctrines from above. 

17 L. M. Fawcett. 

COMMENCEMENT OF WORSHIP. 

1 THY presence, gracious God, afford, 
Prepare us to receive Thy word ; 
Now let Thy voice engage our ear, 
And faith be mixed with what we hear. 

2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove, 
And fix our hearts and hopes above ; 
With food divine may we be fed, 
And satisfied with living bread. 

3 To us Thy sacred word apply, 
With sovereign power and energy ; 
And may we, in true faith and fear, 
Reduce to practice what we hear. 



THE SCRIPTURES. 

18 °- ^- Steele, 

moke precious than gold. 

1 FATHER of mercies, in Thy word 

What endless glory shines! 
For ever be Thy name adored 
For these celestial lines ! 

2 Here may the wretched sons of want 

Exhaustless riches find ; 
Riches, above what earth can grant, 
And lasting as the mind. 

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PRECIOUS. 

3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows 

And yields a sweet repast ; 
Sublimer sweets, than nature knows, 
Invite the longing taste. 

4 Here springs of consolation rise, 

To cheer the fainting mind ; 
And thirsty souls receive supplies, 
And sweet refreshment find. 

5 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice 

Spreads heavenly peace around ; 
And life and everlasting joys 
Attend the blissful sound ! 

6 Oh ! may these heavenly pages be 

My ever dear delight ; 
And still new beauties may I see, 
And still increasing light ! 

7 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, 

Be Thou for ever near ; 
Teach me to love Thy sacred word, 
And view my Saviour there! 

19 C. M. Watts. 

THE PEARL OF PKICE. 

1 THIS is the field where hidden lies 

The pearl of price unknown : 
And they are all divinely wise 
Who make that pearl their own. 

2 Here consecrated water flows, 

To quench our thirst for sin : 
Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 
No danger dwells therein. 

3 This is the judge that ends the strife, 

Where wit and reason fail ; 
Our guide to everlasting life, 
Through all this gloomy vale. 
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THE SCRIPTURES. 

4 Oli! may Thy counsels, mighty God, 
Our roving feet command; 
Nor we forsake the happy road, 
That leads to Thy right hand. 

20 C. M. Fawcett. 

THE LAMP OF LIFE. 

1 HOW precious is the book divine, 

By inspiration given! 
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, 
To guide our souls to heaven. 

2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts 

In this dark vale of tears; 
Life, light, and joy, it still imparts, 
And quells our rising fears. 

3 This lamp, through all the tedious night 

Of life, shall guide our way; 
Till we behold the clearer light 
Of an eternal day. 

21 L. M. Beddome. 
god's delightful word. 

1 MORE joy than earth can e'er afford, 
Is found in God's delightful word; 
Be it my study, night and day, 

My guide through all the lonely way. 

2 Clothed with a majesty divine, 

Its doctrines and its precepts shine; 
Infinite wisdom, truth and grace, 
Appear in all its promises. 

3 'Tis here the Lord as in a glass, 
Displays the glories of His face, 
Stoops from His high, imperial throne, 
And makes His great salvation known. 

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OUR GUIDE. 

4 Then be His word to all addressed, 
Able to make us wise and blessed, 
Till the whole earth shall own His name, 
And all His boundless love proclaim. 

22 L. M. Campbell's Coll. 

THY WORD IS TRUTH. 

1 THY word, O Lord, is light and food, 
The law of truth, and source of good : 
There Thou hast pointed out my way 
To pardon and perpetual day. 

2 May I receive it, Lord, as Thine, 
Eeceive it as Thy word divine, 
With firm assent, with listening ear, 
With bending heart, and filial fear. 

3 Make me to know its saving might, 

Its quickening power, its cheering light : 
May it my stubborn heart subdue, 
And still my sinful sold renew ! 

4 Oh ! let it richly dwell within, 

To keep me from the snares of sin, 
And guide me still to choose my way, 
That I no more may go astray. 

23 C. M. S. Stennett. 

THE RICHES OF GOD's WORD. 

1 LET worldly men from shore to shore 

Their favourite good pursue; 
Thy word, O Lord, we value more 
Than India or Peru. 

2 Here mines of knowledge, love, and joy 

Are open to our sight ; 
The purest gold without alloy, 
And gems divinely bright. 

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THE SCRIPTURES. 

3 The counsels of redeeming grace 

These sacred leaves unfold; 
And here the Saviour's lovely face 
Our raptured eyes behold. 

4 Our numerous griefs are here redressed 

And all our wants supplied: 
Nought we can ask to make us blessed 
Is in this book denied. 

5 For these inestimable gains 

That so enrich the mind, 
Oh! may we search with eager pains, 
Assured that we shall find. 

24 k. M. Hegtnbotham. 

A SAVIOUR SEEN m THE SCRIPTURES. 

1 NOW let my soul, eternal King, 
To Thee its grateful tribute bring; 
My knee, with humble homage, bow, 
My tongue perform its solemn vow. 

2 All nature sings Thy boundless love, 
In worlds below and worlds above; 
But, in Thy blessed word, I trace 
Diviner wonders of Thy grace. 

3 There, what delightful truths I read! 
There, I behold the Saviour bleed; 
His name salutes my listening ear, 
Revives my heart, and checks my fear. 

4 There Jesus bids my sorrows cease, 

And gives my labouring conscience peace; 
Raises my grateful passions high, 
And points to mansions in the sky. 

5 For love like this, Oh! let my song, 
Through endless years Thy praise prolong; 
Let distant climes Thy name adore, 

Till time and nature are no more. 

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PERFECTIONS OF GOD, 

PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 

25 L. M. Watts. 

GOD EXALTED ABOVE ALL PRAISE. 

1 ETERNAL Power ! whose high abode 
Becomes the grandeur of our God ; 
Immensely far beyond the bounds, 
Where stars revolve their little rounds. 

2 The lowest step above Thy seat 
Rises too high for Gabriel's feet ; 
In vain the tallest angel tries 

To reach the height with wondering eyes. 

3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do? 
We would adore our Maker too ; 
From sin and dust to Thee we cry, 
The Great, the Holy, and the High ! 

4 Earth, from afar, has heard Thy fame, 
And worms have learned to lisp Thy name ; 
But Oh ! the glories of Thy mind 
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind. 

5 God is in heaven, but man below ; 
Raised be our thoughts ; our words be few ; 
A sacred reverence checks our songs, 

And praise sits silent on our tongues. 

26 H - M - Watts. 

THE PERFECTION OF GOD. 

1 THE Lord Jehovah reigns, 

His throne is built on high; 
The garments He assumes, 
Are light and majesty. 
His glories shine, with beams so bright, 
]STo mortal eye, can bear the sight. 

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PERFECTIONS OF GOB. 

2 The thunders of His hand 

Keep the wide world in awe; 
His wrath and justice stand 

To guard His Holy law; 
And where His love resolves to bless, 
His truth comfirms and seals the grace. 

3 Through all His perfect works 

Surprising wisdom shines; 
Confounds the powers of hell. 

And breaks their cursed designs; 
Strong is His arm, and shall fulfil 
His great decrees, His sovereign will. 

4 And can this mighty King 

Of glory condescend? 
And will He write His name, 

My Father and my Friend? 
I love His name, I love His word ; 
Join all my powers, and praise the Lord. 

2*7 I* M- Ambeose. 

FROM THE TE DEUM. 

1 ALMIGHTY God, we praise and own 
Thee our Creator, King alone; 

All things were made to honour Thee, 
O Father of eternity ! 

2 To Thee all angels loudly cry, 

The heavens and all the powers on high, 
Cherubs and seraphim proclaim, 
And cry, Thrice holy to Thy name ! 

3 Lord God of hosts, Thy presence bright 
Fills heaven and earth with beauteous light; 
Tli' apostles' happy company, 

And ancient prophets, all praise Thee. 

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INCOMPREHENSIBLE. 

4 The crowned martyrs' noble host, 
The holy church in every coast, 
Their Maker for their Father own, 
Now reconciled in Christ His Son. 

28 L. M. Watts. 

GOD INCOMPREHENSIBLE. 

1 CAN creatures, to perfection, find 
Th' eternal, uncreated Mind ? 

Or can the largest stretch of thought 
Measure and search His nature out? 

2 'Tis high as heaven, 'tis deep as hell, 
And what can mortals know, or tell? 
His glory spreads beyond the sky, 
And all the shinino; worlds on high. 

3 God is a King of power unknown, 
Firm are the orders of His throne ; 
If He resolve, who dare oppose, 

Or ask Him why, or what He does? 

4 He wounds the heart, and He makes whole ; 
He calms the tempest of the soul ; 
When He shuts up in long despair, 
Who can remove the heavy bar? 

5 He frowns, and darkness veils the moon, 
The fainting sun grows dim at noon ; 
The pillars of heaven's starry roof 
Tremble and start at His reproof. 

6 These are a portion of His ways; 
But who shall dare describe His face? 
Who can endure His light, or stand 
To hear the thunders of His hand? 

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PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 

29 C. M. Beddome. 

GREATNESS. 

1 THY greatness, Lord, what thought can reach ? 

What mortal tongue can tell? 
Thy throne is fixed, Thy power extends 
O'er heaven, and earth, and hell. 

2 Who can evade, or who resist, 

The vengeance of a God? 
Thy fearful wrath, when once provoked, 
Spreads terror all abroad. 

3 The wide dominion and the power, 

The sovereignty is Thine : 
'Tis Thine the universe to rule, 
With majesty divine. 

4 To Thee, by all the hosts of heaven, 

And all of human race, 
Be everlasting honours given, 
And universal praise. 

30 C. M. Watts. 

ALL SEEING. 

1 IN" all my vast concerns with Thee, 

In vain my soul would try 
To shun Thy presence, Lord, or flee 
The notice of Thine eye. 

2 Thine all surrounding sight surveys 

My rising and my rest, 
My public walks, my private ways, 
And secrets of my breast. 

3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord, 

While yet unformed within ; 
And ere my lips pronounce the word, 
He knows the sense I mean. 

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ALMIGHTY. 

4 wondrous knowledge, deep and high! 

Where can a creature hide? 
Within Thy circling arms I lie, 
Beset on every side. 

5 So let Thy grace surround me still, 

And like a bulwark prove, 
To guard my soul from every ill, 
Secured by sovereign love. 

31 C. M. Kieke White. 

ALMIGHTY. 

1 THE Lord our God is full of might, 

The winds obey His will; 
He speaks, and in His heavenly height 
The rolling sun stands still. 

2 Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land, 

With threatening aspect roar; 

The Lord uplifts His awful hand, 

And chains you to the shore. 

3 Ye winds of night, your force combine; 

Without His high behest, 

Ye shall not, in the lofty pine, 

Disturb the sparrow's nest. 

4 His voice sublime is heard afar, 

In distant peals it dies; 
He yokes the whirlwind to His car, 
And sweeps the howling skies. 

5 He lives, He reigns in every land, 

From winter's polar snows 
To where across the burning sand, 
The blasting meteor goes. 

6 Ye nations, bend, in reverence bend: 

Ye monarchs, wait His nod, 
And bid the choral song ascend, 

To celebrate your God! 

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PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 

32 L- EL Butcher. 

INVISIBLE. 

1 WITH deepest reverence at Thy throne, 
Jehovah, peerless and unknown, 

Our feeble spirits strive, in vain, 

A glimpse of Thee, great God, to gain. 

2 Who, by the closest search, can find 
Thy mighty, uncreated mind? 

Nor men, nor angels can explore 

Thy heights of love, Thy depths of power. 

3 We know Thee not; but this we know, 
Thou reign'st above, thou reign'st below: 
And though Thine essence is unknown, 
To all the world Thy power is shown. 

4 That power we trace on every side; 
Oh! may Thy wisdom be our guide! 
And while we live and when we die, 
May Thine almighty love be nigh. 

33 IT. M. Hastings. 

EVER LIVING. 

1 THE Lord Jehovah lives, 

And blessed be my Rock; 
Though earth her bosom heaves, 

And mountains feel the shock; 
Though oceans rage and torrents roar, 
He is the same for evermore. 

2 The Lord Jehovah lives, 

The dying sinners Friend: 
How purely He forgives 
The follies that offend: 
He wipes the penitential tear, 
Bids faith and hope, the spirit cheer. 

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KNOWN BY HIS WORKS. 

3 The Lord Jeliovali lives, 

To hear and answer prayer, 
"Whoe'er in Him believes 

And trusts His guardian care, 
A Father's tender love shall know, 
Whence living streams of comfort flow. 

4 The Lord Jehovah lives, 

Salvation to secure: 
The title that He gives 

Will be for ever sure: 
'Tis drawn in characters of blood, 
'Tis issued from the throne of God. 

C. M. Watts. 

GOD KNOWN BY HIS WORKS. 

1 I SING th' almighty power of God, 

That made the mountains rise, 
That spread the flowing seas abroad, 
And built the lofty skies. 

2 I sing the wisdom that ordained 

The sun to rule the day ; 
The moon shines full at His command, 
And all the stars obey. 

3 I Sing the goodness of the Lord, 

That filled the earth with food ; 
He formed the creatures with His word, 
And then pronounced them good. 

4 There 's not a plant or flower below, 

But makes Thy glories known ; 
And clouds arise and tempests blow 
By order from Thy throne. 

5 Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed, 

Where'er I turn mine eye; 

If I survey the ground I tread, 

Or gaze upon the skv. 

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PEKFECTIONS OF GOD. 

6 Creatures, as numerous as they be, 
Are subject to Thy care; 
There's not a place where we can flee, 
But God is present there. 

35 L. M. Opie. 

VOICE OF CREATION. 

1 THERE seems a voice in every gale, 

A tongue in every opening flower, 
Which tells, O Lord, "the wondrous tale" 
Of Thy indulgence, love, and jDower. 

2 The birds that rise on quivering wing, 

Appear to hymn their Maker's praise, 
And all the mingling sounds of spring, 
To Thee one general chorus raise. 

3 And shall my voice, great God, alone, 

Be mute midst nature's loud acclaim? 
No, let my heart with answering tone, 
Breathe forth in praise Thy holy name. 

4 And nature's debt is small to mine, 

Thou badest her being, bounded be, 
But matchless proof of love divine! 
Thou gavest immortal life to me. 

5 The Saviour left His heavenly throne, 

A ransom for my soul to give; 
Man's suffering state He made His own, 
And deigned to die that I might live. 

6 But thanks and praise for love so great, 

No mortal tongue can e'er express, 
Then let me, bowed before Thy feet, 
In silence love Thee, Lord, and bless. 

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LOVE. 
36 C. P. M. Moke. 

THE LOYE OF GOD. 

1 MY God Thy boundless love I praise; 
How bright on high its glories blaze. 

How sweetly bloom below ! 
It streams from Thine eternal throne; 
Through heaven its joys for ever run, 

And o'er the earth they flow. 

2 'Tis love that paints the purple morn, 
And bids the clouds, in air upborne, 

Their genial drops distil ; 
In every vernal beam it glows, 
And breathes in every gale that blows, 

And glides in every rill. 

3 But in the gospel it appears 
In sweeter, fairer characters, 

And charms the ravished breast; 
There love immortal leaves the sky, 
To wipe the drooping mourner's eye 

And give the weary rest. 

4 Then let the love that makes me blessed 
With cheerful praise inspire my breast, 

And ardent gratitude; 
And all my thoughts and passions tend 
To Thee, my Father and my Friend, 

My soul's eternal good. 

37 C. M. BlTEDEE. 

GOD IS LOVE. 

1 COME, ye that know and fear the Lord, 
And lift your souls above: 
Let every heart and voice accord, 
To sing that God is love. 

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PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 

2 This precious truth His word declares, 

And all His mercies prove; 

Jesus, the gift of gifts, appears 

To show, that God is love. 

3 Sinai, in clouds, and smoke, and fire, 

Thunders His dreadful name; 
But Zion sings, in melting notes, 
The honours of the Lamb. 

4 In all His doctrines and commands, 

His counsels and designs, 
In every work His hands have framed, 
His love supremely shines. 

5 Angels and men the news proclaim, 

Through earth and heaven above, 
The joyful and transporting news, 
That God, the Lord, is love. 

38 C. M. Gibbons. 

GOODNESS OF GOD. 

1 THY goodness, Lord, our souls confess, 

Thy goodness we adore, 
A spring whose blessings never fail, 
A sea without a shore. 

2 Sun, moon, and stars, Thy love attest, 

In every golden ray; 
Love draws the curtains of the night, 
And love brings back the day. 

3 Thy bounty every season crowns, 

With all the bliss it yields; 
With joyful clusters loads the vines, 
With strengthening grain, the fields. 



4 But chiefly Thy compassion, Lord, 
Is in the gospel seen; 



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JUSTICE. 

There like a sun Thy mercy shines, 
Without a cloud between. 

5 Pardon, acceptance, peace, and joy, 
Through Jesus' name are given ; 
He on the cross was lifted high, 
That we might reign in heaven. 

39 L- m. 

THE JUSTICE OF GOD. 

1 ETEKNAL King! the greatest, best, 
For ever glorious, ever blessed; 
The great I AM Jehovah, Lord, 
By seraphim and saint adored. 

2 Justice the firm foundation lays, 

Of all Thy laws, Thy works, and ways: 

Obedient souls will ever find 

A God that's faithful, loving, kind. 

3 But he who sins, becomes accursed, 
Or God would be no longer just: 
Cursed is the man, who dares withdraw 
Obedience from Thy holy law. 

4 Where then, great God, or how shall we 
Approach Thy dreadful majesty! 

Thy sacred law we oft have broke, 
And stand obnoxious to Thy stroke. 

5 But, O Thou holy, just and true! 
Though justice must have all its due, 
Thou canst be just, yet justify 

The soul, that doth on Christ rely. 

6 O boundless wisdom, love and power! 
Thy matchless mercy we adore, 

That found out this amazing plan, 
To save Thy ruined creature, man. 



28 



PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 

7 We plead the sufferings of Thy Son, 
We plead His righteousness alone; 
He bore the curse, whence Thou art just 
In pardoning those, who were accursed. 

40 L. M. Tucker. 

JUSTICE AND MERCY UNITED. 

1 INFINITE grace! and can it be 

That heaven's supreme should stoop so low ! 
A wretch to visit, vile like me ; 

One who has been His bitterest foe! 

2 Can holiness and wisdom join, 

With truth, with justice, and with grace, 
To make eternal blessings mine, 
And sin, with all its guilt, erase? 

3 O love! beyond conception great, 

That formed the vast stupendous plan ! 
Where all divine perfections meet 
To reconcile rebellious man! 

4 There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, 

And justice all her rights maintains ! 
Astonished angels stoop to gaze, 
While mercy o'er the guilty reigns. 

5 Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too ; 

In Christ harmoniously they meet : 
He paid to justice all her due, 
And now He fills the mercy seat. 

6 Such are the wonders of our God, 

And such th' amazing depths of grace : 
To save, from wrath's vindictive rod 
The chosen sons of Adam's race. 

7 With grateful songs, then let our souls 

Surround our gracious Father's throne; 

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LOVING KINDNESS. 

And all between the distant poles 
His truth and mercy ever own. 

41 L. M. Medley. 

LOVING-KINDNESS OF CHEIST. 

1 AWAKE, my soul, to joyful lays, 
And sing the great Redeemer's praise ; 
He justly claims a song from me, 
His loving-kindness, Oh ! how free ! 

2 He saw me ruined in the fall, 
Yet loved me, notwithstanding all: 
He saved me from my lost estate, 
His loving-kindness, Oh ! how great ! 

3 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, 
Though earth and hell my way oppose, 
He safely leads my soul along, 

His loving-kindness, Oh ! how strong ! 

4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, 
Has gathered thick, and thundered loud, 
He near my soul has always stood, 

His loving-kindness, Oh! how good! 

5 Often I feel my sinful heart, 
Prone from my Jesus to depart; 
But, though I have Him oft forgot, 
His loving-kindness changes not. 

6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale, 
Soon all my mortal powers must fail; 
Oh ! may my last expiring breath 
His loving-kindness sing in death! 

T Then let me mount, and soar away 
To the bright world of endless day, 
And sing, with rapture and surprise, 
His loving-kindness in the skies. 
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42 8s. Haet. 

OUR GOD FOE EVEE. 

1 THIS God is the God we adore, 

Our faithful, unchangeable Friend; 
Whose love is as large as His power, 
And neither knows measure nor end; 

2 'Tis Jesus, the first and the last, 

Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home, 
We'll praise Him for all that is past, 
And trust Him for all that's to come. 

43 Q' M- DoDDEIDGE. 
GOD OITE PEACE. 

1 UNITE, my roving thoughts, unite, 
In silence soft and sweet; 
And thou, my soul, sit gently down 
At thy great Sovereign's feet. 

3 Jehovah's awful voice is heard, 

Yet gladly I attend ; 
For lo ! the everlasting God 
Proclaims Himself my friend. 

3 Harmonious accents to my soul, 

The sounds of peace convey ; 
The tempest at His word subsides, 
And winds and seas obey. 

4 By all its joys, I charge my heart 

To grieve His love no more ; 
But, charmed by melody divine, 
To give its follies o'er. 



290 



TRINITY. 

THE TRINITY. 
44 £. M. E. Scott. 

THE HOLY TRINITY. 

1 THERE is one God, and only one; 

"No rivals can His essence share: 
He is Jehovah, He alone, 

And with the Lord none can compare. 

2 His works, through all this wondrous frame, 

Express the Maker's vast designs: 
They bear the impress of His name, 
In every part His wisdom shines. 

3 If in His works such wonders rise, 

How much more wonderful is He, 

Whose nature 's filled with mysteries ; 

His being One, His person Three. 

4 What finite power with ceaseless toil, 

Can comprehend th' eternal Mind? 
Or, who th' almighty Three and One, 
By searching to perfection, find ? 

5 Angels and men in vain may raise 

Harmonious, their adoring songs; 
The labouring thoughts sink down oppressed, 
And praises die upon their tongues. 

6 Yet would I lift my trembling voice, 

Th' eternal Three in One to sing ; 
And mingling faith, while I rejoice, 
My humble, grateful tribute bring. 

7 All glory to th' eternal Three, 

The sacred undivided One: 
To Father, Son, and Spirit be 

Coequal praise, and honours done. 

291 



TRINITY. 

45 li- M. Humphrey's Coll. 

THE TRIUNE GOD OF OUR SALVATION. 

1 LOISTG ere the sun began his days, 
Or moon shot forth her silver rays, 
Salvation's scheme was fixed, 't was done 
In covenant by the Three in One. 

2 The Father spake, the Son replied, 
The Spirit with them both complied; 
Grace moved the cause for saving man, 
And wisdom drew the noble plan. 

3 The Father chose His only Son 

To die for sins, that man had done; 
Immanuel to the choice agreed, 
And thus secured a numerous seed. 

4 He sends His Spirit from above, 
To call the objects of His love; 
Not one shall perish or be lost: 

He bought them dear; His blood they cost. 

5 What high displays of sovereign grace! 
"What love to save a ruined race! 

My soul, adore His lovely name, 
By whom thy free salvation came. 

46 C. M. Watts. 

PRAISE TO THE TRINITY. 

1 LET them neglect Thy glory, Lord, 

Who never knew Thy grace; 
But our loud songs shall still record 
The wonders of Thy praise. 

2 We raise our shouts, O God, to Thee, 

And send them to Thy throne; 
All glory to th' united Three, 
The undivided One. 

292 



INVOKED. 

3 'Twas He, and we'll adore His name, 

That formed us by a word; 
'Tis He restores our ruined frame; 
Salvation to the Lord ! 

4 Hosanna! let the earth and skies 

Repeat the joyful sound; 
Rocks, hills and vales reflect the voice, 
In one eternal round. 

4:7 6s - and ^s. Madan's Coll. 

INVOCATION OF THE TRINITY. 

1 COME, Thou almighty King, 
Help us Thy name to sing, 

Help us to praise; 
Father all glorious, 
O'er all victorious, 
Come and reign over us, 

Ancient of days. 

2 Jesus, our Lord, arise, 
Scatter our enemies, 

And make them fall! 
Let Thine almighty aid 
Our sure defence be made: 
Our souls on Thee be stayed : 

Lord, hear our call! 

3 Come, Thou incarnate Word, 
Gird on Thy mighty sword ; 

Our prayer attend! 
Come, and Thy people bless, 
And give Thy word success ; 
Spirit of holiness. 

On us descend! 

4 Come, holy Comforter, 
Thy sacred witness bear, 

In this glad hour! 

293 



TRINITY. 

Thou, who almighty art, 
Now rule in every heart, 
And ne'er from us depart, 
Spirit of power. 

5 To the great One in Three, 
The highest praises be, 

Hence evermore ! 
His sovereign majesty, 
May we in glory see, 
And to eternity 

Love and adore. 

48 L - M - 6 !• Hastings. 

ADORING THE TRINITY. 

1 YES, I adore Thee, O my God, 

Father supreme of earth and skies ; 
Up to the heavens Thy bright abode, 

Let songs of praise and joy arise: 
Thou art the High and Holy One, 
Thy will through earth and heaven be done. 

2 Yes, I adore Thee, O my God, 

Son of the Father, wondrous King : 
"Thou hast redeemed us by Thy blood," 

Sweet is the anthem we would sing; 
O Prince of Peace, accept the strain, 
For ever live, for ever reign. 

3 Yes, I adore Thee, O my God, 

Blessed Comforter, supreme, divine; 
Still lead me in the narrow road, 

Bid heavenly light around me shine: 
Spirit of Holiness, impart 
Thy gifts to every trembling heart. 



294 



INVOKED. 

4 Yes, I adore Thee, O my God, 

Blessed Three in One, blessed One in Three ! 
Angels that fill Thy high abode, 

All praise and glory give to Thee ; 
Earth with her millions, shall confess 
The boundless plenitude of grace. 

49 S. M. D. Campbell's Coll. 

PRAYER TO HOLY TRINITY. 

1 OUR Father, who dost lead 
The children of Thy grace, 

A new-born and believing seed, 
Through this wide wilderness: 

Thy providential care 
In dangers past we own; 

Still let Thine arm be ever near; 
Still let Thy love be shown. 

2 O Saviour, Lamb of God ! 
Our gracious dying Friend! 

Reveal the virtue of Thy blood, 

On us Thy mercy send; 
Thou art a Master kind, 

With voice and person sweet; 
Bestow on us a loving mind, 

And keep us at Thy feet. 

3 Thou, Holy Spirit, art 

Of truth the promised Seal: 
Convincing power Thou dost impart, 

And Jesus' grace reveal : 
Oh! breathe Thy quickening breath, 

And light and life afford ; 
Instruct us how to live by faith, 

And glorify the Lord. 

295 



TRINITY. 
50 H. M. Watts. 

PRAISE TO THE GODHEAD. 

1 WE give immortal praise 
To God the Father's love, 
For all our comforts here, 
And better hopes above; 
He sent His own 
Eternal Son, 



To die for sins 
That man had done. 



2 To God the Son belongs 
Immortal glory too, 
Who bought us, with His blood, 
From everlasting wo ; 



And now He lives, 
And now He reigns, 



And sees the fruit 
Ot all His pains. 



3 To God the Spirit's name 
Immortal worship give; 
Whose new-creating power 
Makes the dead sinner live; 



His work completes 
The great design, 



And fills the soul 
With joy divine. 



4 Almighty God, to Thee 

Be endless honours done ; 
The undivided Three, 

And the mysterious One; 



Where reason fails, 
With all her powers, 



There faith prevails 
And love adores. 



296 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 
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WORTHY THE LAMB. 

1 GLORY to God on high : 
Let heaven and earth reply, 

Praise ye His name ! 
His love and grace adore, 
Who all our sorrows bore; 
And sing for evermore, 

Worthy the Lamb. 

2 All they around the throne, 
Cheerfully join in one, 

Praising His name ; 
We, who have felt His blood, 
Sealing our peace with God, 
Sound His dear name abroad, 

Worthy the Lamb. 

3 Join, all ye ransomed race, 
Our Lord and God to bless ; 

Praise ye His name: 
In Him we will rejoice, 
And make a joyful noise, 
Shouting with heart and voice, 

Worthy the Lamb. 

4 What though we change our place, 
Yet we shall never cease 

Praising His name: 
To him our songs we bring, 
Hail Him our gracious King, 

13* 297 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 

And without ceasing sing, 
Worthy the Lamb. 

52 H. M. S. Stennett. 

PRAISE TO CHRIST. 

1 COME, every pious heart 

That loves the Saviour's name, 
Your noblest power exert 
To celebrate His fame: 



Tell all above, 
And all below, 



The debt of love, 
To Him you owe. 



2 He left His starry crown, 
And laid His robes aside: 
On wings of love came down, 



And wept, and bled, and died : 
"What He endured, 
Oh! who can tell? 



To save our souls, 
From death and hell. 



3 From the dark grave He rose, 

The mansion of the dead ; 
And thence His mighty foes 
In glorious triumph led: 
Up through the sky, And reigns on high, 

The conqueror rode, I The Saviour God. 

4 Jesus, we ne'er can pay 

The debt we owe Thy love; 
Yet tell us how we may 
Our gratitude approve: 



Our hearts, our all, 
To Thee we give 



The gift, though small, 
Do Thou receive. 



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FOR REDEEMING LOVE. 

53 8s. and 7s. Newton. 

PRAISE FOR REDEEMING LOVE. 

1 LET us love, and sing, and wonder, 

Let us praise the Saviour's name, 
He lias hushed the law's loud thunder, 

He has quenched mount Sinai's flame: 
He has washed us with His blood ; 
lie has brought us nigh to God. 

2 Let us LOYE the Lord who bought us, 

Pitied us when enemies, 
Called us by His grace, and taught us, 

Gave us ears, and gave us eyes: 
He has washed us with His blood, 
He presents our souls to God. 

3 Let us SING, though fierce temptations 

Threaten hard to bear us down ! 
For the Lord, our strong salvation, 

Holds in view the conqueror's crown: 
He who washed us in His blood, 
Soon will brina: us home to God. 



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4 Let us WONDER; grace and justice 

Join, and point to mercy's store; 
When through grace, in Christ our trust is, 

Justice smiles, and asks no more: 
He who washed us with His blood, 
Has secured our way to God. 

5 Let us PRAISE, and join the chorus 

Of the saints enthroned on high ; 
Here they trusted Him before us, 

Now their praises fill the sky: 
"Thou hast washed us with Thy blood, 
Thou art worthy, Lamb of God." 

299 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 

6 Hark ! the name of Jesus, sounded 
Loud from golden harps above ! 
Lord, we blush, and are confounded, 

Faint our praises, cold our love : 
Wash our souls and songs with blood, 
For by Thee we come to God. 

54 C. M. Steele. 

THE GLORIES OF OUR KINO. 

1 COME, ye that love the Saviour's name, 

And joy to make it known, 
The Sovereign of your hearts proclaim, 
And bow before His throne. 

2 Behold your Lord, your Master crowned 

With glories all divine! 
And tell the wondering nations round, 
How bright those glories shine. 

3 Infinite power, and boundless grace, 

In Him unite their rays: 
You, that have e'er beheld His face, 
Can you forbear His praise? 

4 When in His earthly courts we view 

The glories of our King; 
We long to love, as angels do, 
And wish, like them, to sing. 

5 And shall we long and wish in vain? 

Lord, teach our songs to rise: 
Thy love can animate the strain, 
And bid it reach the skies. 

6 O happy period! glorious day! 

When heaven and earth shall raise, 
With all their powers, th' enraptured lay, 
To celebrate Thy praise. 

300 



GLORYING IN CHRIST. 

55 S. M. Hammond. 

THE SONG OF MOSES AND THE LAMB. 

1 AWAKE, and sing the song 
Of Moses and the Lamb ; 

Wake, every heart, and every tongue, 
To praise the Saviour's name. 

2 Sing of His dying love, 
Sing of His rising power; 

Sing how He intercedes above, 
For those whose sins He bore. 

3 Sing, on your heavenly way, 
Ye ransomed sinners, sing; 

Sing on rejoicing, every day, 
In Christ, the exalted King. 

4 Soon shall your raptured tongue 
His endless praise proclaim ; 

And sweeter voices tune the song 
Of Moses and the Lamb. 

56 C. M. Watts. 

GLORYING IN CHRIST. 

1 I'M not ashamed to own my Lord, 

Nor to defend His cause; 
Maintain the honour of His word, 
The glory of His cross. 

2 Jesus, my God ! I know His name ; 

His name is all my trust; 
Nor will He put my soul to shame, 
Nor let my hope be lost. 

3 Firm, as His throne, His promise stands, 

And He can well secure 
What I've committed to His hands, 
Till the decisive hour. 

301 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 

4 Then will He own my worthless name, 
Before His Father's face; 
And in the New Jerusalem 
Appoint my soul a place. 

57 L - M - Watts. 

GLORYING IN CHRIST. 

1 THE wondering world inquires to know 
Why I should love my Jesus so : 

" What are His charms," say they, " above 
The objects of a mortal love?" 

2 All-over glorious is my Lord, 

He must be loved and yet adored ; 
His worth if all the nations knew, 
Sure the whole earth would love Him too. 

3 The Love of Christ is strong as death, 
He sealed it with His latest breath ; 
My love to Him, secured by grace, 
No pains nor doubts can e'er deface. 

4 What can destroy, what separate 
A love so pure, so free, so great? 

In heaven both faith and hope subside ; 
But love for ever will abide. 

gg C. M. Newton. 

THE NAME OF JESUS. 

1 HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds, 

In a believer's ear! 
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
And drives away his fear. 

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 

And calms the troubled breast; 

'Tis manna to the hungry soul, 

And to the weary rest. 

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ALL IN ALL. 

3 Dear name! the rock on which I build, 

My shield and hiding place; 
My never-failing treasury, filled 
With boundless stores of grace ! 

4 Jesus ! my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, 

My Prophet, Priest, and King; 
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End ; 
Accept the praise I bring. 

5 Weak is the effort of my heart, 

And cold my warmest thought ; 
But when I see Thee as Thou art, 
I '11 praise Thee as I ought. 

6 Till then, I would Thy love proclaim 

With every fleeting breath ; 
And may the music of Thy name 
Refresh my soul in death. 

59 L. M. Dobell's Coll. 

CHRIST IS ALL AND IN ALL. 

1 IN Christ I 've all my soul's desire ; 
His Spirit does my heart inspire 
With boundless wishes large and high : 
And Christ will all my wants supply. 

2 Christ is my Hope, my Strength and Guide; 
For me He bled, and groaned, and died: 
He is my Sun, to give me light. 

He is my soul's supreme delight. 

3 Christ is the source of all my bliss, 
My Wisdom and my Righteousness, 
My Saviour, Brother, and my Friend; 
On Him alone I now depend. 

4 Christ is my King to rule and bless, 
And all my troubles to redress ; 
He's my salvation and my All, 
Whatever on earth shall me befall. 

303 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 

5 Christ is my Strength and Portion too, 
My soul in Him can all things do; 
Through Him I'll triumph o'er the grave, 
And death and every foe outbrave. 

60 0. M. Toplady. 

ALL IN ALL. 

1 COMPAKED with Christ, in all beside 

No comeliness I see; 
The one thing needful, dearest Lord, 
Is to be one with Thee. 

2 The sense of Thy redeeming love 

Into my soul convey; 
Thyself bestow, for Thee alone, 
My All in All, I pray. 

3 Less than Thyself will not suffice 

My comfort to restore; 
More than Thyself I cannot crave, 
And Thou canst give no more. 

4 Loved of my God, for Him again 

With love intense I 'd burn ; 
Chosen of Thee, ere time began, 
I'd choose Thee in return. 

5 Whate'er consists not with Thy love, 

Oh ! teach me to resign ; 
I'm rich to all th' intents of bliss 
If Thou, O God, art mine. 

61 0. M. Watts. 

GOD RECONCILED IN CHRIST. 

1 DEAKEST of all the names above, 
My Jesus, and my God, 
Who can resist Thy heavenly love, 
Or trifle with Thy blood? 

304 



VITAL HEAD. 

2 "lis by the merits of Thy death, 

The Father smiles again ; 
'Tis by Thy interceding breath, 
The Spirit dwells with men. 

3 Till God in human flesh I see, 

My thoughts no comfort find; 
The holy, just, and sacred Three 

Are terrors to my mind. 
4: But if Immanuel's face appear, 

My hope, my joy begins; 
His name forbids my slavish fear, 

His grace removes my sins. 
5 While Jews on their own law rely, 

And Greeks of wisdom boast ; 
I love tli' Incarnate Mystery, 

And there I fix my trust. 

(32 C. M. DODDEIDGE. 

JESUS OUR VITAL HEAD. 

1 JESUS, we sing Thy matchless grace, 

That calls poor worms Thy own; 
Gives us among Thy saints a place, 
To make Thy glories known. 

2 Allied to Thee, our vital Head, 

We live, and grow, and thrive: 
From Thee, divided, each is dead, 
When most he seems alive. 

3 Thy saints on earth, and those above, 

Here join in sweet accord : 
One body all in mutual love, 
And Thou, our common Lord. 

4 May faith from Thee each hour derive 

Supplies with fresh delight; 
While death and hell in vain shall strive 
This bond to disunite. 

305 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 

5 Thou, the whole body wilt present 
Before Thy Father's face; 
Eor shall a wrinkle or a spot 
Its beauteous form disgrace. 

63 C. M. Steele. 

LOVE TO CHRIST DESIRED. 

1 THOU lovely Source of true delight, 

Whom I unseen adore, 
Unveil Thy beauties to my sight; 
That I may love Thee more. 

2 Thy glory o'er creation shines ; 

But in Thy sacred word 
I read, in fairer, brighter lines, 
My bleeding, dying Lord. 

3 'Tis here, whene'er my comforts droop, 

And sin and sorrow rise, 
Thy love, with cheerful beams of hope, 
My fainting breath supplies. 

4 But ah! too soon the pleasing scene 

Is clouded o'er with pain ; 
My gloomy fears rise dark between, 
And I again complain. 

5 Oh ! may my soul with rapture trace 

The wonders of Thy love ! 
But the full glories of Thy face 
Are only known above. 

04: C. M. Beddome. 

FULNESS OF CHRIST. 

1 OH ! what a treasure all divine, 
Is hid in Christ the Lord ! 
From Him what rays of glory shine, 
What peace His paths arrord ! 

306 



HIS PRECIOUSNESS. 

2 In Him our light and life are found, 

Though we were dead before; 
And now He makes our joy abound, 
Who all our sorrows bore. 

3 When sore distressed, He to our aid, 

On rapid pinions flies; 
And to the wounds which sin has made, 
A healing balm applies. 

4 ? Tis from His fulness we receive, 

And daily grace for grace ; 

That to His glory we may live, 

And see Him face to face. 

65 C. M. DODDEIDGE 

CHRIST PRECIOUS. 

1 JESUS, I love Thy charming name, 

'Tis music to my ear; 
Fain would I sound it out so loud 
That earth and heaven might hear. 

2 Yes, Thou art precious to my soul, 

My transport, and my trust; 
Jewels to Thee are gaudy toys, 
And gold is sordid dust. 

3 All my capacious powers can wish, 

In Thee most richly meet; 
Not to mine eyes is life so dear, 
Nor friendship half so sweet. 

4 Oh! may Thy grace still cheer my heart 

And shed its fragrance there ; 
The noblest balm of all its wounds, 
The cordial of its care. 

5 I '11 speak the honours of Thy name, 

With my last labouring breath ; 
When speechless, clasp Thee in my arms, 
My joy in life and death. 

307 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 
66 . & M. C. Wesley. 

PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. 

1 OH! for a thousand tongues to sing 

My dear Redeemer's praise, 
The glories of my God and King, 
The triumphs of His grace. 

2 My gracious Master and my God, 

Let saints Thy love proclaim, 
And spread through all the earth abroad 
The honours of Thy name. 

3 Jesus, the name that calms our fears, 

That bids our sorrow cease; 
'Tis music to our ravished ears; 
'Tis life, and health, and peace. 

4 It breaks the power of reigning sin, 

And sets the prisoner free; 
Thy blood can cleanse the foulest stain; 
And can avail for me. 

67 CL U- Heginbotham. 

PRECIOTJSNESS OF JESUS. 

1 BLESSED Jesus ! when my soaring thoughts 

O 'er all Thy graces rove, 
How is my soul with transport lost 
In wonder, joy, and love! 

2 Not softest strains can charm mine ears 

Like Thy beloved name; 
Nor aught beneath the skies inspire 
My heart with equal flame. 

3 Where'er I look, my wondering eyes 

Unnumbered blessings see ; 
But what is life, with all its bliss, 

If once compared with Thee? 

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HIS EXCELLENCE. 

4 Hast Thou a rival in my breast? 

Search, Lord, for Thou canst tell 
If aught can raise my passions thus, 
Or please my soul so well. 

5 !Nb, Thou art precious to my heart, 

My portion and my joy; 
Forever let Thy boundless grace 
My sweetest thoughts employ. 

6 When nature faints, around my bed 

Let Thy bright glories shine; 
And death shall all his terrors lose, 
In raptures so divine. 

68 C - P - M - Medley. 

EXCELLENCE OF CHEIST. 

1 OH! could I speak the matchless worth, 
Oh! could I sound the glories forth 

That in my Saviour shine; 
I'd soar and touch the heavenly strings, 
And vie with Gabriel while he sings 

In notes that are divine. 

2 I'd sing the characters He bears, 
And all the forms of love He wears 

Exalted on His throne; 
In loftiest songs of sweetest praise, 
I would to everlasting days, 

Make all His glories known. 

3 Soon the delightful mom will come, 
When my dear Lord will bring me home, 

And I shall see His face; 
There with my Saviour, Brother, Friend, 
A blessed eternity I'll spend, 

Triumphant in His grace. 

300 



PRAISE TO CHRIST. 

69 8s. and 7s. Wilks. 

THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST. 

1 JESUS CHRIST, methinks I love Thee, 

But I fain would love Thee more; 
'Twas Thy grace at first did move Thee 

To a soul extremely poor. 
Thou wast rich beyond expression, 

Rich in Godhead, rich in grace; 
But to better my condition, 

Thou my nature didst embrace. 

2 Hungry, naked, and abused 

By the men Thou earnest to bless: 
By Thy Father sorely bruised ; 

Groaning, bleeding with distress : 
Thou wast poor beyond expression, 

Bathed in Thine own precious blood; 
All to better my condition, 

All to make me rich in God. 

3 Jesus Christ, methinks I love Thee; 

But I fain would love Thee more; 
'Twas Thy grace at first did move Thee 

To a soul extremely poor. 
For Thy mercy thus enjoyed, 

If 1 had ten thousand tongues, 
They should all be still employed 

In ten thousand grateful songs. 

70 L. M. Medley. 

THE EXCELLENCIES OF CHRIST. 

1 JOIN, all who love the Saviour's name, 
To sing His everlasting fame ; 

Great God, prepare each heart and voice, 
In Him for ever to rejoice. 

2 Of Him what wondrous things are told ! 
In Him what glories I behold! 

310 



HIS EXCELLENCIES. 

For Him I gladly all things leave; 
To Him, my soul, for ever cleave! 

3 In Him my treasure 's all contained ; 
By Him my feeble soul 's sustained ; 
From Him what favours I receive ! 
Through Him I shall for ever live. 

4 With Him I daily love to walk : 
Of Him my soul delights to talk; 
On Him I cast my every care: 
Like Him one day I shall appear. 

5 Bless Him, my soul, from day to day ; 
Trust Him to lead thee on thy way ; 
Give Him thy poor, weak, sinful heart; 
With Him oh ! never, never part. 

6 Take Him for strength and righteousness ; 
Make Him thy refuge in distress : 
Love Him above all earthly joy ; 

And Him in every thing employ. 

7 Praise Him in cheerful, grateful songs, 
To Him your highest praise belongs ! 
Bless Him, who doth your heaven prepare ; 
And whom you'll praise for ever there. 

71 L. M. COLLYEE. 

WORSHIPPING JESUS. 

1 SOFT be the gently breathing notes, 

That sing the Saviour's dying love; 
Soft as the evening zephyr floats, 
Soft as the tuneful lyres above. 

2 Soft as the morning dews descend, 

While the sweet lark exulting soars, 
So soft to your almighty Friend, 
Be every sigh your bosom pours. 



SONSHIP OF CHRIST. 

enlivening ray, 
That scatters life and joy abroad: 
Pure as the lucid car of day, 
That wide proclaims its Maker, God. 

4 True as the magnet to the pole. 
So true let your contrition be, 
So true let all your sorrows roll, 
To Him who bled upon the tree. 



SONSHIP OF CHRIST. 

72 7 s - Eippon's Coll. 

GOD WITH TJS. 

1 GOD with us! O glorious name! 
Let it shine in endless fame: 
God and man in Christ unite; 

O mysterious depth and height! 

2 God with us! th' eternal Son 
Took our souls, our flesh and bone; 
Now, ye saints His grace admire, 
Swell the song with holy fire. 

3 God with us! but tainted not 
With the first transgressor's blot; 
Yet did He our sins sustain, 
Bear the guilt, the curse, the pain. 

4 God with us! O wondrous grace! 
Let us see Him face to face; 
That we may Immanuel sing, 

As we ought, our God and King. 

73 L. M. Watts. 

THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH. 

1 ERE the blue heavens were stretched abroad, 
From everlasting was the Word: 



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i 



ETERNAL SON. 

With God He was; the Word was God, 
And must divinely be adored. 

2 By His own power all things were made; 

By Him supported, all things stand; 
He is the whole creation's head, 
And angels fly at His command. 

3 Ere sin was born, or Satan fell, 

He led the host of morning stars : 
His generation who can tell, 

Or count the number of His years ! 

4 But lo ! He leaves those heavenly forms : 

The Word descends and dwells in clay, 
That He may converse hold with worms, 
Dressed in such feeble flesh as they. 

5 Mortals with joy beheld His face, 

Th' eternal Father's only Son : 
How full of truth, how full of grace, 

When through His flesh the Godhead shone ! 

6 The angels leave their high abode, 

To learn new mysteries here, and tell 
The love of our descending God, 
The glories of Immanuel. 

74 L. M. 

THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD. 

1 O CHKIST, Thou glorious King, we own 
Thee to be God's eternal Son: 

The Father's fulness, life divine, 
Mysteriously are also Thine. 

2 When rolling years brought on the day 
Foretold and fixed for this display, 
Our great deliverance to obtain, 

Thou didst our nature not disdain. 

3 At God's right hand, now, Lord, Thou 'rt placed, 
And with Thy Father's glory graced, 

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SONlSHiP OF CHKIST/ 

True God and man, in person one; 
A judge to pass our final doom. 

4 From day to day, O Lord, do we 
On high exalt and honour Thee: 
Thy name we worship and adore, 
"World without end, for evermore. 

75 L. M. Watts. 

EQUAL WITH THE FATHER. 

1 BKIGHT King of glory, dreadful God ! 

Our spirits bow before Thy feet ; 
To Thee we lift an humble thought, 
And worship at Thine awful seat. 

2 A thousand seraphs strong and bright 

Stand round the glorious Deity; 

But who, among the sons of light, 

Pretends comparison with Thee? 

3 Yet there is one of human frame, 

Jesus, arrayed in flesh and blood, 
Thinks it no robbery, to claim 
A full equality with God. 

4 Their glory shines with equal beams ; 

Their essence is for ever one ; 
Distinct in persons, and in names; 
The Father God, and God the Son. 

5 Then let the name of Christ our King 

"With equal honours be adored; 
His praise let every angel sing, 
And all the nations own the Lord. 

7(3 C. M. S. Stennett. 

CHIEF AMONG TEN THOUSAND. 

1 MAJESTIC sweetness sits enthroned 
Upon the Saviour's brow ; 

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UNCHANGEABLE. 

His head with radiant glories crowned. 
His lips with grace o'erflow. 

2 No mortal can with Him compare, 

Among the sons of men ; 
Fairer is He, than all the fair 
Who fill the heavenly train. 

3 He saw me plunged in deep distress, 

And flew to my relief; 
For me He bore the shameful cross, 
And carried all my grief. 

4 To Him I owe my life and breath, 

And all the joys I have: 
He makes me triumph over death, 
And saves me from the grave. 

5 To heaven, the place of His abode, 

He brings my weary feet; 
Shows me the glories of my God, 
And makes my joys comj)lete. 

6 Since from Thy bounty I receive 

Such proofs of love divine, 
Had I a thousand hearts to give, 
Lord, they should all be Thine. 

•77 ^ s - Campbell's Coll. 

CHRIST UNCHANGEABLE. 

1 WHAT a changing world is this! 
Yoid of all substantial bliss; 

All we see beneath the sun, 
In successive changes run : 
But our Jesus proves the same, 
Endless blessings on His name! 

2 Wisdom, holiness, and might, 
Truth and justice are His right; 
Boundless goodness, love supreme, 

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SONSHIJ? OF CHRIST. 

Flowed eternally from Him; 
Jesus Christ is still the same, 
Endless blessings on His name! 

3 Abram's bold rebellious race, 
Found Him full of truth and grace, 
Priests and prophets all have told 
What He did for saints of old; 
Jesus Christ is still the same, 
Endless blessings on His name! 

4 Let us to His throne repair, 
Wait with humble patience there; 
He will soon our cries attend, 
Love and save us to the end; 
He will ever prove the same, 
Endless blessings on His name! 

78 £• M- Medley. 

LMMANUEL. 

1 ALL hail, Thou great Immanuel! 
Thy love, Thy glory, who can tell? 
Angels, and all the heavenly host, 
Are in the boundless prospect lost. 

2 Mortals, with reverential songs, 

Take this dear name upon your tongues; 
With holy fear, attempt His praise, 
In solemn, yet triumphant, lays. 

3 Among a thousand forms of love, 

In which He shines and smiles above; 
This with peculiar joy we view, 
He's David's root and offspring too. 

4 There Jesus in the glorious plan, 

Shines, the great God, the wondrous Man! 

As God, the Root of all our bliss, 

As man, the Branch of righteousness. 

SIC, 



NAMES AND OFFICES OF CHRIST. 

5 All hail, Thou dear redeeming Lord ! 
All hail, Thou coessential Word! 
All hail, Thou Koot and Branch divine! 
All hail, and be the Glory thine! 



NAMES AND OFFICES OF CHRIST. 

79 Ts. C. Wesley. 

SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

1 CHKIST, whose glory fills the skies, 

Christ, the true, the only light; 
Sun of Righteousness, arise, 

Triumph o'er the shades of night; 
Dayspring from on high, be near, 
Daystar, in our hearts appear. 

2 Dark and cheerless is the morn, 

If it bring no ray from Thee ; 
Joyless is the day's return, 

Till Thy mercy's beams we see. 
Lord, Thine inward light impart, 
Cheering each benighted heart. 

3 Yisit every soul of Thine, 

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; 
Fill with radiancy divine, 

Scatter all our unbelief; 
More and more Thyself display, 
Shining to the perfect day. 

80 c - M - Watts. 

THE OFFICES OF CHRIST. 

1 WE bless the Prophet of the Lord, 
That comes with truth and grace; 
Jesus, Thy Spirit, and Thy word, 
Shall lead us in Thv ways. 

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2 We reverence our High Priest above, 

Who offered up His blood, 

And lives to carry on His love, 

By pleading with our God. 

3 We honour our exalted King; 

How sweet are His commands ! 
He guards our souls from hell and sin, 
By His almighty hands. 

4 Hosanna to His blessed name, 

Who saves by glorious ways; 
Th' anointed Saviour has a claim 
To our immortal praise. 

81 H. M. Watts. 

PROPHET, PRIEST AND KING. 

1 JOHN all the glorious names 

Of wisdom, love, and power, 
That ever mortals knew, 

That angels ever bore; 
All are too mean, to speak His worth ; 
Too mean to set my Saviour forth. 

2 Great Prophet of my God, 

My tongue would bless Thy name: 
By Thee the joyful news 

Of our salvation came; 
The joyful news of sins forgiven, 
Of hell subdued, and peace with heaven. 

3 Jesus, my great High Priest, 

Offered His blood, and died: 
My guilty conscience seeks 
No sacrifice beside. 
His powerful blood did once atone; 
And now it pleads before the throne. 

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LAMB. 

4 My dear and mighty Lord, 

My Conqueror, and my King; 
Thy sceptre and Thy sword, 

Thy reigning grace I sing. 
Thine is the power; behold! I sit 
In willing bonds beneath Thy feet. 

5 Now let my soul arise, 

And tread the tempter down: 
My Saviour leads me forth 

To conquest and a crown. 
A feeble saint shall win the day, 
Though death and hell obstruct the way. 

6 Should all the hosts of hell, 

And powers of death unknown, 
Put their most dreadful forms, 

Of death and mischief, on : 
I shall be safe, for Christ displays 
Superior power and guardian grace. 

82 L. M. Fawcett. 

THE ATONING LAMB. 

1 BEHOLD the sin-atoning Lamb, 

With wonder, gratitude, and love! 
To take away our guilt and shame, 
See Him descending from above. 

2 Our sins and grief on Him were laid; 

He meekly bore the mighty load: 
Our ransom-price He fully paid, 

In groans and tears, in sweat and blood ! 

3 To save His guilty church, He dies; 

Mourners, behold the bleeding Lamb! 
To Him lift up your longing eyes, 
And hope for mercv in His name. 

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4 Pardon and peace through Him abound; 

He can the richest blessings give: 
Salvation in His name is found ; 
He bids the dying sinner live. 

5 Jesus, my Lord, I look to Thee; 

Where else can helpless sinners go? 
Thy boundless love shall set me free 
From all my wretchedness and woe. 

83 C. M. Wardlaw's Coll. 

BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD. 

1 CONTEMPLATE, saints, the source divine, 

Whence all your joys have flowed ; 
With gladsome hearts and grateful tongues, 
Behold the Lamb of God ! 

2 If saved from wrath, and from the stroke 

Of heaven's avenging rod, 
Pouring His precious blood for you, 
Behold the Lamb of God! 

3 Freed from the pangs of conscious guilt, 

And sin's afflicting load, 
To Jesus' blood you owe your peace; 
Behold the Lamb of God ! 

4 With holy mind, and heart renewed, 

Run ye the narrow road ; 
His sprinkled blood has cleansed your souls ; 
Behold the Lamb of God ! 

5 Each heavenly blessing ye receive, 

Through Jesus is bestowed, 
In every good your souls possess, 
Behold the Lamb of God ! 

C) Hope ye in heaven with God, at last, 
To find your blessed abode? 

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Still as the ground of all your hopes, 
Behold the Lamb of God! 

84 S; M. Watts. 

THE HEAVENLY LAMB. 

1 NOT all the blood of beasts, 
On Jewish altars slain, 

Could give the guilty conscience peace, 
Or wash away the stain. 

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, 
Takes all our sins away ; 

A sacrifice of nobler name, 
And richer blood than they. 

3 My faith would lay her hand 
On that dear head of Thine, 

While like a penitent I stand, 
And there confess my sin. 

4 My soul looks back to see 
The burdens Thou didst bear, 

When hanging on the accursed tree, 
And hopes her guilt was there. 

5 Believing, we rejoice 

To see the curse remove ; 
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice, 
And sing His bleeding love. 

85 H. M. Cennick. 

OUR HIGH PRIEST. 

1 A GOOD High Priest is come, 
Supplying Aaron's place, 
And taking up his room, 
Dispensing life and grace: 
The law by Aaron's priesthood came, 
But grace and truth by Jesus' name. 
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NAMES AND OFFICES OF CHRIST. 

2 My Lord a priest is made, 

As sware the mighty God, 
To Israel and his seed, 

Ordained to offer blood; 
For sinners who His mercy seek, 
A Priest, as was Melchizedec. - - ... 

3 He once temptations knew, 

Of every sort and kind, 
That He might succour show, 
To every tempted mind : 
He once for us was sacrificed, 
And only once for us He died. 

4 I other priests disclaim, 

And laws and offerings too, 
None but the bleeding Lamb 

The mighty work can do : 
He shall have all the praise: for He 
Hath loved, and lived, and died for me. 

86 CM. Campbell's Coll. 

A MERCIFUL HIGH PRIEST. 

1 COME, let us join in songs of praise 

To our ascended Priest; 
He entered heaven with all our names 
Engraven on His breast. 

2 Below he washed our guilt away 

By His atoning blood ; 
Now He appears before the throne, 
And pleads our cause with God. 

3 What though while here we oft must feel 

Temptation's keenest dart? 
Our tender High Priest feels it too, 
And will appease the smart. 

4 Clothed with our nature still, He knows 
/ The weakness of our frame, 



HIGH PRIEST. 

And how to shield us from the foes 
Which He himself o'ercame. 

5 Nor time, nor distance, e'er shall quench 

The fervour of His love ; 
For us, He died in kindness here, 
Nor is less kind above. 

6 Oh! may we ne'er forget His grace, 

Nor blush to bear His name; 
Still may our hearts hold fast His faith, 
Our lips His praise proclaim. 

87 L. M. Logan. 

A SYMPATHIZING HIGH PRIEST. 

1 WHEKE high the heavenly temple stands, 
The house of God not made with hands; 
A great High Priest our nature wears, 
Our friend and advocate appears. 

2 Though now ascended up on high, 
He bends on earth a brother's eye; 
Partaker of the human name, 

He knows the frailty of our frame. 

3 Our fellow sufferer yet retains 
A fellow feeling of our pains, 
And still remembers in the skies, 
His tears, His agonies, and cries. 

1 In every pang that rends the heart, 
The Man of sorrows had a part; 
He sympathizes with our grief, 
And to the sufferer sends relief. 

5 With boldness, therefore, at the throne 
Let us make all our sorrows known ; 
And ask the aid of heavenly power, 
To help us in the evil hour. 

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88 C - M - Watts. 

A COMPASSIONATE HIGH PRIEST. 

1 WITH joy we meditate the grace 

Of our High Priest above; 

His heart is made of tenderness, 

His bosom glows with love. 

2 Touched with a sympathy within, 

He knows our feeble frame ; 
He knows what sore temptations mean, 
For He hath felt the same. 

3 He, in the days of feeble flesh, 

Poured out His cries and tears: 
And in His measure feels afresh 
What every member bears. 

4 He'll never quench the smoking flax, 

But raise it to a flame; 
The bruised reed He never breaks, 
Nor scorns the meanest name. 

5 Then let our humble faith address 

His mercy and His power; 
We shall obtain delivering grace 
In every trying hour. 

89 C. M. Cowpee. 

THE FOUNTAIN OPENED. 

1 THEKE is a fountain filled with blood, 

Drawn from Immanuel's veins; 
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, 
Lose all their guilty stains. 

2 The dying thief rejoiced to see 

That fountain, in his day ; 
And there may I, as vile as he, 
Wash all my sins away. 

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3 Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood 

Shall never lose its power, 
Till all the ransomed church of God 
Be saved, to sin no more. 

4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream, 

Thy flowing wounds supply, 
Redeeming love has been my theme, 
And shall be, till I die. 

5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, 

I'll sing Thy power to save; 
When this poor lisping, stammering tongue, 
Lies silent in the grave. 

90 L. M. Dobell's Coll. 

THE GOOD OLD WAT. 

1 THE righteousness, th' atoning blood 
Of Jesus, is the way to God; 

Oh ! may we then no longer stray, 
But come to Christ, the good old way. 

2 The prophets and apostles too, 
Pursued this path while here below; 
We therefore will, without dismay, 
Thus walk in Christ, the good old way. 

3 With faith and love, and holy care, 
In this dear way, I'll persevere; 
And when I die, triumphant say, 
This is the right, the good old way. 

91 C. M. Doane. 

THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE. 

1 THOU art the Way ; to Thee alone 
From sin and death we flee: 
And he, who would the Father seek, 
Must seek Him, Lord, in Thee. 

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2 Thou art the Truth ; Thy word alone 

True wisdom can impart; 
Thou only canst instruct the mind, 
And purify the heart. 

3 Thou art the Life; the rending tomb 

Proclaims Thy conquering arm ; 
And those who put their trust in Thee, 
Nor death nor hell shall harm. 

4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life, 

Grant us to know that Way, 
That Truth to keep, that Life to win, 
Which leads to endless day. 

92 k. M. Steele. 

PHYSICIAN OF SOULS. 

1 DEEP are the wounds which sin has made ; 

Where shall the sinner find a cure? 
In vain, alas, is nature's aid, 

The work exceeds all nature's power! 

2 And can no sovereign balm be found? 

And is no kind physician nigh, 
To ease the pain and heal the wound, 
Ere life and hope for ever fly? 

3 There is a great Physician near, 

Look up, O fainting soul, and live; 
See, in His heavenly smiles, appear 
Such ease as nature cannot give. 

4 See, in the Saviour's dying blood, 

Life, health, and bliss abundant flow ! 
'Tis only this dear sacred flood 

Can ease thy pain or heal thy woe. 

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THE SAVIOUR. 

93 L. M. Steele. 

THE ONLY NAME GIVEN. 

1 JESUS, the spring of joys divine, 

Whence all our hopes and comforts flow; 
Jesus, no other name but Thine, 
Can save us from eternal woe. 

2 In vain would boasting reason find 

The way to happiness and God; 
Her weak directions leave the mind 
Bewildered in a dubious road. 

3 No other name will Heaven approve; 

Thou art the true, the living way, 
Ordained by everlasting love, 

To the bright realms of endless day. 

4 Safe lead us through this world of night, 

And bring us to the blissful plains, 
The regions of unclouded light, 
Where perfect joy for ever reigns. 

94 C. M. Steele. 

THE SAVIOUR. 

1 THE Saviour! Oh! what endless charms 

Dwell in the blissful sound ; 
Its influence every fear disarms, 
And spreads sweet comfort round. 

2 Here pardon, life, and joys divine, 

In rich effusion flow, 
For guilty rebels lost in sin, 
And doomed to endless woe. 

3 Th' almighty Former of the skies 

Stooped to our vile abode! 
While angels viewed, with wondering eyes, 
And hailed th' incarnate God. 
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NAMES AND OFFICES OF CHRIST. 

4 Oh! the rich depths of love divine, 

Of bliss a boundless store! 
Dear Saviour, let me call Thee mine; 
I cannot wish for more. 

5 On Thee alone my hope relies, 

Beneath Thy cross I fall; 
My Lord, my life, my sacrifice, 
My Saviour, and my all. 

95 8s., 7s. and 4s. Wilks. 

GENTLE JESUS. 

1 GENTLE Jesus, how I love Thee! 

Words cannot my love express ; 
Day and night how much I prove Thee 
Full of mercy, full of grace ; 

Wretched sinners, 
Thou dost take delight to bless. 

2 Of Thy condescending goodness, 

What examples do I find! 
'Midst neglect, contempt and rudeness, 
Meek and lowly was Thy mind ; 

Gentle Jesus, 
Thou wast altogether kind. 

3 Oh ! how mild and condescending, 

Are the methods Thou dost take! 
Low beneath my burden bending, 
Bleeding, dying for my sake: 

Gentle Jesus, 
Now some word of comfort speak. 

4 Lo ! I venture to approach Thee ; 

Though my sins are great indeed : 
If by faith I may but touch Thee, 
Virtue will from Thee proceed ; 

Gentle Jesus, 
Thou alone art all I need. 

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96 L. M. Beddome. 

THE GIFT OF GOD. 

1 JESUS, my love, my chief delight, 

For Thee I long, for Thee I pray, 
Amid the shadows of the night, 
Amid the business of the day. 

2 When shall I see Thy smiling face, 

Which I, through faith, have often seen ? 
Arise, Thou Sun of Righteousness, 
Dispel the clouds that intervene. 

3 Thou art the glorious gift of God, 

To sinners weary and distressed ; 
The first of all His gifts bestowed, 
And certain pledge of all the rest. 

4 Now I can say, this gift is mine, 

I '11 tread the world beneath my feet ; 
No more at pain or want repine, 
Nor envy the rich sinner's state. 

5 This precious jewel let me keep, 

And lodge it deep within my heart ; 
At home, abroad, awake, asleep, 
It never shall from thence depart. 

97 CM. DODDRIDGE. 
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

1 SAVIOUR- divine, we know Thy name, 

And in that name we trust; 
Thou art the Lord our Righteousness, 
Thou art Thine Israel's boast. 

2 The sins of e'en the best spent day, 

Might plunge us in despair; 
Yet all the crimes of numerous years, 
Shall our great Surety clear. 

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3 That spotless robe, which He hath wrought, 

Shall deck us all around; 
In His imputed righteousness, 
]STo blemish shall be found. 

4 Pardon, and peace, and lively hope 

To sinners now are given; 
A nd weeping saints shall change ere long, 
Their wilderness for heaven. 

5 With joy we taste that manna now, 

Thy mercy scatters down; 
"We seal our humble vows to Thee, 
And wait the promised crown. . 

98 E. M. Brewer. 

A HIDING PLACE. 

1 HAIL! sovereign love, that first began 
The scheme to rescue fallen man! 
Hail! matchless, free, eternal grace, 
That gave my soul a hiding place. 

2 Against the God that rules the sky 
I fought with hands uplifted high; 
Despised the offers of His grace, 
Too proud to seek a hiding place. 

3 Enwrapped in dark Egyptian night, 
And fond of darkness more than light, 
Madly I ran the sinful race, 

Secure without a hiding place. 

4 But thus th' eternal counsel ran: 
"Almighty Love! arrest the man;" 
I felt the arrows of distress, 

And found I had no hiding place. 

5 Vindictive justice stood in view; 
To Sinai's fiery mount I flew; 

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OUR EXAMPLE. 

But justice cried with frowning face: 
"This mountain is no hiding place." 

6 But lo! a heav'nly voice I heard, 
And mercy's angel soon appeared; 
Who led me on a pleasing pace, 
To Jesus Christ, my hiding place. 

7 On Him almighty vengeance fell, 
Which must have sunk a world to hell; 
He bore it for His chosen race, 

And now He is my hiding place. 

8 A few more rolling suns at most, 
Will land me on fair Canaan's coast; 
There I shall sing the song of grace, 
And see my glorious hiding place. 

99 L. M. Steele. 

OUR EXAMPLE. 

1 AND is the gospel peace and love? 

Such let our conversation be; 
The serpent blended with the dove, 
Wisdom and meek simplicity. 

2 Whene'er the angry passions rise, 

And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife ; 
To Jesus let us lift our eyes, 

Bright pattern of the Christian life. 

3 Oh! how benevolent and kind! 

How mild, how ready to forgive! 
Be this the temper of our mind, 

And these the rules by which we live. 

4 To do His heavenly Father's will, 

Was His employment and delight; 
Humility and holy zeal 

Shone through His life divinely bright. 

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5 Dispensing good where'er He came, 
The labours of His life were love ; 
Then, if we bear the Saviour's name, 
By His example let us move. 

100 7S- TOPLADY. 
ROCK OF AGES. 

1 ROCK of ages! cleft for me, 
Let me hide myself in Thee ; 
Let the water and the blood, 
From Thy side a healing flood, 
Be of sin the double cure, 

Save from wrath, and make me pure. 

2 Should my tears for ever flow, 
Should my zeal no languor know, 
This for sin could not atone, 
Thou must save, and Thou alone; 
In my hand no price I bring, 
Simply to Thy cross I cling. 

3 While I draw this fleeting breath, 
When my eye-lids close in death, 
When I rise to worlds unknown, 
And behold Thee on Thy throne, 
Bock of ages ! cleft for me, 

Let me hide myself in Thee ! 

101 11 s - anc * 8s. Hastings. 

SHEPHEKD. 

1 THE Lord is my Shepherd, His kindness I know, 

My wants will be ever supplied : 
He makes me repose where the green pastures grow, 
And waters in gentleness glide. 

2 My wandering affections, so often astray, 

His kindness and care will reclaim, 

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FRIEND. 

To wisdom and holiness point out the way, 
To the praise of His glorious name. 

3 What though I walk through the dark valley of 

death, 
No evil my spirit will fear ; 
My Shepherd is with me, His arm is beneath, 
His love and His comfort are near. 

4 The hand of His bounty my table supplies, 

My cup of enjoyment overflows : 
He keeps me in safety when troubles arise, 
Nor yields to th' assaults of my foes. 

5 His goodness and mercy around me are found, 

His love shall for ever endure ; 
For ever I '11 dwell in the house of the Lord ; 
His word of salvation is sure. 

102 C - M ' SwAINE. 

UNCHANGEABLE FRIEND. 

1 COME, let our hearts and voices join, 

To praise the Saviour's name; 
Whose truth and kindness are divine, 
Whose love 's a constant flame. 

2 When most we need His gracious hand, 

This Friend is always near ; 
With heaven and earth at His command, 
He waits to answer prayer. 

3 His love no end nor measure knows, 

No change can turn its course ; 
Immutably the same, it flows 
From one eternal source. 

4 When frowns appear to veil His face, 

And clouds surround His throne; 

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He hides the purpose of His grace 
To make it better known. 

5 And when our dearest comforts fall 
Before His sovereign will, 
He never takes away our all, 
Himself, He gives us still. 

103 8s - an d 7s. Newton. 

FRIEND OF SINNERS. 

1 ONE there is, above all others, 

Well deserves the name of Friend; 
His is love beyond a brother's, 

Costly, free, and knows no end: 
They who once His kindness prove, 
Find it everlasting love. 

2 Which of all our friends, to save us, 

Could or would have shed his blood? 
But our Jesus died to have us 

Reconciled in Him to God: 
This was boundless love indeed! 
Jesus is a Friend in need! 

3 When He lived on earth abased, 

Friend of Sinners was His name; 
Now above all glory raised, 

He rejoices in the same; 
Still He calls them "Brethren — friends," 
And to all their wants attends. 

4 Oh! for grace our hearts to soften! 

Teach us, Lord, at length to love; 
We, alas! forget too often, 

What a Friend we have above: 
But when home oar souls are brought, 

We will love Thee as we ought. 

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OUR PEACE. 

104 L. M. Wilks. 

HE IS OUB PEACE. 

1 BLESSED be the Saviour's sacred name ; 
On embassies of peace He came; 

And angels chanted at His birth, 
"Good-will to men, and peace on earth." 

2 " He is our peace :" for by His blood 
Sinners are reconciled to God; 
Sweet harmony is now restored, 
And man beloved, and God adored. 

3 " He is our peace ;" in Him we find 
A sweet serenity of mind ; 

This is to us His own bequest, 

And makes the soul supremely blessed. 

4 " He is our peace " ' tween man and man ; 
And by His harmonizing plan, 
Barbarian, Scythian, bond and free, 

In perfect fellowship agree. 

5 Blessed be the bleeding Saviour's name ; 
On embassies of peace He came; 

Let mortals to their latest breath 
Sing of His reconciling death. 

105 c - M - s - Stennett. 

MEDIATOR. 

1 "WHAT wisdom, majesty and grace, 

Through all the gospel shine; 
'Tis God that speaks, and we confess, 
The doctrine most divine. 

2 Down from His starry throne on high, 

The almighty Saviour comes; 
Lays His bright robes of glory by, 
And feeble flesh assumes. 

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NAMES AND OFFICES OF CHRIST. 

3 The mighty debt, the sinner owed, 

Upon the cross He pays; 
Then through the clouds ascends to God, 
'Midst shouts of loftiest praise. 

4 There He, our great High Priest, appears, 

Before His Father's throne: 
Offers His incense with our prayers, 
And pours salvation down. 

5 Great God, with reverence we adore 

Thy justice and Thy grace; 
And on Thy faithfulness and power, 
Our firm dependence place. 

106 L - M. Steele. 

THE DIVINE KEDEEMEE. 

1 ENSLAVED by sin, and bound in chains, 

Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway, 
And doomed to everlasting pains, 
We wretched guilty captives lay. 

2 Nor can our arm procure our peace; 

Nor will the world's collected store 
Suffice to purchase our release : 

A thousand worlds were all too poor. 

3 A Saviour, man, and mighty God, 

A glorious ransom must procure; 

Justice divine demands His blood ; 

And nothing less can life insure. 

4 Jesus, the man, the mighty God, 

This all-sufficient ransom paid: 
The Mediator's precious blood 

For wretched sinners has been shed. 

5 Jesus the sacrifice became, 

To rescue guilty souls from hell; 

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The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb, 
Beneath avenging justice fell. 

6 Amazing justice! love divine! 

Oh ! may our grateful hearts adore 
The matchless grace; nor yield to sin, 
Nor wear its cruel fetters more! 

107 S. M. Kyland. 

INCARNATE SAVIOUR. 

1 YE saints, proclaim abroad 
The honours of your King: 

To Jesus, your incarnate God, 
Your songs of praises sing. 

2 Not angels round the throne 
Of majesty above, 

Are half so much obliged as we, 
To our Immanuel's love. 

3 They never sunk so low, 
They are not raised so high; 

They never knew such depths of woe, 
Such heights of majesty. 

4: The Saviour did not join 

Their nature to His own ; 
For them He shed no blood divine, 

Nor breathed a single groan. 

5 May we with angels vie, 

The Saviour to adore! 
Our debts are greater far than theirs, 

Oh! be our praises more! 

108 S. M. Watts. 

SENT TO SAVE. 

1 RAISE your triumphant songs, 

To an immortal tune; 
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ADVENT OF CHRIST. 

Let the wide earth resound the deeds, 
Celestial grace has done. 

2 Sing how eternal love 
Its chief Beloved chose; 

And bade Him raise our wretched race 
From their abyss of woes. 

3 His hand no thunder bears, 
~No terror clothes His brow, 

"No bolts to drive our guilty souls 
To fiercer flames below. 

4 'Twas mercy filled the throne, 
And wrath stood silent by, 

When Christ was sent with pardons down, 
To rebels doomed to die. 

5 Now, sinners, dry your tears, 
Let hopeless sorrows cease: 

Bow to the sceptre of His love, 
And take the offered peace. 

6 Lord, we obey Thy call, 
We lay an humble claim 

To the salvation Thou hast brought, 
And love and praise Thy name. 



ADVENT OF CHRIST. 
109 c - M. Medley. 

NATIVITY. 

1 MORTALS, awake, with angels join, 
And chant the solemn lay: 
Joy, love, and gratitude, combine 

To hail th' auspicious day. 

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STAR OF THE EAST. 

2 In heaven the rapturous song began, 

And sweet seraphic fire 
Through all the shining legions ran, 
And strung and tuned the lyre. 

3 Swift, through the vast expanse, it flew, 

And loud the echo rolled ; 
The theme, the song, the joy was new, 
'Twas more than heaven could hold. 

4 Down through the portals of the sky, 

Th' impetuous torrent ran; 
And angels flew, with eager joy, 
To bear the news to man. 

5 Hark! the cherubic armies shout, 

And glory leads the song : 
Good will and peace are heard throughout 
Th' harmonious heavenly throng. 

110 11 s - and 10s. Heber. 

STAR OF THE EAST. 

1 BKIGITTEST and best of the sons of the morning, 

Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid ; 
Star of the East, the horizon adorning, 
Guide where our infant Eedeemer is laid. 

2 Cold on His cradle, the dew-drops are shining ; 

Low lies His bed, with the beasts of the stall ; 
Angels adore Him, in slumber reclining ; 
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all. 

3 Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion, 

Odours of Edom, and offerings divine, 
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, 
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine? 

4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation, 

Yainly with gold would His favours secure ; 

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ADVENT OF CHRIST. 

Richer by far is the heart's adoration, 

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 

5 Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, 
Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid ; 
Star of the East, the horizon adorning, 
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 

Ill L. M. Kikke White. 

THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM. 

1 WHE1S", marshalled on the nightly plain, 

The glittering host bestud the sky; 
One star alone of all the train, 

Can iix the sinner's wandering eye. 

2 Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks, 

From every host, from every gem: 
But one alonlp the Saviour speaks; 
It is the Star of Bethlehem. 

3 Once on the raging seas I rode, 

The storm was loud, the night was dark ; 
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed 
The wind that tossed my foundering bark. 

4 Deep horror then my vitals froze, 

Death struck, I ceased the tide to stem ; 
When suddenly a star arose, 
It was the Star of Bethlehem. 

5 It was my guide, my light, my all; 

It bade my dark forebodings cease; 
And through the storm and danger's thrall, 
It led me to the port of peace. 

6 Now safely moored, my perils o'er, 

I'll sing, first in night's diadem, 

For ever and for evermore, 

The Star, the Star of Bethlehem. 

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PREDICTED. 

112 L. M. Watts. 

PREDICTED AND TYPDJD3D. 

1 BEHOLD the woman's promised seed! 

Behold the great Messiah come! 
Behold the prophets all agreed 
To give Him the superior room! 

2 Abra'm, the saint, rejoiced of old, 

When visions of the Lord he saw; 
Moses, the man of God, foretold 
This great fulfiller of his law. 

3 The types "bore witness to His name, 

Obtained their chief design, and ceased: 
The incense and the bleeding lamb, 
The ark, the altar, and the priest. 

4 Predictions in abundance meet, 

To join their blessings on His head; ' 
Jesus, we worship at Thy feet, 

And nations own the promised seed. 

113 L. M. DeCoetlogon. 

TO TJS A CHILD IS BORN. 

1 TO us a child is born from heaven; 
To us the Son of God is given; 
Gentiles in Jesus' name shall trust, 
And of His glories make their boast: 

2 His name the Wonderful shall be; 

His wonders heaven and earth shall see; 
The Counsellor of truth and grace, 
Who leads in paths of righteousness. 

3 The Mighty God, that glorious name, 
His works and word join to proclaim: 
The Everlasting Father, He ; 

And the whole church His family. 

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4 The Prince of Peace, on David's throne; 
And nations, yet unborn, shall own 

His sovereign and His gracious sway; 
Glad of the honour to obey. 

5 Justice and judgment He'll maintain, 
To everlasting ages reign: 

And His blessed empire shall increase, 
Till time, with all its movements, cease. 

6 Our faith in grateful triumph boasts 
These wonders of the Lord of Hosts: 
And trusts the love, that formed the plan 
To perfect what that love began. 

H4 S. M. Watts. 

THE SONG OF THE ANGELS. 

1 BEHOLD ! the grace appears, 
The promise is fulfilled ; 

Mary, the wondrous virgin, bears. 
And Jesus is the child. 

2 To bring the glorious news, 
A heavenly form appears ; 

He tells the shepherds of their joys, 
And banishes their fears. 

3 " Go, humble swains," said He, 
"To David's city fly; 

The promised infant, born to-day, 
Doth in a manger lie. 

4 With looks and heart serene, 
Go visit Christ your King;" 

And straight a flaming troop was seen; 
The shepherds heard them sing: 

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ITS DESIGN. 

5 "Glory to God on high! 
And heavenly peace on earth, 

Good- will to men, to angels joy, 
At the Eedeemer's birth!" 

6 In worship so divine, 

Let saints employ their tongues: 
"With the celestial hosts we join, 
And loud repeat their songs. 

7 "Glory to God on high, 
And heavenly peace on earth, 

Good-will to men, to angels joy, 
At our Eedeemer's birth!" 

115 CJ. M. Doddridge. 

HE CAME TO SAVE SINNERS. 

1 HARK the glad sound ! the Saviour 's come ! 

The Saviour promised long! 
Let every heart prepare a throne, 
And every voice a song. 

2 On Him the Spirit, largely poured, 

Exerts its sacred fire; 
Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, 
His holy breast inspire. 

3 He comes the prisoners to release, 

In Satan's bondage held: 
The gates of brass before Him burst, 
The iron fetters yield. 

4 He comes, from thickest films of vice, 

To clear the mental ray, 
And on the eye-balls of the blind 
To pour celestial day. 

5 He comes the broken heart to bind, 

The bleeding soul to cure; 

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ADVENT OF CHRIST. 

And with His righteousness and grace 
T' enrich the humble poor. 

6 His gospel trumpets publish loud 

The jubilee of the Lord; 
His people are redeemed now, 
Their heritage restored. 

7 Our glad Hosannas, Prince of Peace, 

Thy welcome shall proclaim; 
And heaven's eternal arches ring 
With Thy beloved name. 

116 C. M. Watts. 

THE SONG OF ZACHARIAS. 

1 NOW be the God of Israel blessed, 

Who makes His truth appear; 
His mighty hand fulfils His word, 
And all the oaths He sware. 

2 Now He bedews king David's root 

With blessings from the skies: 
He makes the branch of promise grow, 
The promised horn arise. 

3 John was the prophet of the Lord, 

To go before His face; 
The herald which our Saviour God 
Sent to prepare His ways. 

4 "Behold the Lamb of God," he cries, 

"That takes our guilt away; 
I saw the Spirit o'er His head, 
On His baptizing day. 

5 Be every vale exalted high. 

Sink every mountain low: 

The proud must stoop, and humble souls 

Shall His salvation know. 

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HAILED. 

6 The heathen realms, with Israel's land, 

Shall join in sweet accord; 
And all, that 's born of man, shall see 
The glory of the Lord. 

7 Behold the Morning Star arise, 

Ye that in darkness sit! 
He marks the path that leads to peace, 
And guides our doubtful feet." 

117 & M. Steele. 

PRAISE FOR THE ADVENT. 

1 AWAKE, awake the sacred song 

To our incarnate Lord : 
Let eyery heart, and every tongue 
Adore th' eternal Word. 

2 Sinners awake, with angels join, 

And chant the solemn lay; 
Joy, love, and gratitude combine, 
To hail th' auspicious day. 

3 Then shone almighty power and love, 

In all their glorious forms; 
When Jesus left His throne above, 
To dwell with sinful worms. 

4 Adoring angels tuned their songs 

To hail the joyful day ; 
With rapture then, let mortal tongues 
Their grateful worship pay. 

5 Hail, Prince of life, for ever hail ! 

Redeemer, Brother, Friend ! 
Though earth, and time, and life should fail, 
Thy praise shall never end. 

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DEATH OF CHRIST. 

DEATH OF CHRIST. 

118 C. M Haweis. 

CHRIST IN THE GARDEN. 

1 DARK was the night, and cold the ground 

On which the Lord was laid; 
His sweat like drops of blood ran down, 
In agony He prayed: 

2 "Father, remove this bitter cup, 

If such Thy sacred will ; 
If not, content to drink it up, 
Thy pleasure I fulfil!" 

3 Go to the garden, sinner; see 

Those precious drops that flow: 
The heavy load He bore for thee, 
For thee He lies so low. 

4 Then learn of Him the cross to bear, 

Thy Father's will obey; 
And when temptations press thee near, 
Awake to watch and pray. 

119 7s. Hart. 

GETHSEMANE. 

1 MANY woes had Christ endured, 

Many sore temptations met, 
Patient, and to pains inured ; 

But the sorest trial yet, 
Was to be sustained in thee, 
Gloomy, sad Gethsemane. 

2 Came at length the dreadful night, 

Vengeance with its iron rod 
Stood, and with collected might, 
Bruised the harmless Lamb of God : 

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GETHSEMANE. 

See, my soul, the Saviour see; 
Prostrate in Gethsemane. 

3 There my God bore all my guilt, 

This through grace can be believed; 
But the torments which He felt 

Are too vast to be conceived; 
None can penetrate through thee, 
Doleful, dark Gethsemane. 

4 All my sins against my God, 

All my sins against His laws, 
All my sins against His blood, 

All my sins against His cause, 
Sins as boundless as the sea; 
Hide me, O Gethsemane. 

5 Here's my claim, and here alone; 

None a Saviour more can need; 
Deeds of righteousness I've none; 

Not a work that I can plead; 
Not a glimpse of hope for me, 
Only in Gethsemane. 

6 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

One almighty God of love: 
Praised by all the heavenly host, 

In Thy shining courts above ; 
We poor sinners, Gracious Three, 
Praise Thee for Gethsemane. 

120 L - M - Doddridge. 

SUBSTITUTION. 

1 IMMOETAL God, on Thee we call, 
The great Original of all ; 
Through Thee we are, to Thee we tend, 
Our sure support, our glorious end. 

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DEATH OF CHRIST. 

2 We praise that wise mysterious grace, 
That pitied our revolted race, 

And Jesus, our great covenant head, 
The Captain of salvation made. 

3 Thy justice doomed that He must die, 
Who for our sins would satisfy; 

His death was therefore fixed of old, 
And in Thy word of truth foretold. 

4 A scene of wonders here we see, 
Worthy Thy Son and worthy Thee; 
And while the theme employs our tongues, 
All heaven unites its sweetest songs. 

121 8s. and 7s. Kelly. 

ATONING BLOOD. 

1 WITHOUT blood is no remission ; 

Thus the law proclaims from heaven ; 
Blood must flow, on this condition, 

This alone, is sin forgiven : 
Yes, a victim must be slain, 
Else all hope of life is vain. 

2 But the victim, who shall find it? 

Such a one as sinners need? 
To the altar who shall bind it? 

Who shall make the victim bleed? 
Questions these of anxious thought, 
Till the word of God is brought. 

3 God Himself provides the Yictim, 

Jesus is the Lamb of God ; 
Heaven, and earth, and hell afflict Him, 

While He bears the sinner's load; 
Tis His blood, and that alone, 
Can fpr human guilt atone. 

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HIS SUFFERINGS. 

4 Joyful trutli! He bore transgression 

In His body on the cross; 
Through His blood, there's full remission; 

All for Him we count but loss: 
Jesus for the sinner bleeds, 
Nothing more the sinner needs. 

122 L. M. Beddome: Gibbons. 

HE SUFFERED. 

1 O LORD, when faith with fixed eyes, 
Beholds Thy wondrous sacrifice, 
Love rises to an ardent flame, 

And we all other hope disclaim. 

2 With cold aifections who can see 

The thorns, the scourge, the nails, the tree, 
The flowing tears, the crimson sweat, 
The bleeding hands, and head, and feet! 

3 Jesus, what millions of our race 
Have been the triumphs of Thy grace! 
And millions more to Thee shall fly 
And on Thy sacrifice rely. 

4 The sorrow, shame, and death, were Thine, 
And all the stores of wrath divine! 

Ours are the pardon, life, and bliss: 
What love can be compared to this? 

123 Ii- M* Whitfield's Coll. 

HE WAS CRTTCD7IED. 

1 STRETCHED on the cross the Saviour dies, 

Hark! His expiring groans arise! 
See, from His hands, His feet, His side. 
Runs down the sacred crimson tide! 

2 Believers now, behold the man! 

The Man of Grief condemned for you, 

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DEATH OF CHRIST. 

The Lamb of God for sinners slain, 
Weeping to Calvary pursue. 

3 His sacred limbs they pierce, they tear, 

With nails they fasten to the wood, 
His sacred limbs ! exposed and bare, 
Or only covered with His blood. 

4 See there ! His temples crowned with thorns, 

His bleeding hands extended wide, 
His streaming feet transfixed and torn, 
The fountain gushing from His side. 

5 Thou dear, Thou suffering Son of God, 

How doth Thy heart to sinners move! 
Sprinkle on us Thy precious blood, 
Constrain us with Thy dying love! 

124: 8 s - and Ts. Robinson. 

BEFORE THE CROSS. 

1 SWEET the moments, rich in blessing, 

Which before the Cross 1 spend, 
Life, and health, and peace possessing 
From the sinner's dying friend. 

2 Here I'll sit, for ever, viewing 

Mercy's streams in streams of blood; 
Precious drops! my soul bedewing, 
Plead, and claim my peace with God. 

3 Truly blessed is this station, 

Low before His Cross to lie ; 
While I see divine compassion 
Floating in His languid eye. 

4 Here it is I find my heaven, 

While upon the Cross I gaze; 
Love I much, I 've much forgiven ; 
I'm a miracle of grace. 

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ON THE CROSS. 

5 Love and grief, my heart dividing, 

With my tears His feet I'll bathe, 
Constant still in faith abiding, 
Life deriving from Plis death. 

6 May I still enjoy this feeling, 

In all need to Jesus go; 
Prove His wounds each day more healing, 
And Himself more fully know. 

125 L. M. Perky. 



1 SINNERS rejoice, 'tis Christ that died: 
Behold, the blood flows from His side ! 
To wash your souls, and raise you high. 
To dwell with God above the sky. 

2 ' T is Christ that died ! O love divine ! 
Here mercy, truth, and justice shine; 
God reconciled, and sinners bought 
With Jesus' blood; how sweet the thought ! 

3 ' T is Christ that died ! a truth indeed, 
On which my faith would ever feed: 
Nor let the works that I perform 

Be named, to swell a haughty worm. 

4 ' T is Christ that died ! 't is Christ was slain, 
To save my soul from endless pain; 

' T is Christ that died, shall be my theme, 
While I have breath to praise His name. 

126 S. M. Doddridge. 

CHRIST UPON THE CROSS. 

1 BEHOLD th' amazing sight, 

The Saviour lifted high ; 
Behold the Son of God's delight, 

Expire in agony. 

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DEATH OF CHRIST. 

2 For whom was broke that heart? 
For whom these sorrows borne? 

Why did He feel that piercing smart, 
And meet that bitter scorn? 

3 For love of us He bled, 
And all in torture died; 

'T was love that bowed His fainting head, 
And oped His gushing side. 

4 I see, and I adore, 
In sympathy of love ; 

I feel the strong attractive power 
To lift my soul above. 

5 Drawn by such cords as these, 
Let all the earth combine, 

With cheerful ardour to confess 
The energy divine. 

6 In Thee, our hearts unite, 
Nor share Thy griefs alone, 

But from Thy cross pursue their flight 
To Thy triumphant throne. 

J2!7 c - M- Steele. 

HE BORE THE PAINS OF HELL. 

1 A1STD did the holy and the just, 

The Sovereign of the skies, 
Stoop down to wretchedness and dust, 
That guilty worms might rise? 

2 Yes, the Redeemer in His soul, 

Sustained the pains of hell; 
The wrath of God without control, 
On Him our surety fell. 

3 He took the dying sinner's place, 

And suffered in his stead; . . 

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ONCE FOR ALL. 

For -man, O miracle of grace! 
For man, the Saviour bled! 

4 Dear Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell 

In Thy atoning blood! 
By this are sinners snatched from hell, 
And rebels brought to God. 

5 Jesus, my soul, adoring, bends 

To love so full, so free; 
And may I hope that love extends 
Its sacred power to me? 

6 What glad return can I impart 

For favours so divine! 
Oh! take my all, this worthless heart, 
And make it only Thine. 

3 C. M. Watts. 

THE ONE OFFERING. 

1 JESUS, in Thee our eyes behold 

A thousand glories more, 
Than the rich gems and polished gold, 
The sons of Aaron wore. 

2 Fresh blood, as constant as the day, 

Was on their altars spilt; 
But Thy one offering takes away 
For ever all our guilt. 

3 Once, in the circuit of a year, 

With blood, but not his own, 
Aaron within the veil appears, 
Before the golden throne. 

4 But Christ, by His own powerful blood, 

Ascends above the skies ; 
And, in the presence of our God, 
Shows His own sacrifice. 

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DEATH OF CHRIST. 

129 & M. S. Stennett. 

IT IS FINISHED. 

1 "'TIS finished!" so the Saviour cried, 
And meekly bowed His dying head; 
"'Tis finished!" yes, the race is run, 
The battle fought, the victory won. 

2 "'Tis finished!" all that Heaven decreed, 
And all the ancient prophets said, 

Is now fulfilled, as was designed, 
In Christ, the Saviour of mankind. 

3 " 'T is finished !" this, His dying groan, 
Shall sins of deepest hue atone; 
Millions shall be redeemed from death, 
By this, His last expiring breath. 

4 "'Tis finished!" Heaven is reconciled, 
And all the powers of darkness spoiled, 
Peace, love, and happiness, again 
Return and dwell with sinful men. 

5 "'Tis finished!" let the joyful sound 
Be heard through all the nations round ; 
"'Tis finished! let the echo fly 

Through heaven and hell, through earth and sky. 

130 ^ s - and 7s. Bowring. 

THE CROSS OF CHRIST. 

1 EN" the cross of Christ I glory! 

Towering o'er the wrecks of time, 
All the light of sacred story, 
Gathers round its head sublime. 

2 When the woes of life o'ertake me, 

Hopes deceive and fears annoy, 

Never shall the cross forsake me, 

Lo! it glows with peace and joy. 

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GLORIED IN. 

3 When the sun of bliss is beaming 

Light and love upon my way, 
From the cross the radiance streaming 
Adds more lustre to the day. 

4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure, 

By the cross are sanctified : 
Peace is there that knows no measure, 
Joys that through all time abide. 

5 In the cross of Christ I glory ; 

Towering o'er the wrecks of time, 
All the light of sacred story, 
Gathers round its head sublime. 

131 L. M. Watts. 

GLORYING IN THE CROSS. 

1 WHE1ST I survey the wondrous cross 

On which the Prince of glory died; 
My richest gain I count but loss, 
And pour contempt on all my pride. 

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 

Save in the death of Christ, my God; 
All the vain things that charm me most, 
I sacrifice them to His blood. 

3 See, from His head, His hands, His feet, 

Sorrow and love flow mingled down ; 
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, 
Or thorns compose so rich a crown ! 

4 Were the whole realm of nature mine, 

That were a present far too small ; 
Love so amazing, so divine, 

Demands my soul, my life, my all. 

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DEATH OF CHRIST. 
132 ^ s - Hastings. 

GO TO GOLGOTHA. 

1 GO to Golgotha and weep 

With the suffering Son of God, 
And behold, with anguish deep, 

Where the sacred Yictim stood; 
Like a lamb to slaughter led, 
Every friend and helper fled. 

2 Go to Golgotha, and see 

All the heavens in sackcloth hung, 
While rebuke and blasphemy 

Issue foul from every tongue. 
Hear that agonizing cry, 
While the rending rocks reply. 

3 Go to Golgotha, and tell 

Why the scourge, the crown of thorn, 
Why the powers of earth and hell 

Join in deeds of hate and scorn; 
Why such innocence in tears, 
On the shameful cross appears. 

4 Go to Golgotha, and learn 

All the bitterness of sin; 
In those scenes of wrath discern 

What thine own desert hath been. 
Thine the shame, reproach, and guilt ; 
'T was for thee that blood was spilt. 

5 Go to Golgotha, and pray 

That thy sins may be forgiven; 
He on whom thy burdens lay, 

Now is Advocate in heaven. 
Lift thine eyes to His abode, 
Trusting in the Son of God. 

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RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 

133 I* M. 

THE RESURRECTION. 

1 'TIS finished, the Kedeemer cries; 

When lowly bows His fainting head: 
And soon th' expiring sacrifice 
Sinks to the regions of the dead. 

2 'Tis done, the mighty work is done! 

For men or angels much too great; 
Which none, but God's eternal Son, 
Or would attempt, or could complete. 

3 'Tis done, old things are past away, 

And a new state of things begun; 
A kingdom which shall ne'er decay, 
But shall outlast the circling sun. 

4 A new account of time begins; 

Now our dear Lord resumes His breath, 
Charged with our sorrows and our sins ; 
Our lives to ransom by His death. 

5 Once He was dead, but now He reigns, 

He lives, He lives, He lives again: 
Let's tell our joys in pious strains, 
And spread the glory of His name. 

134 7 s - Madan's Coll. 

I AM THE RESURRECTION. 

1 " CHKIST, the Lord, is risen to-day," 
Sons of men and angels say ; 

Raise your joys and triumphs high, 
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply. 

2 Love's redeeming work is done, 
Fought the fight, the battle won : 

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RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 

Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er, 
Lo ! he sets in blood no more. 

3 Yain the stone, the watch, the seal, 
Christ has burst the gate of hell; 
Death in vain forbids His rise, 
Christ hath opened Paradise. 

4 Lives again our glorious King! 
Where, O death, is now thy sting? 
Once He died our souls to save : 
Where's thy victory, boasting grave? 

5 Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven! 
Praise to Thee by both be given! 
Thee we greet triumphant now, 
Hail ! the resurrection, Thou ! 

135 $s. and 6s. Hastings. 

THE LORD IS RISEN. 

1 HOW calm and beautiful the morn, 

That gilds the sacred tomb, 
Where once the Crucified was borne, 

And veiled in midnight gloom ! 
Oh ! weep no more the Saviour slain ; 
The Lord is risen, He lives again. 

2 Ye mourning saints, dry every tear 

For your departed Lord, 
"Behold the place, He is not here," 

The tomb is all unbarred : 
The gates of death were closed in vain, 
The Lord is risen, He lives again. 

3 Now, cheerful to the house of prayer, 

Your early footsteps bend, 

The Saviour will Himself be there, 

Your Advocate and Friend: 

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FOR INTERCESSION. 

Once by the law your hopes were slain : 
But now in Christ, ye live again. 

4 How tranquil now the rising day, 

'Tis Jesus still appears, 
A risen Lord to chase away 

Your unbelieving fears : 
Oh ! weep no more your comforts slain, 
The Lord is risen, He lives again. 

5 And when the shades of evening fall, 

When life's last hour draws nigh, 
If Jesus shines upon the soul, 

How blissful then to die! 
Since He is risen that once was slain, 
Ye die in Christ, to live again. 

136 L- M. Steele, 

chkist's intercession. 

1 HE lives, the great Redeemer lives! 
What joy the blessed assurance gives : 
And now before His father, God, 

He pleads the merit of His blood. 

2 Repeated crimes awake our fears, 

And justice, armed with frowns, appears ; 
But in the Saviour's lovely face, 
Sweet mercy smiles and all is peace. 

3 Hence, then, ye black despairing thoughts; 
Above our fears, above our faults, 

His powerful intercessions rise, 
And guilt recedes, and terror dies. 

4 In every dark, distressful hour, 
When sin and Satan join their power, 
This hope repels each fiery dart, 
That Jesus bears us on His heart. 

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RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 

5 Great Advocate, almighty Friend, 
On Thee alone our hopes depend; 
Our cause can never, never fail, 
For Jesus pleads, and must prevail. 

137 L. M. Medley 

I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH. 

1 I KNOW that my Redeemer lives; 
"What comfort this sweet sentence gives! 
He lives, He lives, who once was dead, 
He lives, my ever-living head ! 

2 He lives triumphant from the grave, 
He lives eternally to save; 

He lives all glorious in the sky, 
He lives exalted there on high. 

3 He lives to bless me with His love, 
He lives to plead for me above: 
He lives my hungry soul to feed, 
He lives to help in time of need. 

4 He lives to grant me fresh supply, 
He lives to guide me with His eye; 
He lives to comfort me when faint, 
He lives to hear my soul's complaint. 

5 He lives to silence all my fears, 

He lives to stop and wipe my tears; 
He lives to calm my troubled heart, 
He lives all blessings to impart. 

6 He lives, my kind, wise, heavenly Friend, 
He lives and loves me to the end; 

He lives, and, while He lives, I'll sing, 
He lives, my Prophet, Priest, and King. 

7 He lives, and grants me daily breath, 
He lives, and I shall conquer death ; 

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THE EXALTATION OF CHRIST 

He lives my mansion to prepare, 
He lives to bring me safely there. 

8 He lives, all glory to His name! 
He lives, my Jesus, still the same; 
Oh! the sweet joy this sentence gives, 
I know that my Kedeemer lives! 



EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 
138 C. M. Pekkonet 

COEONATION OF CHKIST. 

1 ALL hail, the power of Jesus' name! 

Let angels prostrate fall; 
Bring forth the royal diadem, 
And crown Him, Lord of all. 

2 Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God, 

Who from His altar call; 
Extol the stem of Jesse's rod, 
And crown Him, Lord of all. 

3 Hail Him, ye heirs of David's line, 

Whom David, Lord did call; 

The God incarnate! Man Divine! 

And crown Him, Lord of all. 

4 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, 

Ye ransomed from the fall, 
Hail Him who saves you by His grace, 
And crown Him, Lord of all. 

5 Sinners whose love can ne'er forget 

The wormword and the gall, 
Go, spread your trophies at His feet, 
And crown Him, Lord of all. 

6 Let every kindred, every tribe, 

On this terrestrial ball, 
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To Him all majesty ascribe, 
And crown Him, Lord of all. 

7 Oli! that with yonder sacred throng, 
We at His feet may fall; 
We'll join the everlasting song, 
And crown Him, Lord of all. 

139 I- M. C. Wesley. 

HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN. 

1 OUR Lord is risen from the dead, 

Our Jesus is gone up on high: 
The powers of hell are captive led, 
Dragged to the portals of the sky. 

2 There His triumphal chariot waits, 

And angels chant the solemn lay ; 
"Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates! 
" Ye everlasting doors, give way !" 

3 Loose all your bars of massy light, 

And wide unfold the radiant scene: 
He claims those mansions as His right, 
Receive the King of glory in. 

4 "Who is the King of glory, who?" 

The Lord, that all His foes o'ercame, 
The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew ; 
And Jesus is the conqueror's name. 

5 Lo! His triumphant chariot waits, 

And angels chant the solemn lay, 

" Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates ! 

Ye everlasting doors, give way !" 

6 " Who is the King of glory, who ?" 

The Lord, of boundless power possessed, 

The King of saints and angels too, 

God over all, for ever blessed. 

862 



HIS ENTHRONEMENT. 
14-0 L - ^- Medley. 

FORERUNNER. 

1 FAR, far beyond these lower skies, 

Up to the glories all His own, 
"Where we by faith lift up our eyes, 
There Jesus, our Forerunner's gone. 

2 Amidst the shining host above, 

Where His blessed smile new pleasure gives, 
Where all is wonder, joy, and love; 
There Jesus, our Forerunner, lives. 

3 Before His heavenly Father's face, 

For every saint He intercedes; 
And with infallible success, 

There Jesus, our Forerunner, pleads. 

4 We shall, when we in heaven appear, 

His praises sing, His wonders tell ; 
And with our great Forerunner there, 
For ever and for ever dwell. 

141 L. M. Doddridge. 

THE GLORY OF CHRIST ENTHRONED. 

1 WITH transport, Lord, our souls proclaim 
Th' immortal honours of Thy name ; 
Although ascended to Thy throne, 

Thou still art present with Thine own. 

2 High on His Father's royal seat, 
Our Jesus shone divinely great; 

Ere Adam's clay with life was warmed, 
Or Gabriel's nobler spirit formed. 

3 Through all succeeding ages, He 

The same hath been, the same shall be; 
Immortal radiance gilds His head, 
While stars and suns wax old, and fade. 



EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 

4 The same His power, His flock to guard; 
The same His bounty to reward : 
The same His faithfulness and love, 
To saints on earth and saints above. 



5 Let nature change, and sink, and die; 
Jesus shall raise His chosen high; 
And fix them near His heavenly throne, 
In glory changeless as His own. 

142 H. M. C. Wesley. 

REJOICE, THE SAVIOUR REIGNS. 

1 EEJOICE, the Lord is King, 

Th' ascended King adore; 
Mortals, give thanks, and sing 

And triumph evermore! 
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice, 
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice. 

2 Rejoice, the Saviour reigns, 

The God of truth and love: 
"When He had purged our stains, 

He took His seat above: 
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice, 
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice. 

3 His kingdom cannot fail, 

He rules o'er earth and heaven; 
The keys of death and hell, 

Are to our Jesus given: 
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice, 
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice. 

4 Rejoice in glorious hope; 

Jesus the Judge shall come, 

And take His servants up 

To their eternal home: 

We soon shall hear the Archangel's voice, 

The trump of God shall sound, eejoice. 

364 



AT GOD'S RIGHT HAND. 

143 L - M- Doddridge. 

AT THE EIGHT HAND OF GOD. 

1 JESUS the Lord our souls adore, 
A painful sufferer now no more; 
At the right hand of God He reigns 
O'er earth, and heaven's extensive plains. 

2 His race for ever is complete; 
For ever undisturbed His seat; 
Myriads of angels round Him fly, 
And sing His well gained victory. 

3 Yet 'midst the honours of His throne, 
He joys not for Himself alone ; 

His meanest servants share their part, 
Share in that royal tender heart. 

4 Raise, raise, my soul, thy raptured sight 
With sacred wonder and delight; 
Jesus at God's right hand now see, 
Entered within the veil for thee. 

144 C. M. Kelly. 

THE CROSS AND CROWN. 

1 THE head that once was crowned with thorns, 

Is crowned with glory now ; 
A royal diadem adorns 
The mighty Victor's brow. 

2 The highest place that heaven affords, 

. Is His by sovereign right ; 
The King of kings, the Lord of lords, 
He reigns in glory bright. 

3 The joy of all who dwell above, 

The joy of all below, 
To whom He manifests His love, 
And grants His name to know ; 

365 



EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 

4 To them the cross, with all its shame, 

With all its grace, is given ; 

Their name an everlasting name. 

Their joy, the joy of heaven. 

5 They suffer with their Lord below, 

They reign with Him above; 
Their profit and their joy to know 
The mystery of His love. 

6 The cross He bore, is life and health, 

Though shame and death to Him; 
His people's hope, His people's wealth, 
Their everlasting theme. 

145 Ii- M. Doddridge. 

JESUS HATH THE E3:Y OF HEAVEN. 

1 WITH what delight I raise my eyes, 

And view the courts where Jesus dwells! 
Jesus, who reigns above the skies, 
And here below His grace reveals. 

2 Of God's own house the sacred key 

Is borne by that majestic hand: 
Mansions and treasures there I see 
Subjected all to His command. 

3 He shuts, and worlds might strive in vain 

The mighty obstacle to move; 
He looses all their bars again, 

And who shall shut the gates of love ! 

4 Fixed in omnipotence, He bears 

The glories of His Father's name: 
Sustains His people's weighty cares, 
Through every changing age the same. 

5 My little all I here suspend, 

Where the whole weight of heaven is hung; 
Secure I rest on such a friend, 

And into raptures wake my tongue. 

366 



IN GLORY. 

146 ^s. an( ^ ^ s * Bakewell. 

OUR CONQUERING KING. 

1 HAIL, Thou once despised Jesus, 

Hail, Thou bleeding, conquering King ; 
Thou didst suffer to release us; 

Thou didst free salvation bring! 
Hail, Thou agonizing Saviour, 

Thou didst bear our sin and shame, 
Through Thy merit we find favour; 

Life is given through Thy name. 

2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, 

All our sins on Thee were laid; 
By almighty love anointed, 

Thou hast full atonement made. 
All Thy people are forgiven, 

Through the virtue of Thy blood; 
Opened is the gate of heaven, 

Man is reconciled to God. 

3 Jesus, hail! enthroned in glory, 

There for ever to abide; 
All the heavenly hosts adore Thee, 

Seated at Thy Father's side: 
There for sinners Thou art pleading, 

There Thou dost our place prepare: 
Ever for us interceding, 

Till in glory we appear. 

147 L - M - Watts. 

LORD OF ANGELS. 

1 GREAT God, to what a glorious height 
Hast Thou advanced the Lord, Thy Son ! 
Angels, in all their robes of light, 
Are made the servants of His throne. 

367 



EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 

2 Before His feet, their armies wait, 

And swift as flames of fire they move, 
To manage His affairs of state, 
In works of vengeance or of love. 

3 Now they are sent to guide our feet, 

Up to the gates of Thine abode, 
Through all the dangers that we meet, 
In travelling o'er the heavenly road. 

4 Lord, when we leave this mortal ground, 

And Thou shalt bid us rise and come, 
Send Thy beloved angels down, 
Safe to conduct our spirits home. 

148 L. M. Watts. 

COMING TO JUDGE THE WORLD. 

1 NOW to the Lord, that made us know 

The wonders of His dying love, 
Be humble honours paid below, 
And strains of nobler praise above. 

2 'Twas He that cleansed our foulest sins, 

And washed us in His richest blood; 
'Tis He that makes us priests and kings, 
And brings us rebels near to God. 

3 To Jesus, our atoning Priest, 

To Jesus, our superior King, 
Be everlasting power confessed, 
And every tongue His glory sing. 

4 Behold! on flying clouds He comes, 

And every eye shall see His face; 
Though with our sins we pierced Him once, 
He now displays His pardoning grace. 

5 The unbelieving world shall wail, 

While we rejoice to see the day; 
Come, Lord! nor let Thy promise fail, 
Nor let Thy chariots long delay. 



COMING TO JUDGEMENT. 

14:9 ^s., 7s. and 4s. Olivers. 

SURELY I COME QUICKLY. 

1 LO! He comes, with clouds descending, 
Once for favoured sinners slain! 

Thousand thousand saints attending 
Swell the triumph of His train: 

Hallelujah ! 
Jesus now shall ever reign. 

2 Every eye shall now behold Him, 
Eobed in dreadful majesty: 

Those, who set at naught and sold Him, 
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, 

Deeply wailing, 
Shall the great Messiah see. 

3 Every island, sea, and mountain, 
Heaven and earth, shall flee away: 

All who hate Him must, confounded, 
Hear the trump proclaim the day ; 

Come to judgment ! 
Come to judgment ! come away ! 

4 Now redemption, long expected, 
See in solemn pomp appear! 

All His saints, by men rejected, 
Now shall meet Him in the air! 

Hallelujah ! 
See the day of God appear! 

5 Answer Thine own bride and Spirit: 
Hasten, Lord, and quickly come! 

The new heaven and earth t' inherit, 

Take Thy weeping exiles home: 
All creation 

Travails, groans, and bids Thee come! 
16* 369 



EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 

6 Yea ! amen ! let all adore Thee, 

High on Thine exalted throne! 
Saviour, take the power and glory: 

Claim the kingdoms for Thine own! 
Oh ! come quickly, 

Hallelujah! come, Lord, come! 

150 8s., 7s. and 4s. Olivers. 

THE JUDGMENT WELCOMED. 

1 LO! He cometh! countless trumpets 

Blow to raise the sleeping dead ; 
'Midst ten thousand saints and angels 
See their great exalted Head. 

Hallelujah, 
Welcome, welcome, Son of God! 

2 Now His merit, by the harpers, 

Through th' eternal deep resounds ; 
Now resplendent shine His nail-prints, 
Every eye shall see His wounds; 

They, who pierced Him, 
Shall at His appearance wail. 

3 Full of joyful expectation, 

Saints, behold the Judge appear! 
Truth and justice go before Him, 
Now the joyful sentence hear : 

Hallelujah, 
Welcome, welcome, Judge divine. 

4 " Come, ye blessed of My Father, 

Enter into life and joy ; 
Banish all your fears and sorrows, 
Endless praise be your employ ;" 

Hallelujah, 
Welcome, welcome to the skies. 

370 



HOLY SPIRIT. 

5 ISTow at once they rise to glory, 
Jesus brings them as their King, 
There, with all the hosts of heaven, 
They eternal anthems sing; 

Hallelujah, 
Boundless glory to the Lamb. 



THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

151 C. M. CoTTERILL. 

EFFUSION OF THE SPIRIT. 

1 LET songs of praises fill the sky! 

Christ, our ascended Lord, 
Sends down His Spirit from on high, 
According to His word. 

2 The Spirit, by His heavenly breath, 

New life creates within, 
He quickens sinners from their death 
Of trespasses and sin. 

3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes, 

And to our hearts reveals; 
Our bodies He His temple makes, 
And our redemption seals. 

4 Come, Holy Spirit, from above, 

With Thy celestial fire ; 
Come, and with flames of zeal and love, 
Our hearts and tongues inspire! 

371 



HOLY SPIRIT. 

152 C. M. Beddome. 

WORK OF THE SPIRIT. 

1 THE blessed Spirit, like the wind, 

Blows when and where He please; 
How happy are the men who feel 
The soul enlivening breeze. 

2 He forms the carnal mind afresh, 

Subdues the power of sin, 
Transforms the heart of stone to flesh, 
And plants His grace within. 

3 He sheds abroad the Father's love, 

Applies redeeming blood, 
Bids both our guilt and grief remove, 
And brings us near to God. 

4 Lord, fill each dead, benighted soul, 

With light, and life, and joy ; 
None can Thy mighty power control, 
Thy glorious work destroy. 

153 C. M. Haweis. 

PRATER FOR THE SPIRIT 

1 GREAT Spirit, through whose mighty power 

All creatures live and move, 
On us Thy benediction shower, 
Inspire our souls with love. 

2 Hail, Source of light, arise and shine. 

Darkness and doubt dispel; 
Give peace and joy, for we are Thine, 
In us for ever dwell. 

3 From death to life our spirits raise, 

Complete redemption bring; 

New tongues impart, to speak the praise 

Of Christ, our God and King. 

372 



HIS POWER. 

4 Thine inward witness bear, unknown 
To all the world beside; 
Exulting, then, we'll show and own 
Our Jesus glorified. 

154 L. M. Waits. 

POWER OF THE HOLT GHOST. 

1 ETERNAL Spirit! we confess 
And sing the wonders of Thy grace : 
Thy power conveys our blessings down 
From God the Father and the Son. 

2 Enlightened by Thine heavenly ray, 
Our shades and darkness turn to day ; 
We learn the meaning of Thy word, 
And find salvation in the Lord. 

3 Thy power and glory work within, 
And break the chains of reigning sin ; 
Our wild imperious lusts subdue, 
And form our wretched hearts anew. 

4 The troubled conscience knows Thy voice, 
Thy cheering words awake our joys ; 
Thy words allay the stormy wind, 
And calm the surges of the mind. 

155 k. M. Steele. 

INDWELLING OF THE HOLT GHOST. 

1 DEAR Lord, and shall Thy Spirit rest 

In such a wretched heart as mine? 
Unworthy dwelling! glorious Guest! 
Favour astonishing, divine! 

2 When sin prevails, and gloomy fear, 

And hope almost expires in night, 
Lord, can Thy Spirit then be here, 

Great spring of comfort, life and light? 

373 



HOLY SPIRIT, 

3 Sure the blessed Comforter is nigh ; 

'Tis He sustains my fainting heart; 
Else would my hopes for ever die, 
And every cheering ray depart. 

4 When some kind promise glads my soul 

Do I not find His healing voice 
The tempest of my fears control, 

And bid my drooping powers rejoice? 

5 "Whene'er to call the Saviour mine, 

With ardent wish my heart aspires; 
Can it be less than power divine, 
Which animates these strong desires? 

6 What less than Thine almighty word 

Can raise my heart from earth and dust; 
And bid me cleave to Thee, my Lord, 
My life, my treasure, and my trust ? 

7 And when my cheerful hope can say, 

"I love my God, and taste His grace;" 
Lord, is it not Thy blissful ray, 

Which brings this dawn of sacred peace? 

8 Let Thy kind Spirit in my heart 

For ever dwell, O God of love ; 
And light and heavenly peace impart, 
Sweet earnest of the joys above. 

156 S. M. C. Wesley. 

WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT. 

1 SPIRIT of faith, come down, 
Reveal the things of God, 

And make to us the Saviour known, 
And witness with the blood. 

2 'Tis Thine the blood t' apply, 
And give us each to see, 

That He who did for sinners ciie, 
Hath surely died for me. 

374 



OUR COMFORTER. 

3 No one can truly say, 
That Jesus is the Lord, 

Unless Thou take the veil away, 
And breathe the living word. 

4 Then, only then, we feel 
Our interest in His blood, 

And cry, with joy unspeakable, 
"Thou art my Lord, my God." 

157 L. P. M. C. Wesley. 

THE EARNEST OF THE SPIRIT. 

1 COME, Holy Ghost, all quickening fire, 

Come, and in me delight to rest; 
Grant the supplies that I require: 

Oh! come, and consecrate my breast: 
The temple of my soul prepare, 
And fix Thy sacred presence there. 

2 My peace, my life, my comfort Thou, 

My treasure and my all thou art; 
True witness of my sonship, now, 

Engraving Christ upon my heart, 
Seal of my sins in Him forgiven, 
Earnest of love, and pledge of heaven, 

3 My Comforter, mark out Thine heir, 

Of heaven a larger earnest give; 
With clearer light Thy witness bear, 

More actively within me live; 
Let all my powers Thy presence feel, 
And deeper stamp Thyself the seal. 

158 8, n. irr. Toplady. 

THE HOLY SPIRIT INVOKED. 

1 HOLY GHOST, dispel our sadness, 
Pierce the clouds of sinful night; 
Come, Thou Source of sweetest gladness, 
Breathe Thy life and spread Thv light; 

375 



HOLY SPIRIT. 

Loving Spirit, God of peace, 
Great Distributer of grace, 

Rest upon this congregation ! 

Hear, Oh! hear our supplication. 

2 From that height which knows no measure, 

As a gracious shower, descend; 
Bringing down the richest treasure 
Man can wish, or God can send. 

thou Glory shining down 
From the Father and the Son, 

Grant us Thy illumination! 
Rest on all this congregation. 

3 Come, Thou best of all donations, 

God can give, or we implore; 
Having Thy sweet consolations, 

We need wish for nothing more: 
Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
Now descending from above, 

Rest on all this congregation! 

Make our hearts Thy habitation. 

159 C. M. Campbell's Coll. 

GRIEVING THE SPIRIT. 

1 THE God of grace will never leave, 

Or cast away His own; 
And yet when we His Spirit grieve, 
His comforts are withdrawn. 

2 If noisy war or strife abound, 

"We grieve the peaceful Dove; 
His gracious influence is found 
In paths of truth and love. 

3 Should we indulge one secret sin, 

Or disregard His laws, 

His succours and support within, 

The Spirit vexed withdraws. 

376 



INVOKED. 

4 To sin, Oh! leave us not a prey, 
Nor yet to Satan's hand; 
But guide us, in the heavenly way, 
To our Immanuel's land. 

160 !*• K Btjkdee. 

THE SPIRIT SOUGHT. 

1 COME, Holy Spirit, calm my mind, 

And fit me to approach my God; 
Eemove each vain and worldly thought, 
And lead me to Thy blessed abode. 

2 Hast Thou imparted to my soul 

A living spark of holy fire? 
Oh! kindle now the sacred flame; 
And make me burn with pure desire. 

3 A brighter faith and hope impart, 

And let me now my Saviour see; 
Oh ! soothe and cheer my burdened heart, 
And bid my spirit rest in Thee. 

161 7 s - Stocehr. 

INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT. 

1 GKACIOTTS Spirit, Dove divine, 

Let Thy light within me shine; 
Let my guilty fears remove, 

Fill me with Thy heavenly love. 

2 Speak Thy pardoning grace to me; 

Set the burdened sinner free; 
Lead me to the Lamb of God, 
Wash me in His precious blood. 

3 Life and peace to me impart, 

Seal salvation on my heart; 

Breathe Thyself into my breast, 

Earnest of immortal rest. 

377 



HOLY SPIRIT. 

4: Let me never from Thee stray, 
Keep me in the narrow way; 
Fill my soul with joy divine, 
Keep me, Lord, for ever Thine. 

1Q2 7s. Reed. 

AN INVOCATION. 

1 HOLY GHOST, with light divine, 
Shine upon this heart of mine; 
Chase the shades of night away, 
Turn my darkness into day. 

2 Holy Ghost, with power divine, 
Cleanse this guilty heart of mine; 
Long hath sin, without control, 
Held dominion o'er my soul. 

3 Holy Ghost, with joy divine, 
Cheer this saddened heart of mine ; 
Bid my many woes depart, 

Heal my wounded, bleeding heart. 

4 Holy Spirit, all divine, 

Dwell within this heart of mine; 
Cast down every idol throne, 
Reign supreme, and reign alone. 

163 C. M. COTTERILL. 

THE SPIRIT ACKNOWLEDGED AND DESHtED. 

1 ETERNAL Spirit, God of truth, 

Our contrite hearts inspire; 
Kindle a flame of heavenly love, 
And feed the pure desire. 

2 'Tis Thine to soothe the sorrowing mind, 

With guilt and fear oppressed ; 
'T is Thine to bid the dying live, 
And give the weary rest. 

3 Subdue the power of every sin, 

Whate'er that sin may be; 

378 



THE GIFT OF GOD. 

That we, in singleness of heart, 
May worship only Thee. 

4 Then with our spirits witness bear, 
That we're the sons of God; 
Redeemed from sin, and death, and hell, 
Through Christ's atoning blood. 

1(34 Q»i M- Doddridge. 

THE CHOICEST GIFT. 

1 GEEAT Father of each perfect gift, 

Behold Thy servants wait; 
With longing eyes, and lifted hands, 
We flock around Thy gate. 

2 Oh! shed abroad that choicest gift, 

Thy Spirit from above, 
To cheer our eyes with sacred light, 
And fire our hearts with love. 

3 Blessed earnest of eternal joy, 

Declare our sins forgiven: 
And bear with energy divine, 
Our raptured thoughts to heaven. 

4 Diffuse, O God, Thy copious showers, 

That earth its fruit may yield, 
And change the barren wilderness 
To Carmel's flowery field. 

165 8s. and 7s. C. Wesley. 

BREATHING AFTER HOLINESS. 

1 LOVE divine, all love excelling! 

Joy of heaven, to earth come down ! 
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling: 

All Thy faithful mercies crown. 
Jesus, Thou art all compassion ! 

Pure, unbounded love, Thou art! 
Yisit us with Thy salvation, 

Enter every trembling heart. 



HOLY SPIEIT. 

2 Breathe, Oh ! breathe, Thy loving Spirit 

Into every troubled breast! 
Let us all in Thee inherit, 

Let us find Thy promised rest. 
Take away the love of sinning, 

Alpha and Omega be; 
End of faith, as its beginning, 

Set our hearts at liberty. 

3 Come, almighty to deliver, 

Let us all Thy life receive! 
Suddenly return, and never, 

Never more Thy temples leave! 
Thee we would be always blessing, 

Serve Thee as Thy hosts above; 
Pray, and praise Thee without ceasing, 

Glory in Thy precious love. 

4 Finish, then, Thy new creation; 

Pure, unspotted, may we be; 
Let us see our whole salvation, 

Perfectly secured by Thee: 
Changed from glory unto glory, 

Till in heaven we take our place; 
Till we cast our crowns before Thee, 

Lost in wonder, love and praise! 

IQQ C. M. Watts. 

BREATHING AFTER THE HOLY SPIRIT. 

1 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 

With all Thy quickening powers, 
Eindle a flame of sacred love 
In these cold hearts of ours. 

2 Look, how we grovel here below, 

Fond of these trifling toys: 
Our souls can neither fly nor go, 
To reach eternal joys. 

380 



POURED OUT. 

3 In vain we tune our formal songs, 

In vain we strive to rise, 
Hosannas languish on our tongues, 
And our devotion dies. 

4 Dear Lord ! and shall we ever live 

At this poor, dying rate? 
Our love so faint, so cold to Thee, 
And Thine to us so great? 

5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 

With all Thy quickening powers, 
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, 
And that shall kindle ours. 

167 C. P. M. Hart. 

THE OUT-POURING OF THE SPIRIT. 

1 WHEN the blessed day of Pentecost 
Was fully come, the Holy Ghost 

Descended from above; 
Sent by the Father and the Son: 
The Sender and the Sent are one, 

The Lord of life and love. 

2 But were the first disciples blessed 
With heavenly gifts? And shall the rest 

Be passed unheeded by? 
What! Has the Holy Ghost forgot 
To quicken souls, that Christ has bought, 

And let them lifeless lie? 

3 No, Thou almighty Paraclete! 

Thou shedd'st Thy heavenly influence yet ; 

Thou visit'st sinners still; 
Thy breath of life, Thy quickening flame, 
Thy power, Thy Godhead, still the same, 

We own, because we feel. 

381 



DECREES OF GOD. 



THE DECREES OF GOD. 
168 c - M - Watts. 

SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD. 

1 KEEP silence, all created things, 

And wait your Maker's nod: 
My sonl stands trembling while she sings 
The honours of her God. 

2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, 

Hang on His firm decree; 
He sits on no precarious throne,. 
Nor borrows leave, to be. 

3 Chained to His throne a volume lies, 

With all the fates of men ; 
With every angel's form and size, 
Drawn by th' eternal pen. 

4 His providence unfolds the book, 

And makes His counsels shine; 
Each opening leaf, and every stroke, 
Fulfils some deep design. 

5 Here, He exalts neglected worms, 

To sceptres and a crown ; 
And there, the following page He turns, 
And treads the monarch down. 

6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why, 

Nor God the reason gives; 
Nor dares the favorite angel pry 
Between the folded leaves. 

7 My God, I would not long to see 

My fate, with curious eyes; 

2S2 



DISTINGUISHING GRACE. 

What gloomy lines are writ for me, 
Or what bright scenes may rise. 

8 In Thy fair book of life and grace, 
Oh! may I find my name, 
Recorded in some humble place, 
Beneath my Lord, the Lamb. 

169 lls - anc * 8s - Kennedy. 

DISTINGUISHING GRACE. 

1 IN" songs of sublime adoration and praise, 

Ye pilgrims, for Zion who press, 
Break forth and extol the great Ancient of days, 
His rich and distinguishing grace. 

2 His love from eternity fixed upon you, 

Broke forth and discovered its flame, 
When each with the cords of His kindness He drew, 
And brought you to love His great name. 

3 Oh ! had not He pitied the state you were in, 

Your bosoms His love had ne'er felt : 
You all would have lived, would have died too in 
sin, 
And sunk with the load of your guilt. 

4 What was there in you that could merit esteem, 

Or give the Creator delight? 
'T was " Even so, Father," you ever must sing, 
" Because it seemed good in Thy sight." 

5 Then give all the glory to His holy name, 

To Him all the glory belongs ; 
Be yours the high joy still to sound forth His fame, 
And crown Him in each of your songs. 



383 



DECREES OF GOD. 
170 . L. M. Watts. 

ELECTION SOVEREIGN AND FREE. 

1 BEHOLD! the potter moulds the clay, 

His vessel forms, himself to please: 
Such is our God, and such are we, 
The subjects of His just decrees. 

2 Doth not the workman's power extend 

O'er all the mass; which part to choose, 
And mould it for a nobler end; 
And which to leave for viler use? 

3 May not the sovereign Lord on high, 

Dispense His favours as He will; 
Choose some to life, while others die: 
And yet be just and glorious still? 

4 "What, if to make His terror known, 

He lets His patience long endure, 
Suffering vile rebels to go on, 

And seal their own destruction sure? 

£ What, if He mean to show His grace, 
And His electing love employ 
To mark out some of mortal race, 
And form them fit for heavenly joy? 

6 Shall man reply against the Lord, 

And call his Maker's ways unjust; 
The thunder of whose dreadful word 
Can crush a thousand worlds to dust? 

7 But Oh ! my soul, if truth so bright 

Should dazzle and confound thy sight ; 
Yet still His written will obey, 
And wait the great decisive day. 

8 Then shall He make His justice known: 

And the whole world, before His throne, 

With joy, or terror, shall confess 

The glory of His righteousness. 

384 



THE ELECT SAFE. 
171 L. M. Watts. 

THE SAFETY OF THE ELECT. 

1 WHO shall the Lord's elect condemn? 

'Tis God that justifies their souls; 
And mercy, like a mighty stream, 
O'er all their sins divinely rolls. 

2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell? 

'Tis Christ that suffered in their stead, 
And the salvation to fulfil, 

Behold Him rising from the dead. 

3 He lives! He lives! and sits above 

For ever interceding there: 
Who shall divide us from His love, 
Or what should tempt us to despair? 

4 Shall persecution or distress, 

Famine, or sword, or nakedness? 
He, that hath loved us, bears us through, 
And make us more than conquerors too. 

5 Faith hath an overcoming power, 

It triumphs in the dying hour: 
Christ is our life, our joy, our hope; 
Nor can we sink with such a prop. 

6 Not all that men on earth can do, 

Nor powers on high, nor powers below, 
Shall cause His mercy to remove, 

Nor wean our hearts from Christ our love. 

172 C. M. Toplady. 

ELECTED TO HOLINESS. 

1 HOW vast the benefits divine, 
Which we in Christ possess! 
We're saved from guilt and every sin, 

And called to holiness. 
IT 385 



DECREES OF GOD. 

2 'Tis not for works which we have done, 

Or shall hereafter do; 
But He, of His electing love, 
Salvation doth bestow. 

3 The glory, Lord, from first to last, 

Is due to Thee alone; 
Anght to ourselves we dare not take, 
Or rob Thee of Thy crown. 

4 Our glorious Surety undertook 

Redemption's wondrous plan ; 
And grace was given us in Him, 
Before the world began. 

5 Safe in the arms of sovereign love 

We ever shall remain; 
£Tor shall the rage of earth or hell 
Make Thy dear counsels vain. 

6 Not one of all the chosen race 

But shall to heaven attain, 
Partake on earth the purposed grace, 
And then with Jesus reign. 



CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 
173 G- ^- Steele. 

CREATION. 

1 LORD, when our raptured thought surveys 

Creation's beauties o'er, 
All nature joins to teach Thy praise, 
And bids our souls adore. 

2 Where'er we turn our gazing eyes, 

Thy radiant footsteps shine; 

386 



CREATION OF MAN. 

Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise. 
And speak their source divine. 

3 The living tribes of countless forms, 

In earth, and sea, and air, 
The meanest flies, the smallest worms, 
Almighty power declare. 

4 Thy wisdom, power, and goodness, Lord, 

In all Thy works appear: 
And Oh ! let man Thy praise record, 
Man, Thy distinguished care. 

5 From Thee the breath of life he drew ; 

That breath Thy power maintains: 
Thy tender mercy, ever new, 
His brittle frame sustains. 

6 Yet nobler favours claim his praise, 

Of reason's light possessed ; 
By revelation's brightest rays, 
Still more divinely blessed. 

174 k. M. Watts : Newton. 

PRIMITIVE STATE OF MAN. 

1 ADAM in Paradise was placed, 

Our natural and our federal head; 
"With holiness and wisdom graced, 
In His Creator's image made. 

2 Blessed with the joys of innocence, 

Upright and happy, firm he stood; 
Till he debased himself to sense, 
And ate of the forbidden food. 

3 His soul, at first a holy flame, 

Was kindled by his Maker's breath; 
But stung by sin, it soon became 

The seat of darkness, strife, and, death. 

387 



PROVIDENCE. 
175 c - ^- Steele. 

THE BLESSINGS OF PROVIDENCE. 

1 ALMIGHTY Father, gracious Lord, 

Kind Guardian of my days. 
Thy mercies let my heart record, 
In songs of grateful praise. 

2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame 

Was Thy indulgent care; 
Long ere I could pronounce Thy name, 
Or breathe the infant prayer. 

3 Around my path what dangers rose! 

What snares spread all my road! 
Ifo power could guard me from my foes, 
But my preserver, God. 

4 How many blessings round me shone, 

Where'er 1 turned mine eye! 
How many past, almost unknown, 
Or unregarded, by! 

5 Each rolling year new favours brought 

From Thy exhaustless store; 
But ah! in vain my labouring thought 
Would count Thy mercies o'er. 

6 While sweet reflection, through my days 

Thy bounteous hand would trace; 
Still dearer blessings claim my praise, 
The blessings of Thy grace. 

7 Yes, I adore Thee, gracious Lord, 

For favours more divine; 
That I have known Thy sacred word, 
Where all Thy glories shine. 

8 Lord, when this mortal frame decays, 

And every weakness dies, 
Complete the wonders of Thy grace, 
And raise me to the skies. 

388 



PARTICULAR. 

9 Then shall my joyful powers unite 
In more exalted lays; 
And join the happy sons of light, 
In everlasting praise. 

176 L. M. Etland. 

MY TIMES ARE IN THY HAND. 

1 EESISTLESS Sovereign of the skies, 
Immensely great! immensely wise! 
My times are all within Thy hand; 
And all events at Thy command. 

2 My times of sickness and of health, 
My times of penury and wealth, 
My times of trial and of grief, 

My times of triumph and relief. 

3 Sad times, the tempter's power to prove, 
Blessed times, to taste a Saviour's love, 
Must all begin, and last, and end, 

As best shall please my God and Friend. 

4 Though plagues and deaths around me fly, 
Till He commands, I cannot die: 

No; not a single shaft can hit, 

Till God, who guards my life, sees fit. 

5 Oh! Thou, tremendous, wise and just! 
In Thy kind hands my life I trust; 
Yea, had I somewhat dearer still, 

It should be Thine, and at Thy will. 

May I, at all times, own Thy hand, 
And still to Thee surrendered stand ; 
Convinced that Thou art God alone, 
May I and mine be all Thy own. 

7 Thee, Lord, at all times will I bless, 
For, having Thee, I all possess; 
Nor can I e'er bereaved be, 
Since Thou wilt never part with me. 



PROVIDENCE. 

177 c - 3& Cowper. 

THE MYSTERIES OF PROVIDENCE. 

1 GOD moves in a mysterious way, 

His wonders to perform; 
He plants His footsteps in the sea, 
And rides upon the storm. 

2 Deep in unfathomable mines 

Of never failing skill, 
He treasures up His bright designs, 
And works His sovereign will. 

3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, 

The clouds, ye so much dread, 
Are big with mercy, and shall break 
In blessings on your head. 

4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense; 

But trust Him for His grace: 
Behind a frowning Providence, 
He hides a smiling face. 

5 His purposes will ripen fast, 

Unfolding every hour ; 
The bud may have a bitter taste, 
But sweet will be the flower. 

6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, 

And scan His work in vain; 
God is His own interpreter, 
And He will make it plain. 

178 -k* ^t Beddome. 

WISDOM OF PROVIDENCE. 

1 WAIT, O my soul, thy Maker's will! 

Tumultuous passions, all be still! 

Nor let a murmuring thought arise; 

His providence and ways are wise. 

390 



CERTAIN. 

2 He in the thickest darkness dwells, 
Performs His work, the cause conceals; 
But though His methods are unknown, 
Judgment and truth support His throne. 

3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas, 
He executes His firm decrees; 

And by His saints it stands confessed 
That what He does is ever best. 

4 Wait then, my soul, submissive wait, 
Prostrate before His awful seat; 
And 'midst the terrors of His rod, 
Trust in a wise and gracious God. 



1*79 10 s - an d Us- Newton. 

THE LORD WILL PROVIDE. 

1 THOUGH troubles assail, and dangers affright ; 
Though friends should all fail, and foes all unite: 
Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide; 
The scripture assures us, the Lord will provide. 

2 The birds, without barn or store house, are fed; 
From them let us learn to trust for our bread: 
His saints what is fitting shall ne'er be denied; 
So long as 'tis written, the Lord will provide. 

3 We may, like the ships, by tempests be tossed 
On perilous deeps, but cannot be lost; 
Though Satan enrages the wind and the tide, 
The promise engages, the Lord will provide. 



391 



PROVIDENCE. 

4 His call we obey, like Abra'm of old, 

Not knowing our way, but faith makes us bold; 
For, though we be strangers, we have a good guide, 
And trust in all dangers, the Lord will provide. 

5 When Satan appears to stop up our path, 
And fill us with fears, we triumph by faith ; 

He cannot take from us, though oft he has tried, 
This heart qheering promise, the Lord will provide. 

6 He tells us we're weak, our hope is in vain; 
The good, that we seek, we ne'er shall obtain; 
But when such suggestions our spirits have plied, 
This answers all questions, the Lord will provide. 

7 No strength of our own, or goodness, we claim; 
Yet, since we have known the Saviour's great name, 
In this our strong tower for safety we hide: 
The Lord is our power, the Lord will provide. 

8 "When life sinks apace, and death is in view, 
This work of His grace shall comfort us through : 
No fearing or doubting, with Christ on our side ! 
We hope to die shouting, the Lord will provide. 

280 ^' -M-" HOSKINS. 

IT IS WELL. 

1 IT shall be well, let sinners know, 
With those who love the Lord ; 
His saints have always found it so, 
When resting on His word. 



392 



COMFORTING. 

2 Peace, then, ye chastened sons of God, 

Why let your sorrows swell ! 
Wisdom directs onr Father's rod, 
His word says, It is well. 

3 Though you may trials sharp endure, 

From sin, or death, or hell; 
Your heavenly Father's love is sure, 
And, therefore, it is well. 

4 Soon will your sorrows all be o'er, 

And you shall sweetly tell, 
On Canaan's calm and pleasant shore, 
That all at last is well. 

181 C. M. Watts. 

GOD OUR PRESERVER. 

1 LET others boast how strong they be, 

"Nor death nor danger fear; 
While we confess, O Lord ! to Thee, 
What feeble things we are. 

2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand, 
• And flourish bright and gay; 

A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land, 
And fades the grass away. 

3 Our life contains a thousand springs, 

And dies if one be gone; 
Strange! that a harp of thousand strings 
Should keep in tune so long. 

4 But 'tis our God supports our frame, 

The God, that formed us first; 
Salvation to th' almighty Name 
That reared us from the dust. 

17* 393 



PROVIDENCE. 

5 While we have breath, or life, or tongues, 
Our Maker we '11 adore : 
His Spirit moves our heaving lungs, 
Or they would breathe no more. 

182 L. M. Collect. 

DIVINE GUIDANCE. 

1 THROUGH all the various shifting scene 

Of life's mistaken ill or good; 
Thy hand, O God, conducts unseen 
The beautiful vicissitude. 

2 Thou givest with paternal care, 

Howe'er unjustly we complain, 
To each their necessary share, 

Of joy and sorrow, health and pain. 

3 Trust we to youth, or friends, or power, 

Fix we on this terrestrial ball? 
When most secure, the coming hour, 
If Thou see fit, may blast them all. 

4 When lowest sunk with grief and shame, 

Filled with affliction's bitter cup; 
Lost to relations, friends and fame, 
Thy powerful hand can raise us up. 

5 Thy powerful consolations cheer; 

Thy smiles suppress the deep fetched sigh; 
Thy hand can dry the trickling tear, 
That secret wets the orphan's eye. 

6 Thus far sustained, and clothed and fed, 

Through life's tumultuous scenes we've come; 
Give us this day our daily bread, 
And lead, and bring us safely home. 

394 



OUR RELIANCE. 
J83 L. M. E. Scott. 

RELIANCE ON GOD. 

1 BENEATH a numerous train of ills, 

Our feeble flesh and heart may fail ; 
Yet shall our hope in Thee, our God, 
O'er every gloomy fear prevail. 

2 Parent and Husband, Guard and Guide r 

Thou art each tender name in one; 
On Thee we cast our heavy cares, 
And comfort seek from Thee alone. 

3 Our Father, God, to Thee we look; 

Our Eock, our Portion, and our Friend; 
Ajid on Thy covenant love and truth, 
Our sinking souls shall still depend. 



MAN'S RUIN. 
184 C. M. Watts. 

INABILITY OF SINNERS. 

1 SIN, like a venomous disease, 

Infects our vital blood; 
The only help is sovereign grace, 
The sole physician, God. 

2 Our beauty and our strength are fled, 

And we draw near to death; 
But Christ, the Lord, recalls the dead, 
With His almighty breath. 

395 



MAN'S RUIN. 

3 Madness, by nature, reigns within; 

The passions burn and rage; 
Till God's own Son, with skill divine, 
The inward fire assuage. 

4 We lick the dust, we grasp the wind, 

And solid good despise ; 
Such is the folly of the mind, 
Till Jesus makes us wise. 

5 We give our souls the wounds they feel, 

We drink the poisonous gall 
And rush with fury down to hell; 
But grace prevents the fall. 

6 The man, possessed among the tombs, 

Cuts his own flesh, and cries; 
He foams and raves, till Jesus comes: 
Then the foul spirit flies. 

185 C. M. Watts. 

ORIGINAL SIN - . 

1 NOW back with humble shame we look 

On our original ; 
How is our nature dashed and broke 
In our first father's fall! 

2 To all that's good, averse and blind, 

But prone to all that 's ill ; 
What dreadful darkness veils our mind! 
How obstinate our will ! 

3 Conceived in sin, O wretched state! 

Before we draw our breath, 
The first young pulse begins to beat 
Depravity and death. 

396 



ALARMING. 

4 Wild and unwholesome as the root, 

Will all the branches be; 
How can we hope for living fruit 
From such a deadly tree? 

5 What mortal power from things unclean 

Can pure productions bring? 
Who can command a vital stream 
From an infected spring? 

6 Yet, mighty God, Thy wondrous love 

Can make our nature clean; 
While Christ and grace prevail above 
The tempter, death, and sin. 

7 The second Adam can restore 

The ruins of the first; 
Hosanna to that sovereign power, 
That new creates our dust! 



18 Q Ts. and 6s. Newton. 

THE ALARM. 

1 STOP, poor sinners, stop and think 

Before you further go; 
Will you sport upon the brink 

Of everlasting woe? 
On the verge of ruin stop, 

Now the friendly warning take, 
Stay your footsteps, ere you drop 

Into the burning lake. 

2 Say, have you an arm like God, 

That you His will oppose? 
Fear ye not that iron rod 

With which He breaks His foes? 

397 



MAN'S RUIN. 

Can you stand in that dread day, 
Which His justice shall proclaim, 

When the earth shall melt away 
Like wax before the name? 

3 Ghastly death will quickly come, 

And drag you to His bar ; 
Then to hear your awful doom 

Will fill you with despair! 
All your sins will round you crowd; 

You shall mark their crimson dye; 
Each for vengeance crying loud, 

And what can you reply? 

4 Though your heart were made of steel, 

Your forehead lined with brass; 
God at length will make you feel, 

He will not let you pass; 
Sinners then in vain will call, 

Those who now despise His grace, 
" Rocks and mountains on us fall, 

And hide us from His face." 

187 C. M. Dobell. 

THE BROAD ROAD AND THE NARROW WAT. 

1 SINGERS, behold that downward road 

Which leads to endless woe; 
What multitudes of thoughtless souls, 
The road to ruin go! 

2 But yonder see that narrow way, 

Which leads to endless bliss; 
There see a happy, chosen few, 
Redeemed by sovereign grace. 

3 They from destruction's city came, 

To Zion upward tend: 

398 



ALARMING. 

The Bible is their precious guide, 
And God Himself their friend. 

4 Lord, I would now a pilgrim be, 
Guide Thou my feet aright; 
I would not for ten thousand worlds 
Be banished from Thy sight. 

188 7s. Newton. 

SINNERS EXHORTED IN VIEW OF JUDGMENT. 

1 SHWEK, art thou still secure? 

"Wilt thou still refuse to pray? 
Can thy heart or hands endure 
In the Lord's avenging day? 

2 See, His mighty arm is bared! 

Awful terrors clothe His brow ! 
For His judgment stand prepared ; 
Thou must either break or bow. 

3 At His presence nature shakes, 

Earth affrighted hastes to flee ; 
Solid mountains melt like wax, 
What will then become of Thee ! 

4 Who His advent may abide? 

You that glory in your shame, 
Will you find a place to hide, 

When the world is wrapped in flame? 

5 Lord, prepare us by Thy grace! 

Soon we must resign our breath, 
And our souls be called to pass 
Through the iron gate of death. 

6 Let us now our day improve, 

Listen to the gospel voice; 
Seek the things that are above; 
Scorn the world's pretended joys. 

399 



MAN'S RUIN. 
189 H. M. Lee. 

DEATH CLOSES THE DAY OE GRACE. 

1 WHEN frowning death appears, 
And points his fatal dart, 
What dark foreboding fears 
Distract the sinner's heart! 



The dreadful blow 
No arm can stay, 



But, torn away, 
He sinks to woe. 



2 Now every hope denied, 

Bereft of every good, 
He must the wrath abide 
Of an avenging God; 
No mercy there Nor wipe the tear 

Will greet his ear, Of black despair. 

3 Sinners, awake, attend, 

And flee the wrath to come; 
Make Christ, the Judge, your friend, 
And heaven shall be your home. 



His mercy nigh 



That leads from death 



Now points the path To joys on high. 
190 Q. ^- Doddridge. 

EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE. 

1 EEPENT, the voice celestial cries, 

Nor longer dare delay; 
The wretch that scorns the mandate dies, 
And meets a fiery day. 

2 No more the sovereign eye of God 

O'erlooks the crimes of men ; 
His heralds are despatched abroad, 
To warn the world of sin. 

400 



SINNERS WARNED. 

3 Together in His presence bow, 

And all your guilt confess ; 
Accept the offered Saviour now, 
Nor trine with His grace. 

4 Bow, ere the awful trumpet sound, 

And call you to His bar: 
For mercy knows th' appointed bound, 
And turns to vengeance there. 

5 Amazing love, that yet will call, 

And yet prolong our days! 
Our hearts, subdued by goodness, fall, 
And weep, and love, and praise. 

191 C. M. Doddridge. 

WARNING AGAINST THE ABUSE OF DIVINE GOODNESS. 

1 IIN"GKATEFUL sinners, whence this scorn 

Of God's long suffering grace? 
And whence this madness, that insults 
Th' Almighty to His face? 

2 Is it because His patience waits, 

And pitying bowels move, 
You multiply transgressions more, 
And scorn His offered love? 

3 Dost thou not know, self blinded man, 

His goodness is designed 
To wake repentance in thy soul, 
And melt thy hardened mind? 

4 And wilt thou rather choose to meet 

Th' Almighty as thy foe; 
And treasure up His wrath in store 
Against the day of woe? 

401 



MAN'S RUIN. 

5 Soon shall that fatal day approach, 

That must thy sentence seal, 
And righteous judgments, now unknown, 
In awful pomp reveal. 

6 While they, who, full of holy deeds, 

To glory seek to rise, 
Continuing patient to the end, 
Shall gain th' immortal prize. 

192 Vs. T. Scott. 

TO-DAY THE SEASON OF MERCY. 

1 HASTEN, sinner, to be wise; 

Stay not for the morrow's sun: 
Wisdom, if you still despise, 
Harder is it to be won. 

2 Hasten, mercy to implore; 

Stay not for the morrow's sun; 
Lest thy season should be o'er, 
Ere this evening's stage be run. 

3 Hasten, sinner, to return; 

Stay not for the morrow's sun: 
Lest thy lamp should cease to burn, 
Ere salvation's work is done. 

4 Hasten, sinner, to be blessed 

Stay not for the morrow's sun: 
Lest perdition thee arrest, 
Ere the morrow is begun. 



402 



SINNERS WARNED. 
193 S. M. Newton. 

FALSE REFUGES EXPOSED. 

1 DESTRUCTION'S dangerous road, 
What multitudes pursue! 

While that, which leads the soul to God, 
Is known or sought by few. 

2 Believers enter in 

By Christ, the living door; 
But they, who will not leave their sin, 
Must perish evermore. 

3 If self must be denied, 
And sin forsaken quite; 

They rather choose the way that's wide, 
And strive to think it right. 

4 Encompassed by a throng, 
On numbers they depend; 

They think so many can't be wrong, 
And miss a happy end. 

5 But numbers are no mark 
That men will right be found; 

A few were saved in Noah's ark, 
For many millions drowned. 

6 Obey the gospel call, 
And enter while you may; 

The flock of Christ remains still small, 
And none are safe, but they. 

7 Lord, open sinners' eyes, 
Their awful state to see; 

And make them, ere the storm arise, 
To Thee for safety flee. 

403 



MAN'S RUIN. 

194 C. M WlLKS. 
BOAST NOT OF TO-MORROW. 

1 "WHY should we boast of time to come, 

Though but a single day? 
This hour may fix our final doom, 
Though strong, and young, and gay. 

2 The present we should now redeem; 

This only is our own; 
The past, alas! is all a dream, 
The future is unknown. 

3 Oh! think, what vast concerns depend 

Upon a moment's space ; 
When life and all its cares shall end 
In vengeance or in grace. 

4 Oh ! for that power which melts the heart, 

And mounts the soul on high, 
Where sin, and grief, and death depart, 
And pleasures never die. 

5 There we with ecstacy shall fall 

Before Immanuel's feet; 
And hail Him as our All in all, 
In happiness complete. 

195 H. M. 

CALL TO THE TOTJKO. 

1 UP, for thy life, young soul! 
Foes gather round thee fast ; 
Up, for the swift hours roll 
Thy favoured season past. 
Now thou art strong, Decay, ere long, 

Gird for the fight, Shall waste thy might, 

404 



CALL TO THE YOUNG. 

2 Christ and His ransomed band, 
Towards heaven thy soul allure; 
Glorious at His right hand, 
While joys on high endure. 



There rest complete: 
Thrice welcome they, 



Whose early feet 
His call obey. 



3 Mark, now, from realms above, 
The Spirit o'er thee bends: 
Gift of the Saviour's love, 
Him, God the Father sends: 



He leads secure; 

His sword and shield 



Make victory sure, 
Make Satan yield. 



4 God and His saints invite; 

Hell warns with dreadful voice; 
Life, death, all things unite 
To press thy timely choice. 



List to that call! 
On Jesus' side, 



Trust now thine all, 
In Him abide. 



196 S. M. DODDEIDGE. 

LIFE A VAPOUK. 

1 TO-MOEEOW, Lord, is Thine, 
Lodged in Thy sovereign hand; 

And if its sun arise and shine, 
It shines by Thy command. 

2 The present moment flies, 
And bears our life away; 

Oh! make Thy servants truly wise, 
That they may live to-day! 

3 Since on this winged hour 
Eternity is hung, 

Awake by Thine almighty power, 
The aged and the young. 

405 



MAN'S RUIN. 

4 " One thing" demands our care, 

Oh! be it still pursued, 
Lest, slighted once, the season fair 

Should never be renewed. 

197 L- % 

WHY WILL YE DIE ? 

1 "WHY, thoughtless sinner, wilt thou die? 

Why yield to Satan's fatal charm? 
Why wilt thou yet believe the lie, 
That sin can do thy soul no harm? 

2 God has pronounced the sinner's doom; 

In ruin soon his course must end : 
Wilt thou in sin on peace presume, 
Or on vain confidence depend? 

3 Hast thou an arm like God most high, 

In equal war with Him to meet? 
Canst thou His thunderbolts defy, 

Or quench His flames beneath thy feet? 

4 Peace is proclaimed ! Oh ! bless the sound 

Of pardon, bought with love divine; 
God has Himself the ransom found, 
Which could atone for sins like thine. 

198 L. M. DODDEIDGE. 

ONE THTNO NEEDFUL. 

1 WHY will ye waste on trifling cares, 
That life which God's compassion spares, 
While, in the various range of thought, 
The one thing needful is forgot? 

2 Shall God invite you from above? 
Shall Jesus urge His dying love? 

Shall troubled conscience give you pain? 

And all these pleas unite in vain? 

406 



WATCH AND PRAY. 

3 Not so your eyes will always view 
Those objects which you now pursue; 
Not so will heaveu and hell appear, 
When death's decisive hour is near. 

4 Almighty God, Thy grace impart, 
Fix deep conviction on each heart; 
Nor let us waste, on trifling cares, 
That life which Thy compassion spares. 

199 8s. and 6s. Hastings. 

GO, WATCH AND PRAY. 

1 GO, watch and pray : thou canst not tell 

How near thine hour may be; 
Thou canst not know how soon the bell 

May toll its notes for thee. 
Death's countless snares beset thy way ; 
Frail child of dust, go, watch and pray. 

2 Fond youth, while free from blighting care, 

Does thy firm pulse beat high? 
Do hope's glad visions, bright and fair, 

Sparkle before thine eye? 
Soon these must change, must pass away; 
Frail child of dust, go, watch and pray. 

3 Ambition, stop thy panting breath; 

Pride, sink thy lifted eye ! 
Behold! the caverns dark with death 

Before you open lie. 
The heavenly warning now obey; 
Ye sons of pride, go, watch and pray. 

4 Thou aged man, life's wintry storm 

Hath seared thy vernal bloom; 

407 



MAN'S RUIN. 

"With trembling limbs and wasting form, 

Thou 'rt bending to the tomb. 
And can vain hope lead thee astray? 
Go! weary pilgrim, watch and pray. 

200 C « M- HOSKINS. 

YE MUST BE BOEN AGAIN". 

1 OUE nature's totally depraved; 

The heart a sink of sin ; 
"Without a change we can't be saved; 
We must be born again. 

2 That, which is born of flesh, is flesh, 

And flesh it will remain; 
Then marvel not that Jesus saith, 
"Ye must be born again." 

3 Spirit of life, Thy grace impart, 

And breathe on sinners slain: 
Bear witness, Lord, in every heart, 
That we are born again. 

4 Dear Saviour, let us now begin 

To trust and love Thy word, 
And, by forsaking every sin, 
Prove we are born of God. 



THE LAW. 
201 L - M - Watts. 

SUMMARY OF THE LAW. 

1 THUS saith the first, the great command, 
"Let all thy inward powers unite 
To love thy Maker, and thy God, 



With utmost vigour and delight. 



408 



THE DECALOGUE. 

2 Then shall thy neighbour, next in place, 

Share thine affections and esteem; 
And let thy kindness to thyself 

Measure, and rule thy love to him." 

3 The substance this, that Moses spoke, 

This did the prophets preach and prove: 
For want of this the law is broke; 
The law demands a perfect love. 

4 But Oh! how base our passions are! 

This holy law we can't fulfil : 
Regenerate our souls, O Lord, 

Or we shall ne'er perform Thy will. 

202 c - M - Gibbons. 

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 

1 THAT God, who made the world on high, 

And air, and earth, and sea, 
Own as thy God, and to His name 
In homage bow thy knee. 

2 Let not a shape which hands have wrought 

Of wood, or clay, or stone, 
Be deemed thy God; nor think Him like 
Aught, thou hast seen or known. 

3 Take not in vain the name of God: 

Nor must thou ever dare 
To make thy falsehood pass for truth, 
By His dread name to swear. 

4 That day on which He bids thee rest 

From toil, to pray, and praise; 
That day keep holy to the Lord. 
And consecrate its rays. 

5 Thy father and thy mother love, 

Both honour and obey; 
18 409 



THE LAW. 

So shall thy life be blessed with peace, 
And lengthened be thy day. 

6 The blood of man thou shalt not shed, 

Nor wrath, nor malice feel; 
To maim, or hurt, or wish him dead, 
Is in thy heart to kill. 

7 Promiscuous lusts the Lord forbids, 

But honours wedlock pure; 
Yast is the guilt of wicked lusts, 
Their punishment is sure. 

8 Thou shalt not, or from friend or foe, 

Take aught by force or stealth; 
Thy goods, thy stores must grow from right, 
Or God will curse thy wealth. . 

9 Eo man shalt thou, by a false charge, 

Or crush or brand with shame: 
Dear as thine own, so wills thy God, 
Must be his life and name. 

10 Thy soul one wish shall not let loose 

For that which is not thine; 
Live in thy lot, or small or great: 
For God hath drawn the line. 

11 Oh ! may the Lord, who gave these laws, 

Write them on every heart, 
That all may feel their living power, 
Nor from His paths depart! 

203 s - M - Harbison. 

SPIRITUALITY OF THE LAW. 

1 THE law of God is just, 

A strict and holy way ; 

And he, that would escape the curse, 

Must all the law obey. 

410 



CONVICTION OF SIN. 

2 Not one vain thought must rise 
Not one unclean desire; 

He must be holy, just, and wise, 
Who keeps the law entire. 

3 If in one point he fail, 

In thought or word or deed, 
The curses of the law prevail, 
And rest upon his head. 

4 I tremble and confess; 
O God! I am accursed: 

Guilty, I fall before Thy face, 
And own Thy sentence just. 

5 But does the curse still rest 
Upon my guilty head? 

No; Jesus, let His name be blessed! 
Hath borne it in my stead. 

6 He hath fulfilled the law; 
Obtained my peace with God: 

Hence doth my soul her comforts draw, 
And leave her heavy load. 

204 L - M. Eippon's Coll. 

PRACTICAL USE OF THE MORAL LAW. 

1 O LORD, my soul convicted stands 
Of breaking all Thy ten commands: 
And on me justly might 'st Thou pour 
Thy wrath in one eternal shower. 

2 But thanks to God, its loud alarms 
Have warned me of approaching harms; 
And now, O Lord, my wants I see; 
Lost and undone, I come to Thee. 

3 I know my fig-leaf righteousness 
Can ne'er Thy broken law redress; 

411 



THE LAW. 

Yet in Thy gospel plan I see, 
There 's hope of pardon e'en for me. 

4 There, I behold with wonder, Lord! 
That Christ hath to Thy law restored 
Those honours on th' atoning day, 
Which guilty sinners took away. 

5 Amazing wisdom, power and love, 
Displayed to rebels from above! 

Do Thou, O Lord, my faith increase 
To love and trust Thy plan of grace. 

205 0. M. Watts. 

CONVICTION OF SIN BY THE LAW. 

1 LOKD, how secure my conscience was, 

And felt no inward dread! 
I was alive without the law, 

And thought my sins were dead. 

2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright ; 

But since the precept came 
With a convincing power and light, 
I find how vile I am. 

3 My guilt appeared but small before, 

Till, terribly I saw, 
How perfect, holy, just, and pure, 
Was Thine eternal law. 

4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, 

My sins revived again ; 
I had provoked a dreadful God, 
And all my hopes were slain. 

5 My God, I cry with every breath 

For grace and power to save; 

To break the yoke of sin and death, 

And thus redeem the slave. 

412 



i 



CONVICTION OF MISERY. 
206 L - M - Watts. 

ALL THINGS BUT LOSS FOK CHRIST. 

1 NO more, my God, I boast no more 

' Of all the duties I have done; 
I quit the hopes I held before, 
To trust the merits of Thy Son. 

2 Now, for the love I bear His name, 

"What was my gain, I count my loss; 
My former pride I call my shame, 
And nail my glory to His cross. 

3 Yes; and I must and will esteem 

All things but loss for Jesus' sake: 
Oh ! may my soul be found in Him, 
And of His righteousness partake! 

4 The best obedience of my hands 

Dares not appear before Thy throne; 
But faith can answer Thy demands, 
By pleading what my Lord has done. 

207 0. M. Watts. 

CONVICTION OF MISERY BY THE LAW. 

1 VAIN are the hopes the sons of men 

On their own works have built : 
Their hearts by nature are unclean, 
And all their actions guilt. 

2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths, 

Without a murmuring word, 
And the whole race of Adam stand 
Guilty before the Lord. 

3 In vain we ask God's righteous law 

To justify us now ; 
Since to convince, and to condemn, 

Is all the law can do. 

413 



THE LAW. 

5 Jesus, how glorious is Thy grace, 
When in Thy name we trust! 
Our faith receives a righteousness 
That makes the sinner just. 

208 L - M - S. Browne. 

THE FIRST COMMAND. 

1 ETERNAL God ! Almighty cause 

Of earth and seas, and worlds unknown; 
All things are subject to Thy laws ; 
All things depend on Thee alone. 

2 Thy glorious Being singly stands, 

Of all within itself possessed; 
Controlled by none are Thy commands; 
Thou from Thyself alone art blessed. 

3 To Thee alone ourselves we owe; 

Let heaven and earth due homage pay; 
All other gods we disavow, 

Deny their claims, renounce their sway. 

4 Spread Thy great name through heathen lands ; . 

Their idol-deities dethrone: 
Reduce the world to Thy command, 
And reign, as Thou art, God alone. 

209 J* M- ISTeedham. 

THE SECOND COMMAND. 

1 THOU art, O God! a spirit pure, 

Invisible to mortal eyes ; 
Th' immortal, and th ? eternal King, 
The great, the good, the only wise. 

2 Whilst nature changes, and her works 

Corrupt, decay, dissolve and die, 
Thy essence pure, no change shall see, 
Secure of immortality. 

414 



THIRD COMMANDMENT. 

3 Thou great Invisible! what hand 

Can draw Thy image, spotless, fair? 
To what in heaven, to what on earth, 
Can men th' immortal King compare? 

4 Let stupid heathens frame their gods 

Of gold and silver, wood and stone; 
Ours is the God that made the heavens, 
Jehovah he, and God alone. 

5 My soul, thy purest homage pay, 

In truth and spirit Him adore; 
More shall this please, than sacrifice, 
Than outward forms delight Him more. 

210 0. M. Needham. 

THE THIKD COMMAND. 

1 HOLY and reverend is the name 

Of our eternal King; 
Thrice holy Lord! the angels cry, 
Thrice holy, let us sing. 

2 Holy is He in all His works, 

And truth is His delight; 
But sinners and their wicked ways 
Shall perish from His sight. 

3 The deepest reverence of the mind, 

Pay, O my soul, to God; 
Lift with thy hands, a holy heart 
To His sublime abode. 

4 With sacred awe pronounce His name, 

Abhor the lips profane: 
Let not thy tongue the Lord blaspheme, 
Nor take His name in vain. 

5 Thou holy God! preserve my soul 

From all pollution free; 

The pure in heart, and hands, and lips, 

Alone Thy face shall see. 

415 



THE LAW. 

211 LM. 

AN OATH FOE CONFIRMATION. 

1 "WHEN God His gracious promise made 
To faithful Abra'm and his seed, 

To show His grace and truth to both, 
Confirmed the promise with an oath. 

2 So, by an oath, in every age, 

The saints their promise oft engage; 
When questions rise of death or life, 
An oath confirms and ends all strife. 

3 Christians the truth will ever say, 
Their yea be yea, their nay be nay; 
And with conscientious dread refrain 
From swearing any oath profane. 

4 But when great facts demand high proof, 
They honour God by solemn oath; 

And thereby teach the world to own 
The Judge eternal on His throne. 

5 The fear of God is thus maintained, 
And men from perjury restrained, 
Religious oaths may be abused, 
But may not therefore be refused. 

6 Christians, the worthiest men on earth, 
Who cherish peace, and love the truth, 
Will put religion's sacred seal 

To what is held the last appeal. 

212 c - M - Watts. 

PERJURY. 

1 LET those who bear the christian name 
Their holy vows fulfil: 
The saints, the followers of the Lamb, 



Delight to do His will. 



416 



FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 

2 True to the solemn oaths they take 

Though to their hurt they swear; 
Constant and just to all they speak ; 
For God they know can hear. 

3 Still with their lips their hearts agree, 

Nor flattering words devise; 
They 're sure the God of truth can see 
Through every false disguise. 

4 Deceits they hate, they dread all lies, 

Whatever forms they wear; 
Preferring death to perjuries, 
They dare not falsely swear. 

5 Lo! from above the Lord descends, 

And brings the judgment down : 
He bids His saints, His faithful friends, 
Rise and possess their crown. 

6 While Satan trembles at the sight, 

And devils wish to die; 
Where will the faithless hypocrite 
And perjured liar fly? 

213 £• ^- J- Stennett. 

THE FOURTH COMMAND. 

1 RETURN, my soul, enjoy thy rest, 
Improve the day thy God has blessed; 
Another six days' work is done, 
Another Sabbath is begun. 

2 Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns 
So sweet a rest to wearied minds; 
Provides a blessed foretaste of heaven, 
On this day more than all the seven. 

3 Oh ! that our thoughts and thanks may rise, 
As grateful incense to the skies; 

18* 417 



THE LAW. 

And draw from Christ that sweet repose 
Which none but he that feels it knows. 

4 This heavenly calm within the breast, 
Is the dear pledge of glorious rest; 
Which for the church of God remains, 
The end of cares, the end of pains. 

5 With joy, great God, Thy works we scan, 
Creation's scene, redemption's plan: 
With praise, we think on mercies past, 
With hope, we future pleasures taste. 

6 In holy duties let the day, 
In holy comforts, pass away; 

How sweet, a Sabbath thus to spend, 
In hope of one, that ne'er shall end! 

214 C. M. Mason. 

DELIGHT IN" OKDINANCES. 

1 COME, dearest Lord, and feed Thy sheep, 

On this sweet day of rest; 
Oh! bless this flock, and make this fold 
Enjoy a heavenly rest. 

2 Welcome and precious to my soul, 

Are these sweet days of love; 
But what a Sabbath shall I keep, 
When I shall rest above! 

3 I come, I wait, I hear, I pray, 

Thy footsteps, Lord, I trace ; 
Here, in Thine own appointed way, 
I wait to see Thy face. 

4 These are the sweet and precious days 

On which my Lord I've seen; 
And oft, when feasting on His word, 
In raptures I have been. 

418 



THE ETERNAL SABBATH. 

5 Oh ! if my soul, when death appears, 

In this sweet frame be found: 
I'll clasp my Saviour in mine arms, 
And leave this earthly ground. 

6 I long for that delightful hour, 

When from this clay undressed, 
I shall be clothed in robes divine, 
And made for ever blessed. 

215 I" Ms, DODDRIDGE. 
THE ETERNAL SABBATH. 

1 THINE earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love, 
But there's a nobler rest above: 

To that our longing souls aspire, 
With cheerful hope and warm desire. 

2 No more fatigue, no more distress, 
Nor sin nor hell shall reach the place ; 
Nor groans shall mingle with the songs, 
Which warble from immortal tongues. 

3 No rude alarms of raging foes, 

No cares to break the long repose; 
No midnight shade, no clouded sun; 
But sacred, high, eternal noon. 

4 O long-expected day ! begin ; 

Dawn on these realms of woe and sin: 
Fain would we leave this weary road, 
And sleep in death, to rest with God. 

216 S. M. Watts, 
lord's day morning. 

1 WELCOME, sweet day of rest, 

That saw the Lord arise! 
Welcome to this reviving breast, 

And these rejoicing eyes! 



THE LAW. 

2 The King himself comes near, 
And feasts His saints to-day; 

Here we may sit, and see Him here, 
And love, and praise, and pray. 

3 One day amidst the place 
"Where my great God hath been, 

Is sweeter than ten thousand days 
Of pleasurable sin. 

4 My willing soul would stay 
In such a frame as this ; 

And sing, and bear herself away 
To everlasting bliss. 

217 C. M. S. Browne. 



1 FKEQUENT the day of God returns, 

To shed its quickening beams; 
And yet how slow devotion burns, 
How languid are its flames! 

2 Accept our faint attempts to love, 

Our frailties, Lord, forgive; 
We would be like Thy saints above, 
And praise Thee while we live. 

3 Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope, 

And fit us to ascend, 
Where the assembly ne'er breaks up, 
The Sabbath ne'er shall end. 

4 There we shall breathe in heavenly air, 

With heavenly lustre shine; 
Before the throne of God appear, 
And feast on love divine. 

420 



FIFTH COMMANDMENT. 

218 IIS. BuLMER. 

BEST OF THE SABBATH. 

1 HOW sweet is the Sabbath, this day of repose, 
On which the Redeemer triumphantly rose, 
Confirming His mission, by leaving the dead, 



To comfort the mourners, who left Him and lied 



9, 



His work then completed, our Sabbath began, 
A day of rejoicing to penitent man; 
For when the Messiah had entered His rest, 
The gospel our freedom and pardon expressed. 

3 With Him may we rest in the favour divine, 
Until in His kingdom above we shall shine 
More bright than the sun, in the robes of free grace, 
And never remove from the sight of His face. 

4 O Saviour, assist us, Thy Spirit impart, 
To change and to sanctify every heart; 
Divinely instructed from evil to flee, 

May we never wander from peace and from Thee. 

219 t m. 

THE FIFTH COMMAND. 

1 GREAT Source of order, Maker wise! 
Whose throne is high above the skies; 
We praise Thy name; Thy laws ordain, 
That order shall on earth obtain. 

2 Let each inferior rank revere 
All such as their superiors are ; 
And let superiors also do 
What's right by each inferior too. 

3 To Thee may each united house, 

At morn and night, present its vows; 
Oh! may each family proclaim 
The honours of Thy glorious name. 

421 



THE LAW. 

220 c - M - Watts. 

HONOUR TO MAGISTRATES. 

1 ETEKJSTAL Sovereign of the sky, 

And Lord of all below; 
We mortals to Thy majesty 
Our first obedience owe. , 

2 Our souls adore Thy throne supreme; 

And bless Thy providence, 
For magistrates of various name, 
Our glory and defence. 

3 Where laws and liberty combine 

To make the nation blessed; 
There magistrates with lustre shine, 
And states are governed best. 

4 Nations on firm foundations stand, 

While virtue finds reward ; 
And sinners perish from the land, 
By justice and the sword. 

5 To magistrates be honour paid, 

To laws obedience shown; 
But consciences and souls were made 
To be the Lord's alone. 

221 c - M - Green. 

ANXIETY OF BELIEVERS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. 

1 THOUGH parents may in covenant be, 

And have their heaven in view; 
They are unhappy, till they see 
Their children happy too. 

2 Their hearts with inward anguish bleed, 

When all attempts prove vain 
To save their race from paths, that lead 
To everlasting pain. 

422 



PRAYER FOR BAPTIZED CHILDREN. 

3 They warn, indulge, correct, beseech, 

While tears in torrents flow ; 
And 'tis beyond the power of speech 
To tell the griefs they know. 

4 Till they can see victorious grace 

Their children's souls possess, 
The sparkling wit, the smiling face, 
But add to their distress. 

5 "Shall cruel spirits drag thee down 

To darkness and despair ; 
Beneath th' Almighty's angry frown, 
To dwell for ever there? 

6 Saviour, the dreadful scene forbid! 

Look down, dear Lord, and bless; 
We'll wrestle hard, as Jacob did; 
May we obtain success!" 

222 L - ^- Hyde. 

PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE CHTJRCH. 

1 DEAR Saviour, if these lambs should stray 

From Thy secure enclosure's bound, 
And, lured by worldly joys away, 

Among the thoughtless crowd be found, 

2 Remember still that they are Thine, 

That Thy dear sacred name they bear, 
Think that the seal of love divine, 
The sign of covenant grace they wear. 

3 In all their erring, sinful years, 

Oh ! let them ne'er forgotten be : 
Remember all the prayers and tears, 
Which made them consecrate to Thee. 

4 And when these lips no more can pray, 

These eyes can weep for them no more, 

Turn Thou their feet from folly's way, 

The wanderers to Thy fold restore. 

423 



THE LAW. 

228 C - M « DoDDRIDGE. 

Jacob's vow. 

1 O GOD of Bethel, by whose hand 

Thy people still are fed, 
Who, through this weary pilgrimage, 
Hast all our fathers led. 

2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present, 

Before Thy throne of grace: 
God of our fathers ! be the God 
Of their succeeding race. 

3 Through each perplexing path of life, 

Our wandering footsteps guide; 
Give us each day our daily bread, 
And raiment fit provide. 

4 Oh! spread Thy covering wings around, 

Till all our wanderings cease, 
And at our Father's loved abode, 
Our souls arrive in peace. 

5 Such blessings, from Thy gracious hand, 

Our humble prayers implore, 
And Thou shalt be our chosen God, 
Our portion evermore. 

224 S - M- Hastings. 

TRAINING OF CHILDREN. 

1 O GOD of Abra'm, hear 
The parents' humble cry; 

In covenant mercy now appear, 
While in the dust we lie. 

2 These children of our love 
In mercy Thou hast given, 

That we through grace may faithful prove 
In training them for heaven. 

424 



TEACH THY CHILDREN. 

3 Oh! grant Thy Spirit, Lord, 
Their hearts to sanctify; 

Remember now Thy gracious word, 
Our hopes on Thee rely. 

4 Draw forth the melting tear, 
The penitential sigh; 

Inspire their hearts with faith sincere, 
And fix their hopes on high. 

5 These children now are Thine, 
We give them back to Thee; 

Oh! lead them by Thy grace divine, 
Along the heavenly way. 

225 fa Mother's H. B. 

TEACH THY CHILDREN. 

1 LORD, assist us by Thy grace, 
To instruct our infant race; 
Grant us wisdom from above, 
Fill us with a Saviour's love. 

2 Let us in Thy peace abide, 
In Thy promises confide, 
"While our seed with ready zeal, 
Learn of us to do Thy will. 

3 May we teach them day by day, 
In the house and by the way, 
When they rise or go to rest, 

Till Thy truth shall make them blessed. 

4 While in childhood's tender age, 
They unfold the sacred page, 
May they see in every line, 
Kindling rays of light divine. 

5 Precious Saviour, hear our prayer, 
We commit them to Thy care; 

Be their Shepherd and their Guide, 
Bring them to Thy bleeding side. 

425 



THE LAW. 

226 L.M. Condee's Coll. 

PEAYEE FOE THE YOUNG. 

1 GKEAT Saviour, who didst condescend 

Young children in Thine arms to take, 
Still prove Thyself the children's friend, 
And save them for Thy mercy's sake. 

2 'Tis by the guidance of Thy hand, 

That they within Thy house appear ; 
And in Thine awful presence stand, 
To hear Thy word, and join in prayer. 

3 Like precious seed in fruitful ground, 

Let the instruction they receive, 
To Thy immortal praise abound, 
And make them to Thy glory live. 

4 Give them a sober, steady mind*, 

Strength to withstand the snares of sin ; 
Boldly to cast the world behind, 
And strive eternal life to win. 

5 To read Thy word, their hearts incline; 

To understand it, light impart ; 
() Saviour, consecrate them Thine ; 
Take full possession of each heart. 

227 L - R M - C - Wesley. 

TRINITY INVOKED FOE CHILDEEN. 

1 COME, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, 
To whom we for our children cry; 
The good desired, and wanted most, 
Out of Thy richest grace supply ; 
The sacred discipline be given, 
To train and bring them up for heaven. 

426 



CHILDREN'S CONVERSION. 

2 Error and ignorance remove, 

Their blindness both of heart and mind; 
Give them the wisdom from above, 

Spotless, and peaceable, and kind ; 
In knowledge pure their minds renew, 
And store with thoughts divinely true. 

3 Father, accept them through Thy Son, 

And ever by Thy Spirit guide; 
Thy wisdom in their lives be shown, 

Thy name confessed and glorified; 
Thy power and love diffused abroad, 
Till all the earth be filled with God. 



228 CM. Mrs. T— 



1 O LOED, behold us at Thy feet, 

A needy, sinful band; 
As suppliants round Thy mercy-seat, 
We come at Thy command. 

2 'Tis for our children we would plead, 

The offspring Thou hast given ; 
Where shall we go in time of need, 
But to the God of heaven % 

3 We ask not for them wealth or fame, 

Amid the worldly strife: 
But in the all prevailing Name, 
We ask eternal life. 

4: We crave the Spirit's quickening grace, 
To make them pure in heart; 
That they may stand before Thy face, 
And see Thee as Thou art. 

427 



THE LAW. 

229 h M. Watts. 

THE SIXTH COMMAND. 

1 CLAMOUR, and wrath, and war be gone, 

Envy and spite for ever cease; 
Let bitter words no more be known 
Among the saints, the sons of peace. 

2 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove, 

Flies from the realms of noise and strife; 
Why should we vex and grieve His love, 
Who seals our souls to heavenly life? 

3 Tender and kind be all our thoughts, 

Through all our lives let mercy run : 
So God forgives our numerous faults, 
For the dear sake of Christ His Son. 

230 L - M - T - Sc( > TT - 

ANTGER. 

1 DARE we indulge our wrath and strife, 

And yet assume the Christian name? 
Give our wild passions sway, yet call 
Ourselves the followers of the Lamb ? 

2 He was all gentle, meek, and mild, 

Full of benevolence and love ; 
]STor could the rage of numerous foes 
Aught, but His soft compassion, move. 

3 Not all their scoffs, nor the sharp pangs 

Of crucifixion, could inspire 
Within His breast one vengeful thought, 
Or one tumultuous passion fire. 

4 But we, alas! how soon the storms 

Impetuous in our bosoms swell! 
What stores of fuel in our breasts, 
To feed those raging fires of hell ! 

428 



SIXTH COMMANDMENT. 

5 Spirit of grace, do Thou descend; 
Envy, and wrath, and clamour chase; 
With Thy mild influence quench these fires, 
And hush the stormy winds to peace! 

231 C. M. Swain. 

BROTHERLY LOVE. 

1 HOW sweet, how heavenly is the sight, 

When those who love the Lord, 
In one another's peace delight, 
And so fulfil His word! 

2 Oh! may we feel each brother's sigh, 

And with him bear a part: 
May sorrows flow from eye to eye, 
And joy from heart to heart. 

3 Free us from envy, scorn, and pride ; 

Our wishes fix above: 
May each his brother's failings hide, 
And show a brother's love. 

4 Let love, in one delightful stream, 

Through every bosom flow; 
And union sweet, and dear esteem, 
In every action glow. 

5 Love is the golden chain, that binds 

The happy souls above; 
And he's an heir of heaven that finds 
His bosom glow with love. 

232 ^ s - an d 6s. Hastings. 

HAPPY FAMILY. 

1 WHAT sight on earth more blissful, 
Than that domestic scene, 
Where union, pure and peaceful, 
As sun-lit clouds at e'en, 

429 



THE LAW. 

Each kindred heart enlightens, 
With many a heaven-born ray, 

That ever shines and brightens 
Unto the perfect day. 

2 There discord is a stranger, 

There strife can never come; 
And many a fear and danger 

Are exiled from that home; 
While indolence and folly 

Are banished with their train, 
And converse pure and holy, 

Exerts her gentle reign. 

3 And there how sweet and precious, 

The grateful song to raise, 
To Him so kind and gracious, 

Who claims the highest praise; 
While glad harmonious voices, 

Parents and children join; 
While every heart rejoices, 

In blessings so divine. 

4 In such a habitation 

May we be ever found, 
Where waters of salvation 

In healing streams abound: 
Affection's voice to chide us, 

Whene'er we go astray, 
And mercy's hand to guide us 

Along the narrow way. 

233 l m. 

THE SEVENTH COMMAND. 

1 SACKED wedlock! law of heaven, 
By wisdom framed, in mercy given; 
The spring, whence all the kindred ties 
Of parents, children, brethren, rise I 



430 



SEVENTH COMMANDMENT. 

2 Cursed be the lusts which violate 
The honours of the marriage state; 
The Lord Himself, in wrath severe, 
Will judge the vile adulterer. 

3 The wicked, filthy, and unclean, 
Shall reap the harvest of their sin; 
And they who burn with Sodom's lust, 
In Sodom's fire shall be accursed. 

4 Polluted sinner, hide thy face, 

Fly to the throne, and plead for grace ; 
The blood of Christ can cleanse thy soul, 
And make thy filthy spirit whole. 

234 L- m. 

THE LAW SPIRITUAL, BUT MAN CARNAL. 

1 MOST Holy God, Thy precept's just 
Against impure desires and lust; 

We therefore mourn, with grief and shame, 
Our guilty and polluted frame. 

2 We know, by nature we're unclean, 
Our powers debased, affections mean; 
We own imperfect chastity, 

The sensual heart, the wanton eye. 

3 The seeds of every vice and sin, 
Are rooted deep, and grow within ; 
And if preserved from filthy ways, 
To grace alone belongs the praise. 

4 Oh! shed abroad Thy love divine, 
Constrain us to be wholly Thine; 
And make our souls and bodies both 
The temples of the Holy Ghost. 

431 



THE LAW, 
235 I- M. Watts. 

THE EIGHTH COMMAND. 

1 GREAT God, Thy holy law commands 
Strict honesty in our demands ; 
Forbids to plunder, steal or cheat, 

To practise falsehood or deceit. 

2 We must be faithful, upright, true, 
Nor take but what is strictly due: 
If honesty be banished hence, 
Religion is a vain pretence. 

3 No righteous debt must be denied 
By fraud or power, by lies or pride; 
The poor should not, by long delay, 
Be made to groan for want of pay. 

4 What equity enjoins as right, 

We must perform with all our might; 
Nor seek our neighbour to deceive, 
With what ourselves do not believe. 

5 Let Christians never dare disgrace 

The name and cause which they profess; 

Lord, help us ever to pursue 

Things which are honest, just, and true. 

236 S. M. Shoveller. 

THE WORLDLING. 

1 WHAT does the worldling gain 
By all his vain pursuits? 

His very pleasure gives him pain, 
And misery are its fruits. 

2 What anxious cares corrode 
The mind intent on wealth ! 

His mammon oft becomes a load, 
Which robs him of his health. 

432 



NINTH COMMANDMENT. 

3 Does lie his end attain, 
And in full affluence roll? 

What does the sordid creature gain, 
When God demands his soul? 

4 My heart, to heaven aspire, 
And seek thine all in God: 

~Nor e'er pollute thy pure desire, 
By trifles on the road. 

5 He doth my soul now bless 
With His enriching grace ; 

But Oh! what wealth shall I possess, 
When I behold His face! 

6 These riches of His grace 
Will then to glory rise, 

When I have run my earthly race, 
And gained th' immortal prize. 

237 c - M- Fawcett: Watts. 

THE NINTH COMMAND. 

1 BELIGION is the chief concern 

Of mortals here below: 
May all its great importance learn, 
Its sovereign virtue know. 

2 Let deep repentance, faith and love, 

Be joined with godly fear; 
And all our conversation prove 
Our souls to be sincere. 

3 Let with our lips our hearts agree, 

Nor slandering words devise: 
We know the God of truth can see 
Through every false disguise. 

4 Lord, never let our envy grow, 

To hear another's praise; 
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THE LAW. 

Nor rob liim of his honour due, 
By base revengeful ways. 

5 O God of truth ! help to detest 
"Whate'er is false or wrong, 
That lies in earnest or in jest 
May ne'er employ our tongue. 

238 L- m. 

THE TENTH COMMAND. 

1 WHATE'ER thy lot on earth may be, 
Let it contentment yield to thee; 
Nor others envy, or repine, 

Nor covet aught that is not thine. 

2 Justly hast Thou forbidden, Lord, 

Each murmuring motion, thought, and word : 

Justly requiring full content, 

With what Thy providence hath lent. 

3 But can a sinner lift his eye 
Before the Lord of hosts on high, 
And say, "this precept I've obeyed, 
]STor from it ever turned aside?" 

4 Alive without the law I stood, 

And thought my state was safe and good ; 
But when with power this precept came, 
I saw my sin, and guilt, and shame. 

5 Lord, I adore Thy saving love, 
Which did from me the curse remove, 
By hanging on th' accursed tree, 
And being made a curse for me! 

239 c. m. 

INDWELLING SIN. 

1 GRACE has enabled me to love 

Thy holy law and will ; 

434 



THE GOSPEL. 

But sin hath not yet ceased to move, 
It tyrannizes still. 

2 Hence often filled with dread alarms, 

My peace and joy subside; 
And I've employ for all the arms 
The gospel has supplied. 

3 Thus different powers within me strive, 

While opposites I feel; 
I grieve, rejoice, decline, revive, 
As sin or grace prevail. 

4 But Jesus hath His promise passed; 

Sin with the body dies, 
And grace in all His saints at last 
Shall gain its victories. 



THE GOSPEL. 
240 L. M. Beddome. 

THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. 

1 GOD, in the gospel of His Son, 
Makes His eternal counsels known; 
'Tis here His richest mercy shines, 
And truth is drawn in fairest lines. 

2 Here sinners of a humble frame 

May taste His grace and learn His name ; 
'Tis writ in characters of blood. 
Severely just, immensely good. 

3 Here Jesus, in ten thousand ways, 
His soul-attracting charms displays; 
Recounts His poverty and pains, 
And tells His love in melting strains. 

435 



THE GOSPEL, 

4 Wisdom its dictates here imparts, 

To form our minds, to cheer our hearts; 
Its influence makes the sinner live, 
It bids the drooping saint revive. 

5 Our raging passions it controls, 
And comfort yields to contrite souls; 
It brings a better world in view, 

And guides us all our journey through. 

6 May this blessed volume ever lie 
Close to my heart, and near mine eye ; 
Till life's last hour my soul engage, 
And be my chosen heritage. 

241 L. M. Watts. 

THE POWER OF GOD TO SALVATION. 

1 WHAT shall the dying sinner do, 
That seeks relief for all his woe? 
Where shall the guilty conscience find 
Ease for the torment of the mind? 

2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven, 
Or form our nature fit for heaven? 
Can souls, all o'er defiled with sin, 

Make their own powers and passions clean? 

3 In vain we search, in vain we try, 
Till Jesus brings His gospel nigh; 
'Tis there that power and glory dwell, 
That save rebellious souls from hell. 

4 This is the pillar of our hope, 
That bears our fainting spirits up ; 
We read the grace, we trust the word, 
And find salvation in the Lord. 

5 Let men or angels dig the mines, 
Where nature's golden treasure shines; 

436 



JUBILEE. 

Brought near the doctrine of the cross, 
All nature's gold appears but dross. 

6 Should vile blasphemers with disdain, 
Pronounce the truth of Jesus vain, 
We'll meet the scandal and the shame, 
And sing and triumph in His name. 

242 H - M - C - Wesley. 

THE TEAK OF JUBILEE. 

1 BLOW ye the trumpet, blow, 

The gladly solemn sound; 
Let all the nations know 

To earth's remotest bound, 
The year of jubilee is come; 
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 

2 Exalt the Lamb of God, 

The sin-atoning Lamb: 
Redemption by His blood 

Through all the lands proclaim: 
The year of jubilee is come; 
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 

3 Ye who have sold for nought 

The heritage above, 
Shall have it back, unbought, 

The gift of Jesus' love; 
The year of jubilee is come; 
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 

4 Ye slaves of sin and hell, 

Your liberty receive; 
And safe in Jesus dwell, 
And blessed in Jesus live; 
The year of jubilee is come; 
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 

437 



THE GOSPEL. 

5 The gospel trumpet hear, 

The news of pardoning grace: 
Ye happy souls, draw near, 

Behold your Saviour's face: 
The year of jubilee is come; 
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 

6 Jesus, our great High Priest, 

Has full atonement made: 
Ye weary spirits, rest; 

Ye mournful souls, be glad: 
The year of jubilee is come ; 
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 

243 C. M. Fawcett. 

THE CALL. 

1 SINNERS, the voice of God regard ; 

'T is mercy speaks to-day ; 
He calls you by His sovereign word, 
From sin's destructive way. 

2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest, 

You live devoid of peace ; 
A thousand stings, within your breast, 
Deprive your souls of ease. 

3 Your way is dark and leads to hell; 

Why will you persevere? 
Can you in endless torments dwell, 
Shut up in black despair? 

4 Why will you in the crooked ways 

Of sin and folly go? 
In pain you travel all your days, 
To reap immortal woe! 

5 But he, that turns to God, shall live, 

Through His abounding grace: 
His mercy will the guilt forgive 
Of those that seek His face. 

438 






SINNERS INVITED. 

6 Bow to the sceptre of His word, 

Renouncing every sin; 
Submit to Him, your sovereign Lord, 
And learn His will divine. 

7 His love exceeds your highest thoughts; 

He will become your God, 
And will forgive your numerous faults, 
Through a Redeemer's blood. 

244 8s -> ^ s - an d ^s. Haei 

SINNERS INVITED TO CHRIST. 

1 COME, ye weary, heavy laden, 

Lost and ruined by the fall; 

If you tarry till you're better, 

You will never come at all; 

Not the righteous; 
Sinners, Jesus came to call. 

2 Let not conscience make you linger, 

Nor of fitness fondly dream : 
All the fitness He requireth, 
Is to feel your need of Him; 

This He gives you ; 
3 Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 

3 Agonizing in the garden, 

Lo ! your Maker prostrate lies ! 

On the bloody tree behold Him ; 

Hear Him cry before He dies, 

"It is finished!" 
Sinners, will not this suffice? 

4 Lo! th' incarnate God ascended, 

Pleads the merit of His blood; 
Venture on Him, venture wholly; 
Let no other trust intrude: 

None but Jesus 
Can do helpless sinners good. 

439 



THE GOSPEL. 

5 Saints and angels, joined in concert, 

Sing the praises of the Lamb ; 

While the blissful seats of heaven, 

Sweetly echo with His name: 

Hallelujah ! 
Sinners here may sing the same. 

245 0. M. Medley. 

THE FOUNTAIN- OP LIVING WATERS. 

1 OH! what amazing words of grace 

Are in the gospel found ! 
Suited to every sinner's case, 
Who knows the joyful sound. 

2 Come, then, with all your wants and wounds, 

Your every burden bring; 
Here love, eternal love, abounds, 
A deep celestial spring. 

3 This spring with living water flows, 

And living joy imparts; 
Come, thirsty souls, your wants disclose, 
And drink with thankful hearts. 

246 L. M. Steele. 

WEARY SOULS INVITED TO REST. 

1 COME, weary souls, with sins distressed 
Come, and accept the promised rest; 
The Saviour's gracious call obey, 

And cast your gloomy fears away. 

2 Oppressed with guilt, a painful load, 

Oh ! come, and spread your woes abroad ; 
Divine compassion, mighty love, 
Will all the painful load remove. 

440 



YOUNG INVITED. 

3 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows, 

To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes ; 
Pardon, and life, and endless peace; 
How rich the gift, how free the grace! 

4 Lord, we accept with thankful heart, 
The hope Thy gracious words impart; 
We come with trembling, yet rejoice, 
And bless the kind inviting voice. 

247 L. M. Kent's Coll. 

THE VOTING INVITED TO CHRIST. 

1 TO-DAY, if ye will hear His voice, 
]Now is the time to make your choice; 
Say, will you to Mount Zion go? 
Say, will you have this Christ, or no? 

2 Ye wandering souls, who find no rest, 
Say, will you be for ever blessed? 
Will you be saved from sin and hell? 
Will you with Christ in glory dwell? 

3 Come now, dear youth, for ruin bound, 
Obey the gospel's joyful sound; 
Come, go with us, and you shall prove 
The joy of Christ's redeeming love. 

4 Once more we ask you in His name, 
For yet His love remains the same; 
Say, will you to Mount Zion go? 
Say, will you have this Christ, or no? 

5 Leave all your sports and glittering toys; 
Come, share with us eternal joys ; 

Or must we leave you bound to hell; 
Then, dear young friends, a long farewell. 

19* 441 



THE GOSPEL. 
248 L - M - Geegg. 

CHRIST KNOCKING AT THE DOOR. 

1 BEHOLD a stranger at the door ! 

He gently knocks, has knocked before; 
Hath waited long, is waiting still; 
You treat no other friend so ill. 

2 O lovely attitude ! He stands 

With melting heart and loaded hands ; 

matchless kindness ! and He shows 
This matchless kindness to His foes! 

3 But will He prove a friend indeed? 
He will; the very friend you need; 
The friend of sinners : yes, 't is He, 
With garments dyed on Calvary. 

4 Rise, touched with gratitude divine, 
Turn out His enemy and thine, 
That soul destroying monster, sin, 
And let the heavenly stranger in. 

5 Admit Him, ere His anger burn, 
His feet departed ne'er return ; 
Admit him, or the hour 's at hand, 
You'll at His door rejected stand. 

24:9 CJ. M. Montgomery. 

THE VALUE OF THE SOUL. 

1 WHAT is the thing of greatest price, 

The whole creation round? 
That which was lost in Paradise, 
That which in Christ is found: 

2 The soul of man, Jehovah's breath, 

That keeps two worlds at strife; 
Hell moves beneath to work its death, 
Heaven stoops to give it life. 

442 



FORGIVENESS. 

3 And is tins treasure borne below, 

In earthen vessels frail? 
Can none its utmost value know, 
Till flesh and spirit fail? 

4 Then let us gather round the cross, 

That knowledge to obtain; 
Not by the souPs eternal loss, 
But everlasting gain. 

250 L - M - Gibbons. 

FOEGIVENESS OF SINS. 

1 FOKGIYENESS! 'tis a joyful sound, 

To sinners doomed to death and pains; 
The blood of Christ heals every wound, 
And washes from the foulest stains. 

2 'Tis the rich gift of love divine: 

'T is full, out-measuring every crime : 
Unclouded shall its glories shine, 

And feel no change by changing time. 

3 O'er sins unbounded as the sand, 

And like the mountains for their size, 
The seas of sovereign grace expand; 
The seas of sovereign grace arise. 

4 For this stupendous love of heaven, 

What grateful honours shall we show ! 
Where much trangression is forgiven, 
Love should with fervent ardour glow. 

251 C. H. DODDKIDGE. 

SALVATION. 

1 SALVATION! O melodious sound, 
To wretched dying men ! 
Salvation, that from God proceeds, 



And leads to God again. 



443 



THE GOSPEL. 

2 Rescued from hell's eternal gloom, 

From fiends, and fires, and chains; 
Raised to a paradise of bliss, 
Where love triumphant reigns! 

3 But may a poor bewildered soul, 

Sinful and weak as mine, 
Presume to raise a trembling eye 
To blessings so divine? 

4 The lustre of so bright a bliss, 

My feeble heart o'erbears ; 
And unbelief almost perverts 
The promise into tears. 

5 My Saviour God, no voice but Thine, 

These dying hopes can raise; 
Speak Thy salvation to my soul, 
And turn my prayer to praise. 



252 12s - Thornby. 

FREE GRACE TO SINNERS. 

1 THE voice of free grace cries, " Escape to the moun- 

tain, 
For all that believe, Christ has opened a fountain, 
For sin, and uncleanness, and every transgression, 
His blood flows so freely in streams of salvation." 

CHORUS. 

Hallelujah to the Lamb, who has bought us a pardon, 
"We'll praise Him again, when we pass over Jordan. 

2 Ye souls that are wounded, to the Saviour repair, 
Now He calls you in mercy, and can you forbear ? 



444 



FREE GRACE. 

Though your sins are increased as high as a moun- 
tain, 

His blood can remove them, it streams from this 
fountain. 

3 Now Jesus, our King, reigns triumphantly glorious; 
O'er sin, death, and hell, He is more than vic- 
torious : 

With shouting proclaim it, Oh! trust in His passion, 
He saves us most freely; O glorious salvation! 

4 Our Jesus proclaims His name, all victorious, 
He reigns over all, and His kingdom is glorious : 
To Jesus we'll join with the great congregation, 
And triumph, ascribing to Him our salvation. 

5 With joy shall we stand, when escaped to the shore, 
With harps in our hands, we '11 praise Him the more ; 
We'll range the sweet plains, on the banks of the 

river, 
And sing of salvation for ever and ever. 

253 C. M. Newton. 

OUE ONLY COMFORT. 

1 SUBSTANTIAL comfort will not grow 

In nature's barren soil; 
All we can boast, till Christ we know, 
Is vanity and toil. 

2 But where the Lord has planted grace, 

And made His glories known; 
There fruits of heavenly joy and peace 
Are found, and there alone. 

3 A bleeding Saviour seen by faith; 

A sense of pardoning love ; 
A hope that triumphs over death, 
Give iovs like those above. 

445 



THE GOSPEL. 

4 To take a glimpse within the veil; 

To know that God is mine; 
Are springs of joy, that never fail, 
Unspeakable ! divine ! 

5 These are the joys, which satisfy 

And sanctify the mind: 
"Which make the spirit mount on high, 
And leave the world behind. 

6 No more, believers, mourn your lot; 

But since you are the Lord's, 
Resign to them that know Him not, 
Such joys as earth affords. 

254 L. M. Hyde. 

THE STRIVING OF THE SPIRIT. 

1 SAY, sinner, hath a voice within, 

Oft whispered to thy secret soul, 
Urged thee to leave the ways of sin, 
And yield thy heart to God's control? 

2 Hath something met thee in the path 

Of worldliness and vanity, 
And pointed to the coming wrath, 

And warned thee from that wrath to flee ? 

3 Sinner, it was a heavenly voice, 

It was the Spirit's gracious call, 
It bade thee make the better choice, 
And haste to seek in Christ thine all. 

4 Spurn not the call to life and light; 

Regard in time the warning kind: 
That call thou may'st not always slight, 
And yet the gate of mercy find. 

44fi 



GOSPEL TRUMPET. 

5 God's Spirit will not always strive, 

"With hardened, self-destroying man, 
Ye, who persist His love to grieve, 
May never hear His voice again. 

6 Sinner, perhaps this very day, 

Thy last accepted time may be; 
Oh ! shouldst thou grieve Him now away, 
Then hope may never beam on thee. 

255 S. M. Botce. 

THE GOSPEL TRUMPET. 

1 YE trembling captives, hear! 
The gospel trumpet sounds : 

No sound beside can charm the ear, 
Or heal your heart-felt wounds. 

2 'Tis not the trump of war, 
Nor Sinai's thunder's roar; 

Salvation's news it spreads afar, 
And vengeance is no more. 

3 Grace, pardon, love, and peace, 
Glad heaven aloud proclaims ; 

And earth, the jubilee's release, 
With eager rapture, claims. 

4 Far, far to distant lands 

The joyful news shall spread ; 

And Jesus all His willing bands, 

In one blessed triumph, lead. 

256 ^ s - and 4s. Spie. Songs. 

to-day. 

1 TO-DAY the Saviour calls ! 
Ye wanderers, come ; 
O ye benighted souls, 
Why longer roam? 

447 



THE GOSPEL. 

2 To-day the Saviour calls! 

Oil! listen now; 
Within these sacred walls 
To Jesus bow. 

3 To-day the Saviour calls ! 

For refuge fly; 
The storm of vengeance falls; 
Ruin is nigh. 

4 The Spirit calls to-day! 

Yield to His power; 
Oh! grieve Him not away; 
'Tis mercy's hour. 

257 ^ s - Haweis. 

come and Welcome. 

1 FROM the cross uplifted high, 
Where the Saviour deigns to die, 
What melodious sounds we hear, 
Bursting on the ravished ear! 
"Love's redeeming work is done, 
Come and welcome, sinner, come. 

2 Sprinkled now with blood, the throne, 
Why beneath thy burdens groan ! 

On My pierced body laid, 
Justice owns the ransom paid; 
Bow the knee, and kiss the Son, 
Come and welcome, sinner, come. 

3 Spread for thee, the festal board 
See with richest dainties stored; 
To thy Father's bosom pressed, 
Yet again a child confessed, 
Never from His house to roam; 
Come and welcome, sinner, come. 

US 



FXPOSTULATION. 

4 Soon the days of life shall end ; 
Lo! I come, your Saviour, Friend, 
Safe your spirit to convey 
To the realms of endless day, 
Up to My eternal home; 
Come and welcome, sinner, come." 

258 fa C; Wesley. 

REPENTANCE AT THE CROSS. 

1 HEART of stone, relent, relent, 

Break, by Jesus' cross subdued, 
See His body mangled, rent, 

Covered with a gore of blood ; 
Sinful soul, what hast thou done? 
Crucified th' eternal Son ! 

2 Yes, thy sins have done the deed. 

Driven the nails that fixed Him there, 
Crowned with thorns His sacred head, 

Plunged into His side the spear, 
Made His soul a sacrifice, 
While for sinful man He dies. 

3 Wilt thou let Him bleed in vain? 

Still to death thy Lord pursue? 
Open all His wounds again, 

And the shameful cross renew? 
No; with all my sins I'll part; 
Break, Oh ! break, my bleeding heart ! 

259 » 11 s - Hastings. 

delay not. 

1 DELAY not, delay not; O sinner, draw near, 
The waters of life are now flowing for thee ; 
]STo price is demanded, the Saviour is here; 
Redemption is purchased, salvation is free. 

449 



THE GOSPEL. 

2 Delay not, delay not ; why longer abuse 

The love and compassion of Jesus, thy God ? 
A fountain is opened, how canst thou refuse 

To wash and be cleansed in His pardoning blood. 

3 Delay not, delay not, O sinner, to come, 

For mercy still lingers and calls thee to-day : 

Her voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb ; 

Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away. 

4 Delay not, delay not ; the Spirit of grace, 

Long grieved and resisted, may take its sad flight ; 
And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race, 
To sink in the vale of eternity's night. 

5 Delay not, delay not ; the hour is at hand, 

The earth shall dissolve, and the heavens shall fade ; 
The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall 
stand ; 
What power then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid ! 

260 ^ s - Hastings. 

FULNESS OF CHRIST. 

1 BLEEDING hearts, defiled by sin, 
Jesus Christ can make you clean: 
Contrite souls, with guilt oppressed, 
Jesus Christ can give you rest. 

2 You that mourn o'er follies past, 
Precious hours and years laid waste; 
Turn to God, Oh ! turn and live, 
Jesus Christ can still forgive. 

3 You that oft have wandered far, 
From the light of Bethlehem's star, 
Trembling, now your steps retrace, 
Jesus Christ is full of grace. 

4 Souls benighted and forlorn, 
Grieved, afflicted, tempest- worn, 

450 



WARNING. 

Now in Israel's Hock confide, 
Jesus Christ for man has died. 

5 Fainting souls, in peril's hour 
Yield not to the tempter's power; 
On the risen Lord rely, 
Jesus Christ now reigns on high. 

261 O. P. M. Hastings. 

THE VOICE OF WARNING. 

1 THAT warning voice, O sinner, hear, 
And while salvation lingers near, 

The heavenly call obey; 
Flee from destruction's downward path, 
Flee from the threatening storm of wrath, 

That rises o'er thy way. 

2 Soon night comes on with thickening shade ; 
The tempest hovers o'er thy head, 

The winds their fury pour; 
The lightnings rend the earth and skies, 
The thunders roar, the flames arise, 

What terrors fill that hour! 

3 That warning voice, O sinner, hear, 
Whose accents linger on thine ear; 

Thy footsteps now retrace: 
Renounce thy sins, and be forgiven, 
Believe, become an heir of heaven, 

And sing redeeming grace. 

4 Then, while a voice of pardon speaks, 
The storm is hushed, the morning breaks, 

The heavens are all serene; 
Fresh verdure clothes the beauteous fields, 
Joy echoes from the distant hills, 

New wonders fill the scene. 

451 



THE GOSPEL. 
262 ^ s - an d 6s. Hastings. 

BALM EST GILEAD. 

1 WHY should gloomy thoughts arise, 

And darkness fill the mind? 
Why that bosom heave with sighs. 

And yet no refuge find? 
Knowest thou not of Gilead's balm, 

Of the great Physician there, 
Who can every fear disarm, 

And save thee from despair? 

2 Still o'erwhelmed with floods of grief, 

And filled with sore dismay; 
Looking downward for relief, 

Without one cheering ray? 
Lift thy streaming eyes to heaven; 

There the great atonement see: 
All thy sin shall be forgiven; 

Believe, and thou art free. 



3 He that for thy soul hath died, 

Invites thee now to come ; 
He, the law hath satisfied, 

And can reverse thy doom; 
He hath suffered grief and shame, 

He hath shed His precious blood : 
Oh! believe in Jesus' name, 

And be at peace with God. 

263 8s * an( * ^ s - Montgomery. 

A FOUNTAIN OPENED. 

1 COME to Calvary's holy mountain, 
Sinners ruined by the fall, 
Here a pure and healing fountain 
Flows for every thirsty soul, 

452 



WANDERERS INVITED. 

In a full perpetual tide; 
Opened when the Saviour died. 

2 Come in sorrow and contrition, 

Wounded, impotent, and blind; 
Here the guilty seek remission ; 

Here the lost a refuge find. 
Health, this fountain will restore; 
He that drinks shall thirst no more. 

3 Come, ye dying, live for ever; 

'Tis a soul-reviving flood; 
God is faithful ; He will never 

Break His covenant, sealed in blood; 
Signed when our Redeemer died, 
Sealed when He was glorified. 

264 L - M « COLLYEE. 

THE WANDERER INVITED TO RETURN. 

1 RETURN, O wanderer, return, 

And seek an injured Father's face: 
Those warm desires that in thee burn, 
Were kindled by reclaiming grace. 

2 Return, O wanderer, return, 

And seek a Father's melting heart; 
His pitying eyes thy grief discern, 

His hand shall heal thine inward smart. 

3 Return, O wanderer, return, 

Thy Saviour bids thy spirit live; 
Go to His bleeding feet, and learn 
How freely Jesus can forgive. 

4 Return, O wanderer, return, 

And wipe away the falling tear; 
'Tis God who says, "No longer mourn," 
'Tis mercy's voice invites thee near. 

453 



REPENTANCE. 

REPENTANCE. 
265 c - M - Watts. 

THE SINNER'S HEART OPENED. 

1 WHO is this stranger at the door, 

That would admission gain? 
I know He oft has knocked before, 
Still He has come again. 

2 I find Him knocking at my heart, 

Though I've defied His will; 
He waits to act a gracious part, 
And all His truth fulfil. 

3 Too long, alas ! I 've entertained 

A soul-destroying guest, 
Who took possession of my heart, 
And all my powers oppressed. 

4 But art Thou not the same that died, 

A sacrifice for sin? 
Then enter my polluted breast, 
And make me pure within. 

5 That grace that I've so long abused 

I 'd willingly receive ; 
Dear Saviour, teach me how to pray, 
Lord, help me to believe ! 

6 My hungry soul would now partake 

The banquet of Thy love ; 
That sacred flesh and blood of Thine, 
Foretaste of joys above. 

266 L - M - C - Wesley. 

PRAYER FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE SPIRIT. 

1 STAY, Thou insulted Spirit, stay, 

Though I have done Thee such despite; 

454 



URGED. 

Cast not a sinner quite away, 
Nor take Thine everlasting flight. 

2 Though I have most unfaithful been 

Of all who e'er Thy grace received ; 
Ten thousand times Thy goodness seen, 
Ten thousand times Thy goodness grieved: 

3 Yet Oh ! the chief of sinners spare, 

In honour of my great High Priest; 
Nor in Thy righteous anger swear 
I shall not see Thy people's rest. 

4 If yet Thou canst my sins forgive, 

E'en now, O Lord, relieve my woes; 
Into Thy rest of love receive, 

And bless me with Thy calm repose. 

5 E'en now my weary soul release, 

And raise me by Thy gracious hand! 
Guide me into Thy perfect peace, 
And bring me to the promised land. 

267 s - M - Watts. 

REPENTANCE URGED BY THE DIVINE GOODNESS. 

1 IS this the kind return, 

Are these the thanks we owe; 
Thus to abuse eternal love, 

Whence all our blessings flow? 

2 To what a stubborn frame, 
Hath sin reduced our mind! 

What strange rebellious wretches we, 
And God as strangely kind! 

3 On us He bids the sun 
Shed his reviving rays; 

For us the skies their circles run, 

To lengthen out our days. 

£55 



REPENTANCE, 

4 The brutes obey their God, 
And bow their necks to men: 

But we, more base, more brutish things, 
Reject His easy reign. 

5 Turn, turn us, mighty God, 
And mould our souls afresh ; 

Break sovereign grace, these hearts of stone, 
And give us hearts of flesh. 

6 Let base imgratitude 
Provoke our weeping eyes; 

And hourly, as new mercies fall, 
Let hourly thanks arise. 

268 c - M > Beddome. 

CONVICTION. 

1 DOTH God invite me to His arms, 

And do I still delay? 
Shall He impart His just commands, 
And I refuse t' obey? 

2 Doth Jesus call me to rely 

Upon His righteousness, 
For safety bid me thither fly, 
And I despise His grace? 

3 Hath not the Holy Spirit yet 

Withdrawn His influence? 
And do I still supinely sit, 
Immersed in earth and sense? 

4 By mercy wooed, by wrath pursued, 

How sluggish I remain! 
Rouse up, my dull inactive powers, 
The heavenly prize to gain. 

456 



SEEKING PARDON. 

269 L. M. Cennick. 

SEEKING PARDON. 

1 LORD, at Thy feet I prostrate fall; 
Oppressed with fears, to Thee I call: 
Reveal Thy pardoning love to me, 
And set my captive spirit free. 

2 Hast Thou not said; Seek ye My face? 
The invitation I embrace; 

I '11 seek Thy face ; Thy Spirit give ! 
Oh! let me see Thy face, and live. 

3 I'll seek Thy face with cries and tears, 
With secret sighs and fervent prayers; 
And, if not heard, I '11 waiting sit, 
And perish at my Saviour's feet. 

4 But canst Thou, Lord, behold my pain, 
And bid me seek Thy face in vain! 
Thou wilt not, canst not me deceive, 
The soul that seeks Thy face shall live. 

270 CJ. M. Watts. 

FAITH IN CHRIST FOR PARDON. 

1 HOW sad our state by nature is! 

Our sin, how deep it stains! 
And Satan binds our captive minds 
Fast in his slavish chains. 

2 But there's a voice of sovereign grace 

Sounds from the sacred word; 
Ho! ye despairing sinners, come, 
And trust upon the Lord. 

3 My soul obeys th' almighty call, 

And runs to this relief; 
I would believe Thy promise, Lord, 
Oh! help mine unbelief. 
20 457 



REPENTANCE. 

4 To the dear fountain of Thy blood, 

Incarnate God, I fly ; 
Here let me wash my spotted soul 
From crimes of deepest dye. 

5 Stretch out Thine arm, victorious King, 

My reigning sins snbdue: 
Drive the old dragon from his seat, 
With all his hellish crew. 

6 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, 

On Thy kind arms I fall : 
Be Thou my Strength and Righteousness, 
My Jesus, and my All ! 

271 ^s. Baffles. 

PLEADING FOE MERCY. 

1 SOVEREIGN Ruler, Lord of all, 
Prostrate at Thy feet I fall ; 
Hear, Oh ! hear my ardent cry, 
Frown not, lest I faint and die. 

2 Vilest of the sons of men, 
Worst of rebels, I have been ! 
Oft abused Thee to Thy face, 
Trampled on Thy richest grace! 

3 Justly might Thy vengeful dart 
Pierce this bleeding, broken heart; 
Justly might Thy kindled ire 
Blast me in eternal fire. 

4 But with Thee there 's mercy found, 
Balm to heal my every wound ; 
Soothe, Oh ! soothe the troubled breast, 
Give the weary wanderer rest. 

4-5S 



PLEADING FOR MERCY. 

272 L - M - Cowper. 

PLEADING THE PROMISES. 

1 FRIEND of the friendless and the faint ! 
Where can I lodge my deep complaint? 
Where, but with Thee, whose open door 
Invites the helpless sinner, poor! 

2 Did ever mourner plead with Thee, 
And Thou refuse that mourner's plea? 
Does not the word still fixed remain, 
That none shall seek Thy face in vain? 

3 That were a grief I could not bear, 
Didst Thou not hear and answer prayer: 

thou, prayer-hearing, answering God, 
Take from my heart this painful load. 

273 ^ s - Newton. 

PLEADING AT THE MERCY-SEAT. 

1 COME, my soul, thy suit prepare, 
Jesus loves to answer prayer; 

He Himself has bid thee pray, 
Therefore, will not say thee nay. 

2 Thou art coming to a King, 
Large petitions with thee bring; 
For His grace and power are such, 
None can ever ask too much. 

3 With my burden I begin : 
Lord, remove this load of sin ! 
Let Thy blood, for sinners spilled, 
Set my conscience free from guilt. 

4 Lord, I come to Thee for rest; 
Take possession of my breast; 

There Thy blood-bought right maintain, 
And without a rival reign, 

4&) 



REPENTANCE. 

5 While I am a pilgrim here, 
Let Thy love my spirit cheer; 

As my Guide, my Guard, my Friend, 
Lead me to my journey's end. 

6 Show me what I have to do, 
Every hour my strength renew, 
Let me live a life of faith, 

Let me die Thy people's death. 

274 8s - and ^ s - Turner. 

PENITENT ENTREATY. 

1 JESUS, full of all compassion, 

Hear Thy humble suppliant's cry; 
Let me know Thy great salvation, 
See, I languish, faint, and die. 

2 Guilty, hut with heart relenting, 

Overwhelmed with helpless grief, 
Prostrate at Thy feet repenting, 
Send, Oh! send me quick relief! 

3 Whither should a wretch be flying, 

But to Him who comfort gives! 
Whither, from the dread of dying, 
But to Him who ever lives? 

4 Saved ! the deed shall spread new glory 

Through the shining realms above; 
Angels sing the pleasing story, 
All enraptured with Thy love. 

275 C. M. Steele. 

THE NECESSITY OF RENEWING GRACE. 

1 HOW helpless guilty nature lies, 

Unconscious of its load ! 

The heart unchanged can never rise 

To happiness and God. 

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SINNER'S RESOLVE. 

2 The will perverse, the passions blind, 

In paths of ruin stray: 
Reason debased can never find 
The safe, the narrow way. 

3 Can aught beneath a power divine, 

The stubborn will subdue? 
'Tis Thine, almighty Saviour, Thine 
To form the heart anew. 

4 'Tis Thine the passions to recall, 

And upwards bid them rise; 

And make the scales of error fall 

From reason's darkened eyes; 

5 To chase the shades of death away, 

And bid the sinner live ; 
A beam of Heaven, a vital ray, 
'Tis Thine alone to give. 

6 Oh! change these wretched hearts of ours, 

And give them life divine! 
Then shall our passions and our powers. 
Almighty Lord, be Thine. 

276 0. M. Jones. 

THE HUMBLE SINNER^ RESOLVE. 

1 COME, humble sinner, in whose breast 

A thousand thoughts revolve; 
Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed- 
And make this last resolve: 

2 " I '11 go to Jesus, though my sin 

Hath like a mountain rose; 
I know His courts, I'll enter in, 
Whatever may oppose. 

3 Prostrate I'll lie before His throne, 

And there my guilt confess; 



REPENTANCE. 

I '11 tell Him I 'm a wretch undone, 
Without His sovereign grace. 

4 I'll to the gracious King approach, 

Whose sceptre pardon gives; 
Perhaps He may command my touch; 
And then the suppliant lives. 

5 Perhaps He will admit my plea, 

Perhaps will hear my prayer; 
But if I perish, I will pray, 
And perish only there. 

6 I can but perish if I go, 

I am resolved to try; 
For if I stay away, I know 
I must for ever die." 

277 C. M. Steele. 

THE CONTRITE HEART. 

1 O THOU, whose tender mercy hears 

Contrition's humble sigh; 
Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears 
From sorrow's weeping eye. 

2 See, low before Thy throne of grace, 

A wretched wanderer mourn; 
Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face? 
Hast Thou not said "Keturn?" 

3 And shall my guilty fears prevail 

To drive me from Thy feet? 
Oh ! let not this dear refuge fail, 
This only safe retreat! 

4 Oh ! shine on this benighted heart, 

With beams of mercy shine! 
And let Thine healing voice impart 
A taste of joys divine. 

462 



CONVICTION. 
278 C - M - Beddome. 

HELP THOU MINE UNBELIEF. 

1 "WHERE shall a wretched sinner flee, 

To ease his wounded soul! 
The Saviour cries, Believe in Me, 
And I will make thee whole. 

2 Belisve in Thee, my dearest Lord, 

Oli ! help mine nnbelief, 
All needful grace do Thou afford, 
And send me quick relief. 

3 Sprinkled with Thine atoning blood, 

Let me at length appear 
Before the awful bar of God, 
And find acceptance there. 

2*79 ^ s - an d 6s. Hastings. 

CONVICTION AND SUBMISSION. 

1 WHY sinks my soul desponding? 

Why fill my eyes with tears, 
While nature all-surrounding 

The smile of beauty wears? 
Why burdened still with sorrow, 

Is every labouring thought? 
Each vision that I borrow, 

With gloom and sadness fraught? 

2 The pleasures that deceived me 

My soul no more can charm, 
Of rest they have bereaved me, 

And filled me with alarm ; 
The objects, I have cherished, 

Are empty as the wind; 
My earthly joys are perished; 

What comfort shall 1 find ? 

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REPENTANCE. 

3 If inward, still inquiring, 

I turn my searching eye, 
Or upward, now aspiring, 

I raise my feeble cry, 
No heavenly light is beaming 

To cheer my troubled breast, 
No ray of comfort gleaming 

To give my spirit rest. 

4 Oh! from this dreadful anguish, 

Is there no refuge nigh ? 
'Tis guilt that makes me languish, 

And leaves me thus to die. 
I will renounce my folly 

Before the throne of grace; 
And make the Lord, most holy, 

My strength and righteousness. 

280 c - M - Hyde - 

SELF-CONDEMNED. 

1 AH! what can I, a sinner, do 

With all my guilt oppressed? 
I feel the hardness of my heart, 
And conscience knows no rest. 

2 Great God, Thy good and perfect law 

Does all my life condemn; 
The secret evils of my soul 
Fill me with fear and shame. 

3 How many precious Sabbaths gone, 

I never can recall; 
And Oh! what cause have I to mourn, 
Who misimproved them all. 

4 How long, how often have I heard, 

Of Jesus, and of heaven; 
Yet scarcely listened to His word, 
Or prayed to be forgiven. 

464 



AT THE CROSS. 

5 Constrain me, Lord, to turn to Thee, 
And grant renewing grace; 
For Thou this flinty heart canst break, 
And Thine shall be the praise. 

281 9- M - Watts. 

SURRENDER AT THE CROSS. 

1 ALAS ! and did my Saviour bleed, 

And did my Sovereign die? 
Did He devote that sacred head, 
For such a worm as I? 

2 Was it for crimes that I had done, 

He groaned upon the tree? 
Amazing pity! grace unknown, 
And love beyond degree. 

3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, 

And shut his glories in ; 
When Christ, the Prince of Glory, died, 
For man, the creature's sin. 

4 Thus might I hide my blushing face, 

While His dear cross appears, 
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 
And melt my eyes to tears. 

5 But floods of grief can ne'er repay 

The debt of love I owe; 
Here, Lord, I give myself away, 
'Tis all that I can do. 

282 C. M. Watts. 

SORROW FOR SIN, AT THE CROSS. 

1 OH ! If my soul was formed for wo, 
How would I vent my sighs, 
Repentance should, like rivers, flow 
From both my streaming eyes. 

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REPENTANCE. 

2 'Twas for my sins, my dearest Lord, 

Hung on the cursed tree, 
And groaned away a dying life, 
For thee, my soul, for thee. 

3 Oh ! how I hate those sins of mine 

That shed the Saviour's blood ; 
That pierced and nailed His sacred flesh 
Fast to the fatal wood. 

4 Yes, my Redeemer, they shall die ; 

My heart hath so decreed; 
Nor will I spare the guilty things 
That made my Saviour bleed. 

5 "While with a melting, broken heart, 

My murdered Lord I view, 
I'll raise revenge against my sins, 
And slay the murderers too. 

283 S. M. C. Wesley. 

A PRAYER FOE PENITENCE. 

1 OH! that I could repent, 
With all my idols part, 

And to Thy gracious eye present 
An humble, contrite heart. 

2 A heart with grief oppressed 
At having grieved my God, 

A troubled heart that cannot rest, 
Till sprinkled with Thy blood. 

3 Jesus, on me bestow 
The penitent desire: 

With deep sincerity of wo 
My thoughtless breast inspire. 

4 With softening pity look 
And melt my hardness down; 

Strike, with Thy love's effectual stroke, 
And break this heart of stone. 

466 



CONFESSION. 

284 L - ^- Stbokg. 

CONFESSION OF SIN. 

1 ALAS, alas! how blind I've been, 
How little of myself I 've seen ! 
Sportive I sailed the sensual tide, 
Thoughtless of God, whom I defied. 

2 Oft have I heard of heaven and hell, 
Where bliss and woe eternal dwell; 
But mocked the threats of truth divine, 
And scorned the place where angels shine. 

3 My heart has long refused the blood 
Of Jesus, the descending God ; 
And guilty passion boldly broke 

The holy law which Heaven had spoke. 

4 Th' alluring world controlled my choice; 
When conscience spoke, I hushed its voice: 
Securely laughed along the road, 

Which hapless millions first had trod. 

5 But now, th' almighty God comes near 
And fills my soul with awful fear, 
Fear, lest I sink to endless pain, 

Nor hear the voice of joy again. 

285 C. M. S. Stennett. 

A PENITENT AT JESUS' FEET. 

1 PROSTRATE, dear Jesus ! at Thy feet, 

A guilty rebel lies: 
And upward to the mercy-seat 
Presumes to lift his eyes. 

2 If tears of sorrow would suffice 

To pay the debt I owe, 
Tears should from both my weeping eyes 
In ceaseless torrents flow. 

467 



REPENTANCE. 

3 But no such sacrifice I plead, 

To expiate my guilt; 
No tears but those which Thou hast shed ; 
No blood, but Thou hast spilt. 

4 Think of Thy sorrows, dearest Lord! 

And all my sins forgive: 
Justice will well approve the word 
That bids the sinner live. 

286 S - M - C - Wesley. 

SEARCH ME AND TRY ME. 

1 AH ! whither should I go, 
Burdened, and sick, and faint? 

To whom should I my troubles show, 
And pour out my complaint? 

2 My Saviour bids me come: 
Ah ! why do I delay? 

He calls the weary sinners home; 
And yet from Him I stay. 

3 What is it keeps me back, 
From which I cannot part, 

Which will not let the Saviour take 
Possession of my heart? 

4 Some wicked thing unknown 
Must surely lurk within; 

Some idol which I do not own, 
Some secret bosom sin. 

5 Jesus, the hindrance show, 
Which I have feared to see: 

And make me now consent to know 
What keeps me back from Thee. 

6 Searcher of hearts! in mine 
Thy trying power display ; 

Into its darkest corners shine, 
And take the veil away. 

468 



PRAYER FOR PARDON. 

287 s - M - Watts. 

RUIN AND RECOVERY. 

1 HOW heavy is the night, 
That hangs upon our eyes, 

Till Christ with His reviving light, 
Over our souls arise! 

2 Our guilty spirits dread 

To meet the wrath of heaven; 
But in His righteousness arrayed, 
We see our sins forgiven. 

3 Unholy and impure, 

Are all our thoughts and ways; 
His hands infected nature cure 
With sanctifying grace. 

4 The powers of hell agree 
To hold our souls in vain ; 

He sets the sons of bondage free, 
And breaks the galling chain. 

5 Lord, we adore Thy ways, 
That bring us near to God ; 

Thy sovereign power, Thy healing grace, 
And Thine atoning blood. 

288 c - p - M - Hastings. 

A PRAYER FOR PARDON. 

1 I LOOK to Thee, O Lord, alone, 

And low beneath Thy gracious throne 

Pour out my ardent prayer: 

Pardon my sin, my soul reprieve, 

~No hand but Thine can now relieve, 

Or save me from despair. 

469 



REPENTANCE. 

2 My trembling spirit, filled with awe, 
Beholds the terrors of Thy law, 

And bows itself in dust; 
Thou, Lord, art righteous, just and good, 
My only refuge is Thy blood : 

Thou art my only trust. 

3 Guilty, before Thy bar 1 plead, 
Guilty in thought, in word, and deed, 

Wholly defiled by sin: 
Oh ! heal the leprosy of soul ! 
One pardoning word can make me whole, 

And bid my heart be clean. 

289 S ' M ' COWPEK. 

THE CONVINCED AND SEEKING SINNER. 

1 MY former hopes are fled, 
My terror now begins; 

1 feel, alas ! that I am dead 
In trespasses and sins. 

2 Ah! whither shall I fly? 
I hear the thunder roar; 

The law proclaims destruction nigh, 
And vengeance at the door. 

3 When I review my ways, 
I dread impending doom; 

But sure, a friendly whisper says, 
" Flee from the wrath to come." 

4 I see, or think I see, 

A glimmering from afar ; 
A beam of day that shines for me, 
To save me from despair. 

5 Forerunner of the sun, 

It marks the pilgrim's way; 
I'll gaze upon it while I run, 
And watch the rising dav. 

470 



YIELDING TO GOD. 
290 L - M. Moravian. 

A SINNER SUBMITTING TO GOD. 

1 WEARY of struggling with my pain, 
Hopeless to burst this sinful chain, 
At length I give the contest o'er, 
And seek to free myself no more. 

2 From my own works at last I cease, 
God, that creates, must seal my peace; 
Fruitless my toil, and vain my care, 
Unless Thy sovereign grace I share. 

3 Lord, I despair myself to heal ; 
I see my sin, but do not feel; 
JN T or shall I, till Thy Spirit blow, 
And bid th' obedient waters flow. 

4 'Tis Thine a heart of flesh to give, 
Thy gifts I only can receive : 
Here then to Thee I all resign, 

To draw, redeem, and seal, is Thine. 

291 S. M. Newton. 

THE BURDEN OF SIN. 

1 LORD, can a soul like mine, 
Unholy and unclean, 

Dare venture near a throne of grace, 
With such a load of sin ? 

2 When I attempt to pray, 
And lisp Thy holy name, 

My thoughts are hurried soon away, 
I know not where I am. 

3 When in Thy word I look, 
Such darkness fills my mind, 

1 only read a sealed book, 
And no relief I find. 

471 



REPENTANCE. 

4 Myself can hardly bear 

This wretched heart of mine; 
How hateful, then, must it appear, 
To those pure eyes of Thine ! 

5 Low at Thy feet I bow, 
Oh ! pity and forgive ! 

Here will I lie, and wait till Thou 
Shalt bid me rise and live. 

292 8 s., Tb. and 4s. Evan. Mag. 

THE SURRENDER. 

1 WELCOME, welcome, dear Eedeemer, 

Welcome to this heart of mine: 
Lord, I make a full surrender, 

Every power and thought be Thine, 

Thine entirely, 
Through eternal ages Thine. 

2 Known to all to be Thy mansion, 

Earth and hell will disappear; 
Or in vain attempt possession, 

When they find the Lord is near; 

Shout O Zion! 
Shout, ye saints, the Lord is here ! 

293 L. M. Tatlock. 

THE RETURNING SINNER. 

1 FAE from Thy fold, my God, my feet 

Once moved in error's devious maze, 
]Nor found religious duties sweet, 

Nor sought Thy face, nor loved Thy ways. 

2 With tenderest voice Thou badst me flee 

The paths which Thou couldst ne'er approve; 
And gently drew my soul to Thee, 
With cords of sweet, eternal love. 

472 



PLEADING FOR GRACE. 

3 Now to Thy footstool, Lord, I fly, 

And low in self-abasement fall; 
A vile, a helpless worm, I lie, 

And Thou, my God, art all in all. 

4 Dearer, far dearer to my heart, 

Than all the joys that earth can give; 
From fame, from wealth, from friends I'd part, 
Beneath Thy countenance to live. 

5 And when, in smiling friendship dressed, 

Death bids me quit this mortal frame, 
Gently reclined on Jesus' breast, 

My latest breath shall bless His name. 

6 Then my unfettered soul shall rise, 

And soar above yon starry spheres, 
Join the full chorus of the skies, 

And sing Thy praise through endless years. 

294 7s. and 6s. C. Wesley. 

PLEADING FOK GRACE. 

1 WKETCHED, helpless, and distressed, 

Ah! whither shall I fly! 
Ever panting after rest, 

Where shall I turn mine eye? 
Naked, sick, and poor, and blind, 

Bound in sin and misery : 
Friend of sinners, let me find 

My help, my all in Thee. 

2 Jesus, full of truth and grace, 

Oh! hear my sad complaint; 
Be the wanderer's resting place, 
A cordial for the faint: 



473 



REPENTANCE. 

Make me rich, for I am poor; 

Let me now Thy presence find; 
To the dying, health restore, 

And eyesight to the blind. 

3 Fill my soul with heavenly grace, 

With pure humility: 
Clothe me with Thy righteousness; 

Endue my heart with Thee; 
Let Thine image be restored; 

Let me Thy forgiveness prove; 
Fill me with Thy fulness, Lord, 

For boundless is Thy love. 

295 ^ s - Hastings. 

DEEP CONTRITION. 

1 JESUS, save my dying soul, 
Make the broken spirit whole: 
Humbled in the dust I lie; 
Saviour, leave me not to die. 

2 Jesus, full of every grace, 
Now reveal Thy smiling - face : 
Grant the joy of sin forgiven, 
Foretaste of the bliss of heaven. 

3 All my guilt to Thee is known, 
Thou art righteous. Thou alone ; 
All my help is from Thy cross ; 
All beside I count but loss. 

4 Lord, in Thee I now believe; 
Wilt Thou, wilt Thou not forgive? 
Helpless at Thy feet I lie; 
Saviour, leave me not to die. 



474 



CONVERSION. 



CONVERSION. 



296 L - M. Watts. 

JOY IN HEAVEN OVER A REPENTING SINNER. 

1 Who can describe the joys that rise 
Through all the courts of paradise, 
To see a prodigal return, 

To see an heir of glory born! 

2 With joy the Father doth approve 
The fruit of His eternal love : 

The Son with joy looks clown, and sees 
The purchase of His agonies. 

3 The Spirit takes delight, to view 
The holy soul He formed anew ; 
And saints and angels join to sing 
The growing empire of their King. 

297 C M. Needham. 

JOT OVER BUT ONE CONVERT. 

1 OH! how divine, how sweet the joy, 

When but one sinner turns, 
And with an humble broken heart, 
His sins and errors mourns ! 

2 Pleased with the news, the saints below 

In songs their tongues employ ; 
Beyond the skies the tidings go, 
And heaven is filled with joy. 

3 Well pleased, the Father sees and hears 

The conscious sinner's moan ; 
Jesus receives him in His arms, 
And claims him for His own. 

475 



CONVERSION. 

4 Nor angels can their joy contain, 
But kindle with new fire: 
"The sinner lost is found," they sing, 
And strike the sounding lyre. 

298 c. m. Wilks. 

PRISONERS OF HOPE. 

1 WHEN first my dangerous state I saw, 

And knew not where to run; 
I fled from God's avenging law, 
To duties I had done. 

2 But these, alas ! I quickly found ■ . 

Afforded no defence ; 
For threatening vengeance burst around, 
And drove my soul from thence. 

3 Cut off from every legal hope, 

And sinking in despair, 
I turned mine eyes to Calvary's top, 
And saw a refuge there. 

4 Jesus, the Saviour, cried aloud, 

Prisoners of hope, come in! 
There's peace and safety in My blood, 
From vengeance and from sin. 

5 I entered this stronghold in haste, 

And found myself secure ; 
And from a sense of mercies past, 
I learn to trust Him more. 

299 L. M. Watts. 

RENOUNCING THE WORLD. 

1 I SEND the joys of earth away, 

Away, ye tempters of the mind! 

False as the smooth, deceitful sea, 

And empty as the whistling wind. 

476 



LOOKING TO CHRIST. 

2 Your streams were floating me along, 

Down to the gulf of dark despair: 
And, while I listened to your song, 

Your streams had e'en conveyed me there. 

3 Lord ! I adore Thy matchless grace, 

That warned me of that dark abyss: 
That drew me from those treacherous seas, 
And bade me seek superior bliss. 

4 Now to the shining realms above, 

I stretch my hands and lift mine eyes; 
Oh ! for the pinions of a dove, 
To bear me to the upper skies. 

5 There, from the bosom of my God, 

Oceans of endless pleasure roll ; 
There would I fix my last abode, 
And drown the sorrows of my soul. 

300 C - M- BlJRNHAM. 

LORD, REMEMBER ME. 

1 JESUS, Thou art the sinner's Friend; 

As such I look to Thee ; 
Now, in the fulness of Thy love, 

Lord, remember me. 

2 .Remember Thy pure word of grace, 

Remember Calvary; 
Remember all Thy dying groans, 
And, then, remember me. 

3 Thou wondrous Advocate with God, 

1 yield myself to Thee ; 

While Thou art sitting on Thy throne, 
Dear Lord, remember me. 

4 Lord, I am guilty, I am vile, 

But Thy salvation's free; 

477 



CONVERSION. 

Then, in Thine all-abounding grace, 
Dear Lord, remember me. 

5 And, when I close my eyes in death, 
When creature-helps all flee, 
Then, O my dear Redeemer-God, 
I pray, remember me. 

301 C. M. Beddome. 

GIVING UP ALL FOR CHEIST. 

1 AND must I part with all I have, 

Jesus, my Lord, for Thee? 
This is my joy, since Thou hast done 
Much more than this for me. 

2 Yes, let it go ! one look from Thee 

Will more than make amends 
For all the losses I sustain 
Of credit, wealth, or friends, 

3 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand lives, 

How worthless they appear, 
Compared with Thee, supremely good, 
Divinely bright and fair! 

4 Saviour of souls, while I from Thee 

A single smile obtain ; 
Though destitute of all things else, 
I '11 glory in my gain ! 

302 °- p - M - MoRE - 

THE WORLD RENOUNCED. 

1 I QUIT the world's fantastic joys, 
Her honours are but idle toys, 

Her bliss an empty shade; 
Like meteors in the midnight sky, 
That glitter for a while and die, 
Her glories flash and fade. 

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BEARING THE CROSS. 

2 Let fools for riches strive and toil, 
Let greedy minds divide the spoil, 

'Tis all too mean for me; 
Above the earth, above the skies, 
My bold aspiring wishes rise, 

My God, to heaven and Thee. 

3 O Source of glory, life, and love, 
When to Thy courts I mount above, 

On contemplation's wings, 
I look with pity and disdain 
On all the pleasures of the vain, 

On all the pomps of kings. 

4 Thy beauties rising in my sight, 
Divinely sweet, divinely bright, 

With raptures fill my breast ; 
Though robbed of all my earthly store, 
With Thee I never can be poor, 

But must be ever blessed. 

303 C. M. Needham. 

BEARING THE CROSS. 

1 ASHAMED of Christ ! my soul disdains 

The mean, ungenerous thought; 
Shall I disown that Friend, whose blood 
To man salvation brought? 

2 With the glad news of love and peace, 

From heaven to earth He came; 
For us endured the painful cross, 
For us despised the shame. 

3 At His command, we must take up 

Our cross without delay ; 
Our lives, yea, thousand lives of ours, 
His love can ne'er repay. 

479 



CONVERSION. 

4 Each faithful sufferer, Jesus views 

With infinite delight; 
Their lives to Him are dear; their deaths 
Are precious in His sight. 

5 To bear His name, His cross to bear, 

Our highest honour this! 
Who firmly suffers for Him now, 
Shall reign with Him in bliss. 

6 But should we, in the evil day, 

From our profession fly, 
Jesus, the Judge, before the world 
The traitors will deny. 

304 C. M. Newton. 

SUBDUED BY THE CROSS, 

1 IN evil long I took delight, 

Unawed by shame or fear, 
Till a new object struck my sight, 
And stopped my wild career. 

2 I saw one hanging on a tree, 

In agonies and blood ; 
He fixed His languid eyes on me, 
As near His cross I stood. 

3 Oh ! never till my latest breath. 

Shall I forget that look ; 
It seemed to charge me with His death 
Though not a word He spoke. 

4 My conscience felt and owned the guilt, 

It plunged me in despair; 
I saw, my sins His blood had spilt, 
And helped to nail Him there. 

5 A second look He gave, that said, 

"I freely all forgive; 
This blood is for thy ransom paid, 
I die that thou mayest live." 

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YIELDING ALL TO CHRIST. 

6 Thus, while His death my sin displays 
In all its blackest hue; 
Such is the mystery of grace. 
It seals my pardon too. 

305 H. M. Eeed. 

SUBMISSION. 

1 COME my Redeemer, come, 

And deign to dwell with me, 
Come, and Thy right assume, 

And bid Thy rivals flee: 
Come, my Redeemer, quickly come, 
And make my heart, Thy lasting home. 

2 Exert Thy mighty power, 

And banish all my sin; 
In this auspicious hour, 
Bring all Thy graces in; 
Come, my Redeemer, quickly come, 
And make my heart, Thy lasting home. 

3 Rule Thou in every thought 

And passion of my soul, 
Till all my powers are brought 

Beneath Thy full control: 
Come, my Redeemer, quickly come, 
And make my heart, Thy lasting home. 

4 Then shall my days be Thine, 

And all my heart be love, 
*And joy and peace be mine, 

Such as are known above: 
Come, my Redeemer, quickly come, 
And make my heart, Thy lasting home. 

21 481 



CONVERSION. 

306 c - M - Newton. 

PEACE RETURNING. 

1 OH! speak that gracious word again. 

And cheer my drooping heart! 
No voice but Thine can soothe my pain, 
And bid my fears depart. 

2 And wilt Thou still vouchsafe to own 

A worm so vile as I? 
And may I still approach Thy throne, 
And Abba, Father, cry? 

3 My Saviour, by His powerful word, 

Hath turned my night to day ; 
And all those heavenly joys restored, 
Which I had sinned away. 

4 Dear Lord! I wonder and adore: 

Thy grace is all divine : 
Oh! keep me, that I sin no more 
Against such love as Thine. 

307 L- M. Steele. 

ENTIRE CONSECRATION. 

1 NOW I resolve with all my heart, 

With all my powers to serve the Lord ; 
Nor from His ways will I depart. 
Whose service is a rich reward. 

2 Oh! be this service all my joy! 

Around let my example shine; 

Till others love the blessed employ, 

And join in labours so divine. 

3 Be this the purpose of my soul, 

My solemn, my determined choice, 
To yield to His supreme control, 

And in His kind commands rejoice. 

482 



OLD THINGS PASSED AWAY. 

4 Oh ! may I never faint nor tire 

Nor, wandering, leave His sacred ways; 
Great God! accept my soul's desire, 

And give me strength to live Thy praise. 

308 C - M - Newton. 

OLD THINGS PASSED AWAY. 

1 LET earthly minds the world pursue, 
It has no charms for me: 



Once I admired its trifles too, 
But grace hath set me free. 

2 Its visions can no longer please, 

Nor happiness aiford: 
Far from my heart be joys like these, 
For I have seen the Lord. 

3 As by the light of opening day, 

The stars are all concealed ; 
So earthly pleasures fade away, 
When Jesus is revealed. 

4 Creatures no more divide my choice, 

I bid them all depart; 
His name, His love, His gracious voice, 
Have fixed my roving heart. 

5 And may I hope that Thou wilt own 

A worthless worm like me I 
Dear Lord, I would be Thine alone, 
And wholly live to Thee. 

309 8s - an d 7 s - Wingrove. 

A MIRACLE OF GRACE. 

1 HAIL, my ever blessed Jesus, 
Only Thee I wish to sing; 
To my soul Thy name is precious, 
Thou my Prophet, Priest, and King. 

483 



CONVERSION. 

2 Oh! what mercy flows from heaven, 

Oh! what joy and happiness! 
Love I much? I've much forgiven, 
I'm a miracle of grace. 

3 Once, with Adam's race in ruin, 

Unconcerned in sin I lay ; 
Swift destruction still pursuing, 
Till my Saviour passed that way. 

4 Witness, all ye hosts of heaven, 

My Redeemer's tenderness! 
Love I much ? I 've much forgiven, 
I'm a miracle of grace. 

5 Shout, ye bright angelic choir; 

Praise the Lamb enthroned above; 
While, astonished, I admire 

God's free orace and boundless love. 



&■ 



6 That blessed moment I received Him, 
Filled my soul with joy and peace; 
Love I much? I've much forgiven, 
I'm a miracle of grace. 

310 L M. Kelly. 

DISTINGUISHING GRACE ACKNOWLEDGED. 

1 I HEAR a voice that comes from far; 

From Calvary it sounds abroad ; 
It soothes my soul, and calms my fear: 
It speaks of pardon bought with blood. 

2 And is it true that many fly 

The sound that bids my soul rejoice; 
And rather choose in sin to die, 
Than turn an ear to mercy's voice? 

484 



CHOOSING GOD'S PEOPLE. 

3 Alas ! for those, the day is near, 

When mercy will be heard no more; 
Then will they ask in vain to hear 
The voice, they would not hear before. 

4 With such, I own, I once appeared, 

But now I know how great their loss; 
For sweeter sounds were never heard 
Than mercy utters from the cross. 

5 But let me not forget to own, 

That if I differ aught from those, 
'Tis due to sovereign grace alone, 
That oft selects its proudest foes. 

311 7s. Montgomery. 



PEOPLE of the living God ! 

I have sought the world around, 
Paths of sin and sorrow trod, 

Peace and comfort no where found : 
!Now to you my spirit turns, 

Turns, a fugitive unblessed ; 
Brethren, where your altar burns, 

Oh! receive me into rest. 

Lonely I no longer roam, 

Like the cloud, the wind, the wave, 
Where you dwell shall be my home, 

Where you die shall be my grave: 
Mine the God whom you adore, 

Your Redeemer shall be mine ; 
Earth can "fill my soul no more, 

Every idol I resign. 

485 



CONVERSION. 
312 8s. and 7s. Grant. 

FORSAKING ALL, TO FOLLOW CHRIST. 

1 JESUS, I my cross have taken, 

All to leave, and follow Thee; 
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken, 

Thou from hence my All shalt be, 
Perish, every fond ambition, 

All I've sought, or hoped, or known; 
Yet how rich is my condition ! 

God, and heaven, are still my own. 

2 Let the world despise, and leave me; 

They have left my Saviour too; 
Human hearts and looks deceive me, 

Thou art not like them untrue; 
And whilst Thou shalt smile upon me, 

God of wisdom, love, and might. 
Foes may hate, and friends disown me, 

Show Thy face, and all is bright. 

3 Go then, earthly fame and treasure, 

Come, disaster, scorn and pain; 
In Thy service, pain is pleasure, 

With Thy favour loss is gain. 
I have called Thee Abba, Father, 

I have set my heart on Thee: 
Storms may howl, and clouds may gather, 

All must work for good to me. 

4 Man may trouble and distress me, 

'Twill but drive me to Thy breast; 
Life with trials hard may press me, 

Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. 
Oh! 'tis not in grief to harm me; 

While Thy love is left to me; 
Oh! 'twere not in joy to charm me, 

Were that jov unmixed with Thee. 

486 



THE WAY TO ZION. 

5 Soul, then know thy full salvation; 

Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care; 
Joy to find in every station, 

Something still to do or bear. 
Think what Spirit dwells within thee; 

Think what Father's smiles are thine; 
Think that Jesus died to win thee ; 

Child of heaven, canst thou repine? 

6 Haste thee on from grace to glory, 

Armed by faith, and winged by prayer, 
Heaven's eternal day's before thee, 

God's own hand shall guide thee there. 
Soon shall close thy earthly mission, 

Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days; 
Hope shall change to glad fruition, 

Faith to sight, and prayer to praise. 

313 C - M. Doddridge. 

ASKING THE WAY TO ZION. 

1 INQUIRE, ye pilgrims, for the way 

That leads to Zion's hill, 
And thither set your steady face, 
With a determined will. 

2 Invite the strangers all around, 

Your pious march to join; 
And spread the sentiments you feel 
Of faith and love divine. 

3 Oh! come, and to His temple haste, 

And seek His favour there; 
Before His footstool humbly bow, 
And pour your fervent prayer. 

4 Oh! come, and join your souls to God, 

In everlasting bands; 
Accept the blessings He bestows, 
"With thankful hearts and hands. 

487 



CONVERSION. 
314 & M. Dwight, 

DELIVEKANCE FEOM EVIL COMPANIONS. 

1 THE giddy world with flattering tongue, 

Had charmed my soul astray, 
And lured my heedless feet to death, 
Along the flowery way. 

2 My heart, with agonizing prayer, 

Besought the Lord to save; 
Unseen He seized my trembling hand, 
And brought me from the grave. 

3 He broke the charm, which drew my feet 

To darkness and the dead; 
From lips profane, and tongues impure, 
With quivering steps I fled. 

4 Homeward I flew to find my God, 

And seek His face divine; 
Restored to peace, to hope, to life, 
To Zion's friends, and mine. 

315 c. m. 

PENITENTIAL GKATITUDE. 

1 RISE, O my soul, the hours review, 

When awed by guilt and fear, 
To heaven for grace thou durst not sue, 
And found no rescue here: 

2 Thy tears are dried, thy griefs are fled, 

Dispelled each bitter care; 
For heaven itself hath lent its aid, 
To save thee from despair. 

3 Hear, then, O God! Thy work fulfil, 

And, from Thy mercy's throne, 

Vouchsafe me strength to do Thy will, 

And to resist mine own. 

488 



NOT ASHAMED OF JESUS. 

4 So si 1 all my soul each power employ 
Thy mercy to adore; 
While Heaven itself proclaims with joy, 
"One pardoned sinner more!" 

316 k- M- Livingstone. 

THE CONVERT'S GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 

1 MY soul, with humble fervour raise 
To God the voice of grateful praise, 
And every mental power combine, 
To bless His attributes divine. 

2 Deep on my heart let memory trace 
His acts of mercy and of grace; 
Who, with a Father's tender care, 
Saved me when sinking in despair; 

3 Gave my repentant soul to prove 
The joy of His forgiving love; 
Poured balm into my bleeding breast, 
And led my weary feet to rest. 

317 L. M. Gregg. 

NOT ASHAMED OF JESUS. 

1 JESUS! and shall it ever be, 

A mortal man ashamed of Thee ! 
Ashamed of Thee, whom angels praise, 
Whose glories shine through endless days. 

2 Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far 
Let evening blush to own a star : 
He sheds the beams of light divine 
O'er this benighted soul of mine. 

3 Ashamed of Jesus ! just as soon 
Let midnight be ashamed of noon ; 
'Tis midnight with my soul, till He, 
Bright morning Star, bid darkness flee. 
21* 489 



CONVERSION. 

4 Ashamed of Jesus! that dear friend, 
On whom my hopes of heaven depend! 
No! when I blush, be this my shame, 
That I no more revere His name. 

5 Ashamed of Jesus! yes I may 
When I've no guilt to wash away, 
]STo tear to wipe, no good to crave, 
No fear to quell, no soul to save. 

6 Till then, nor is my boasting vain, 
Till then I boast a Saviour slain! 
And Oh! may this my glory be, 
That Christ is not ashamed of me! 

318 L - M- DODDRIDGE. 

SELF-DEDICATION. 

1 O HAPPY day, that fixed my choice 

On Thee, my Saviour, and my God! 
Well may this glowing heart rejoice, 
And tell its raptures all abroad. 

2 O happy bond, that seals my vows 

To Him, who merits all my love! 
Let cheerful anthems fill His house, 
While to that sacred shrine I move. 

3 'Tis done: the great transaction's done, 

I am my Lord's, and He is mine: 
He drew me and I followed on, 

Charmed to confess the voice divine, 

4 Now rest, my long-divided heart, 

Fixed on this blissful centre, rest; 
With ashes who would grudge to part, 
When called on angels' bread to feast! 

5 High Heaven, that heard the solemn vow, 

That vow renewed shall daily hear, 
Till in life's latest hour I bow, 

And bless in death a bond so dear. 

490 



BY GRACE. 

319 L. M. Dobell's Coll. 

BY GRACE YE ARE SAVED. 

1 SELF-RIGHTEOUS souls on works rely, 
And boast their moral dignity; 

But when I lisp a song of praise, 
Grace is the note my soul shall raise. 

2 'Twas grace that quickened me when dead, 
And grace my soul to Jesus led; 

Grace brings me pardon for my sin ; 
'Tis grace subdues my lusts within. 

3 'Tis grace, that sweetens every cross, 
'T is grace supports in every loss ; 

In Jesus' grace my soul is strong; 
Grace is my hope, and Christ my song. 

4 'Tis grace defends when danger's near; 
By grace alone I persevere; 

'Tis grace constrains my soul to love; 
Free grace is all they sing above. 

5 Thus, 'tis alone of grace I boast, 
And 'tis alone in grace I trust; 

For all that's past, grace is my theme; 
For what's to come, 'tis still the same. 

6 Through endless years, of grace I'll sing, 
Adore and bless my heavenly King ; 

I '11 cast my crown before His throne, 
And shout free grace to Him alone. 

320 S - M - Doddridge. 

SALVATION BY GRACE. 

1 GRACE ! 't is a charming sound ; 

Harmonious to the ear! 
Heaven with the echo shall resound, 

And all the earth shall hear. 

491 



CONVERSION. 

2 Grace first contrived the way, 
To save rebellious rnau; 

And all the steps that grace display, 
Which drew the wondrous plan. 

3 Grace led my roving feet 
To tread the heavenly road; 

And new supplies each hour I meet, 
"While pressing on to God. 

4 Grace all the work shall crown, 
. Through everlasting days; 

It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 
And well deserves the praise. 

321 C. M. Newton. 

TRIUMPHS OF GRACE. 

1 AMAZING grace! how sweet the sound 

That saved a wretch like me! 
I once was lost, but now am found, 
Was blind, but now I see. 

2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, 

And grace my fears relieved; 
How precious did that grace appear, 
The hour I first believed! 

3 Through many dangers, toils and snares, 

I have already come; 
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, 
And grace will lead me home. 

4 The Lord has promised good to me, 

His word my hope secures; 
He will my Shield and Portion be, 
As long as life endures. 

5 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, 

And mortal life shall cease; 

492 



BY GKACE. 

I shall possess within the veil, 
A life of joy and peace. 

6 There, joys unseen by mortal eyes, 

Or reason's feeble ray, 
In ever-blooming prospects rise, 
Unconscious of decay. 

7 Then now, on faith's sublimest wing, 

Let ardent wishes rise, 
To those bright scenes, where pleasures spring 
Immortal in the skies. 

322 C - M - Hoskins. 

THE JAILER'S CONVERSION. 

1 LORD, we adore Thy matchless ways, 

In bringing souls to Thee; 
We sing and shout eternal praise, 
For grace so full and free. 

2 "What must I do," the jailer cries, 

"To save my sinking soul?" 
"Believe in Christ," the Word replies, 
"Thy faith shall make thee whole." 

3 Our works are all the works of sin, 

Our nature quite depraved; 

Jesus alone can make us clean; 

By grace are sinners saved. 

4 "Believe, believe," the gospel cries, 

" This is the living way :" 
From faith in Christ our hopes arise, 
And shine to perfect day. 

5 Come, sinners, then, the Saviour trust, 

To wash you in His blood ; 

' To change your hearts, subdue your lust, 

And bring you home to God. 

493 



CONVERSION. 

323 L. M. Hosktns. 

TO LIVE IS CHRIST. 

1 LET thoughtless thousands choose the road 
That leads the soul away from God; 

This happiness, dear Lord, be mine, 
To live and die entirely Thine. 

2 On Christ, by faith, my soul would live, 
From Him, my life, my all receive: 

To Him devote my fleeting hours: 
Serve Him alone with all my powers. 

3 Christ is my everlasting all, 

To Him I look, on Him I call; 
He every want will well supply, 
In time, and through eternity. 

4 Soon will the Lord, my life, appear; 
Soon shall I end my trials here; 
Leave sin and sorrow, death and pain; 
To live is Christ, to die is gain. 

324 L. M. Steele. 

NONE BUT CHRIST. 

1 THOU only Sovereign of my heart, 

My Refuge, my almighty Friend: 
And can my soul from Thee depart, 
On whom alone my hopes depend? 

2 Whither, ah! whither shall I go, 

A wretched wanderer from my Lord? 
Can this dark world of sin and woe, 
One glimpse of happiness afford? 

3 Thy name my inmost powers adore; 

Thou art my Life, my Joy, my Care; 

Depart from Thee! 'tis death, 'tis more, 

'Tis endless ruin, deep despair! 

494 



CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 

4 Low at Thy feet my soul would lie 
Here safety dwells, and peace divine; 
Still let me live beneath Thine eye, 
For life, eternal life, is Thine. 



CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 
325 !*• M. S. Stennett. 

CHRISTIANS THE SONS OF GOD. 

1 NOT all the nobles of the earth, 
Who boast the honours of their birth, 
Such real dignity can claim 

As those who bear the Christian name. 

2 To them the privilege is given 

To be the sons and heirs of heaven ; 
Sons of the God who reigns on high, 
And heirs of joy beyond the sky. 

3 On them, a happy, chosen race, 
Their Father pours His richest grace: 
To them His counsels He imparts, 
And stamps His image on their hearts. 

4 Their infant-cries, their tender age, 
His pity and His love engage: 

He clasps them in His arms, and there 
Secures them with parental care. 

5 His will He makes them early know, 
And teaches their young feet to go; 
Whispers instruction to their minds, 
And on their hearts His precepts binds. 

495 



CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 

6 When through temptations they rebel, 
His chastening rod He makes them feel; 
Then, with a Father's tender heart, 

He soothes the pain and heals the smart. 

7 Their daily wants His hands supply, 
Their steps He guards with watchful eye; 
Leads them from earth to heaven above, 
And crowns them with eternal love. 

8 If I've the honour, Lord, to be 
One of this numerous family; 
On me the gracious gift bestow, 
To call Thee Abba, Father, too. 

9 So may my conduct ever prove 
My filial piety and love; 

"Whilst all my brethren clearly trace 
Their Father's likeness in my face. 

326 c - M - Cowpee. 

SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS RENOUNCED. 

1 NO strength of nature can suffice 

To serve the Lord aright ; 
And what she has, she misapplies, 
For want of clearer light. 

2 How long beneath the law I lay 

In bondage and distress ! 
1 toiled the precept to obey, 
But toiled without success. 

3 Then all my servile works were done, 

A righteousness to raise; 

Eow freely chosen in the Son, 

I freely choose His ways. 

49(5 



UNION TO CHRIST. 

4 To see the law by Christ fulfilled, 

And hear His pardoning voice, 
Will change a slave into a child, 
And duty into choice. 

5 "What shall I do," was once the word, 

"That I may worthier grow?" 
"What shall I render to the Lord?" 
Is my enquiry now. 

6 I've seen how great my misery is, 

And mourned my helpless case ; 

I've found in Christ a righteousness, 

And praise Him for His grace. 

327 S. M. Doddridge. 

UNION TO CHRIST. 

1 DEAR Saviour, we are Thine 
By everlasting bands; 

Our names, our hearts, we would resign, 
And souls, into Thy hands. 

2 Accepted for Thy sake, 
And justified by faith, 

We of Thy righteousness partake, 
And find in Thee our life. 

3 To Thee we still would cleave, 
With ever growing zeal ; 

If millions tempt us Christ to leave, 
Oh ! let them ne'er prevail. 

4 Thy Spirit shall unite 

Our souls to Thee our Head ; 
Shall form ns to Thy image bright, 
That we Thy paths may tread. 

497 



CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 

5 Death may our souls divide 
From these abodes of clay ; 

But love shall keep us near Thy side, 
Through all the gloomy way. 

6 Since Christ and we are one, 
Why should we doubt or fear? 

Since He in heaven hath fixed His throne. 
He '11 fix His members there. 

328 L - M - i™. 

ONE WITH CHRIST. 

1 'TWIXT Jesus and the chosen race, 
Subsists a bond of sovereign grace, 
That hell, with its infernal train, 
Shall ne'er dissolve, nor rend in twain. 

2 Hail, sacred union, firm and strong ! 

How great the grace ! how sweet the song ! 
That worms of earth should ever be 
One with incarnate Deity. 

3 One in the tomb, one when He rose, 
One when He triumphed o'er His foes; 
One when in heaven He took His seat, 
While seraphs sung all hell's defeat. 

4 This sacred tie forbids their fears, 
For all He is, or has, is theirs ; 

With Him their Head, they stand or fall, 
Their Life, their Surety, and their All. 

329 J 1 ' M. ZlNZENDORF. 

THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

1 LORD, Thy imputed righteousness, 
My beauty is, my glorious dress ; 
'Midst flaming worlds in this arrayed, 
With joy shall I lift up my head. 

498 



HOLINESS. 

2 When from the dust of death I rise, 
To take my mansion in the skies; 
E'en then shall this be all my plea, 
"Jesus hath lived and died for me." 

3 Bold shall I stand in that great day, 
For who aught to my charge shall lay? 
While through Thy blood absolved I am, 
From sin's tremendous curse and shame. 

4 Thus Abraham, the friend of God, 
Thus all the armies bought with blood, 
By faith on Thee alone relied, 

And in the Lord were justified. 

5 This spotless robe the same appears, 
When ruined nature sinks in years: 
No age can change its glorious hue, 
The robe of Christ is ever new. 

6 Oh! let the dead now hear Thy voice! 
Bid, Lord, Thy mourning ones rejoice; 
Their beauty this, their glorious dress, 
"Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness." 

330 C. M. Watts. 

SANCTIFIED IN - CHRIST. 

1 NOT the malicious or profane, 

The wanton or the proud, 
ISTor thieves, nor slanderers, shall obtain 
The kingdom of our God. 

2 Surprising grace! and such were we 

By nature and by sin; 
Heirs of immortal misery, 
Unholy and unclean. 

3 But we are washed in Jesus' blood, 

We're pardoned through His name; 
And the good Spirit of our God 
Hath sanctified our frame. 

499 



CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 

4 Oil! for a persevering power, 
To keep Thy just commands! 
We would defile our hearts no more, 
No more pollute our hands. 

331 L. M. Watts. 

PEEDESTINATED TO BE SONS. 

1 JESUS, we bless Thy Father's name; 
Thy God and ours are both the same; 
"What heavenly blessings from His throne 
Flow down to sinners through His Son! 

2 "Christ be my first elect," He said, 
Then chose our souls in Christ our Head; 
Before He gave the mountains birth, 

Or laid foundations for the earth. 

3 Thus did eternal love begin 

To raise us up from death and sin; 
Persons and characters decreed, 
Blameless in love, a holy seed. 

4 Predestinated to be sons; 

Born by degrees, but chose at once; 

A new regenerated race; 

To praise the glory of His grace. 

5 With Christ our Lord, we share our part 
In the affections of His heart; 

ISTor shall our souls be thence removed 
Till He forgets His first beloved. 

332 S. M. Watts. 

THE SONS OF GOD. 

1 BEHOLD what wondrous grace 

The Father has bestowed 
On sinners of a mortal race, 

To call them sons of God ! 

500 



SECURED BY PROMISE. 

2 'Tis no surprising thing, 
That we should be unknown; 

The Jewish world knew not their King, 
God's everlasting Son. 

3 Nor doth it yet appear 

How great we must be made; 
But when we see our Saviour there 
We shall be like our Head. 

4 A hope so much divine 
May trials well endure; 

May purge our souls from sense and sin, 
As Christ the Lord is pure. 

5 If in my Father's love, 
I share a filial part, 

Send down Thy Spirit, like a dove, 
To rest upon my heart. 

6 We would no longer lie, 

Like slaves, beneath the throne; 
Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry, 
And Thou the kindred own. 

333 lis. Kennedy. 

THE PROMISES PRECIOUS. 

1 HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, 
Is laid for your faith in His excellent word! 
What more can He say than to you He hath said, 
Who unto the Saviour for refuge have fled ? 

2 "Fear not, I am with thee, Oh! be not dismayed; 
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; 
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to 

stand, 
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand. 

501 



CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 

3 When through the deep waters I call thee to go, 
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow ; 

For I will be with thee thy troubles to bless, 
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 

4 When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, 
My grace all sufficient shall be thy supply ; 
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design 
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 

5 E'en down to old age, all My people shall prove 
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love ; 

And then, when grey hairs shall their temples adorn, 
Like lambs they shall still in My bosoni be borne. 

6 The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, 
I will not, I will not desert to his foes ; 

That soul, though all hell should endeavour to 

shake, 
I'll never — no, never — no, never forsake." 

334 8s. Hart. 

THE LIFE OF FAITH. 

1 THE moment a sinner believes, 

And trusts in his crucified Lord, 
His pardon at once he receives, 

Redemption in full through His blood. 

2 The Christian is dead, yet he lives, 

His life is with Christ, hid in God, 
This life now from Christ he derives, 
And he lives by faith in his Lord. 

3 Though thousands and thousands of foes 

Against him in malice unite, 
Their rage he through Christ can oppose, 
Led forth by the Spirit to fight. 

502 



CHOSEN IN CHRIST. 

4 The faith, that unites to the Lamb, 

And brings such salvation as this, 
Is more than mere fancy or name; 
The work of God's Spirit it is. 

5 It says to the mountains "depart," 

That stand betwixt God and the soul; 
It binds up the broken in heart, 

The wounded in conscience makes whole. 

6 Christ lives by His Spirit in them, 

"Whose hearts are renewed by grace; 
And they, by their faith, live in Him, 
A life of pure joy, love and peace. 

335 T*- Haweis. 

CHOSEN IN" CHRIST. 

1 GOD'S own promise standeth sure; 
Saints shall to the end endure; 
Safely will the Shepherd keep 
Those He purchased for His sheep: 

2 Known to Him before the sun 
First began its course to run, 
Chosen, called from above, 
Objects of eternal love. 

3 Put Thy seal upon each heart; 
Thy blessed image, Lord impart; 
All Thyself in us reveal, 

We the clay and Thou the seal. 

4 Every evil, Lord, subdue; 
Make us to our duty true; 
Then from base affections free ; 
Dead to sin, we'll live to Thee. 



503 



CHRISTIAN CHARACTER. 
33 Q C. M. Beddome. 

CHRIST IS MINE. 

1 "IF Christ is mine," then all is mine, 

And more than angels know ; 
Both present things and things to come, 
And grace and glory too. 

2 "If Christ is mine," then though He frown, 

He never will forsake ; 
His chastisements all work for good, 
And bnt His love bespeak. 

3 "If Christ is mine," I need not fear 

The rage of earth and hell; 
He will support my feeble frame,. 
And all their power repel. 

4 "If Christ is mine," let friends forsake, 

And earthly comforts flee; 

He, the Dispenser of all good, 

Is more than these to me. 

5 "If Christ is mine," I'll fearless pass 

Through death's tremendous vale, 
He'll be my comfort and my stay, 
When heart and flesh shall fail. 

6 Let Christ assure me, "I am thine," 

I nothing want beside; 
My soul shall at the fountain live, 
When all the streams are dried. 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 
337 8s. De Fleury. 

LONGING FOR HEAVEN. 

1 YE angels, who stand round the throne, 
And view my Immanuel's face, 
In rapturous songs make Him known, 

Tune, tune your soft harps to His praise: 

504 



GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION. 

He formed yon the spirits you are, 

So happy, so noble, so good ; 
When others sunk down in despair, 

Confirmed by His power, ye stood. 

2 Ye saints, who stand nearer than they, 

And cast your bright crowns at His feet, 
His grace and His glory display, 

And all His rich mercies repeat: 
He snatched you from hell and the grave, 

He ransomed from death and despair: 
For you He was mighty to save, 

Almighty to bring you safe there. 

3 Oh! when will the moment appear, 

When I shall unite in your song! 
I'm weary of lingering here, 

While I to your Saviour belong : 
I'm fettered, and chained here in clay, 

I struggle and pant to be free ; 
I long to be soaring away, 

My God and my Saviour to see. 

4 I long to put on my attire, 

Washed white in the blood of the Lamb ; 
I long to be one of your choir, 

And tune my sweet harp to His name; 
I long, Oh ! I long to be there, 

Where sorrow and sin bid adieu ; 
Your joy and your friendship to share, 

To wonder, and worship with you. 

338 8s. and 7s. Robinson. 

GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION. 

1 COME, thou Fount of every blessing, 
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace; 
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
Call for songs of loudest praise. 
22 505 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

Teach me some melodious sonnet, 
Sung by naming tongues above; 

Praise the mount; I'm fixed upon it, 
Mount of God's unchanging love. 

2 Here I raise my Eben-Ezer, 

Hither by Thy help I'm come; 
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, 

Safely to arrive at home. 
Jesus sought me when a stranger, 

Wandering from the fold of God; 
He, to rescue me from danger, 

Interposed with precious blood. 

3 Oh! to grace how great a debtor, 

Daily I'm constrained to be, 
Let that grace now, like a fetter, 

Bind my wandering heart to Thee: 
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it ; 

Prone to leave the God I love ; 
Here's my heart; Oh! take and seal it; 

Seal it from Thy courts above. 

339 S. M. Watts. 

HEAVENLY JOY ON EARTH. 

1 COME, we who love the Lord, 
And let our joys be known; 

Join in the song with sweet accord, 
And thus surround the throne. 

2 Let those refuse to sing, 
Who never knew our God; 

But favorites of the heavenly King, 
Should speak their joys abroad. 

3 The men of grace have found 
Glory begun below, 

Celestial fruits on earthly ground, 
From faith and hope may grow. 

506 



. REJOICING IN HOPE. 

4 The hill of Zion yields 

A thousand sacred sweets, 
Before we reach the heavenly fields, 
Or walk the golden streets. 

5 Then let our songs abound, 
And every tear be dry ; 

"We're marching through Immanuel's ground, 
To fairer worlds on high. 

340 7s. Cennick. 

REJOICING IN HOPE. 

1 CHILDKEN of the heavenly King, 
As ye journey, sweetly sing ; 

Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, 
Glorious in His works and ways. 

2 Ye are travelling home to God 
In the way the fathers trod; 
They are happy now, and ye 
Soon their happiness shall see. 

3 Shout, ye little flock, and, blessed, 
You near Jesus' throne shall rest: 
There your seats are now prepared, 
There your kingdom and reward. 

4 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand 
On the borders of your land : 
Jesus Christ, your Father's Son, 
Bids you undismayed, go on. 

5 Lord ! submissive make us go, 
Gladly leaving all below : 
Only Thou our Leader be, 
And we still will follow Thee. 



CHRISTIAN EXPEDIENCE. 

341 Ii« M. Heginbotham. 

PRAISING THE SAVIOUR. 

1 COME, saints, and shout the Saviour's praise, 

To Him your grateful tribute bring; 
Let angels hear the notes you raise, 

And strike their golden harps and sing. 

2 Sing, how He left the heavenly throne, 

And laid His splendid robes aside, 
Put all our mortal weakness on, 

And groaned, and laboured, wept and died. 

3 Now lift your songs to nobler strains, 

High let your ardent passions soar ; 
See, where the great Redeemer reigns, 
And all the hosts of heaven adore. 

4 Again He comes, a mighty cloud 

Bears Him in sacred triumph down; 
The trumpet sounds, it summons loud, 
And angels shout His high renown. 

5 From realms of death, beneath the ground, 

The saints, in countless millions, rise; 
While seraphs stand admiring round, 

And view the change with vast surprise. 

6 Hail, mighty Prince; Thy kingdom now, 

Thy bliss and triumph are complete ; 
To Thee the ransomed myriads bow, 
And lay their glories at Thy fset. 

342 ^ s - Madan's Coll. 

REDEEMING LOVE. 

1 NOW begin the heavenly theme, 
Sing aloud in Jesus' name; 
Ye, who Jesus' kindness prove, 
Triumph in redeeming love. 

508 



REST IN GOD. 

2 Ye, who see the Father's grace 
Beaming in the Saviour's face, 
As to Canaan on ye move, 
Praise and bless redeeming love. 

3 Mourning souls, dry up your tears, 
Banish all your guilty fears, 

See your guilt and curse remove, 
Cancelled by redeeming love. 

4 Ye, alas! who long have been 
Willing slaves of death and sin; 
Now from bliss no longer rove, 
Stop, and taste redeeming love. 

5 Welcome, all by sin oppressed! 
Welcome to His sacred rest! 
Nothing brought Him from above, 
Nothing, but redeeming love. 

6 Hither, then, your music bring, 
Strike aloud each joyful string; 
Mortals, join the hosts above, 
Join to praise redeeming love. 

343 L. M. Montgomery. 

SEEKING REST EST GOD. 

1 RETURN, my soul, unto thy rest, 

From vain pursuits and maddening cares ; 
From lonely woes that wring thy breast, 
The world's allurements, Satan's snares. 

2 Return unto thy rest, my soul, 

From all the wanderings of thy thought; 
From sickness unto death made whole, 
Safe through a thousand perils brought. 

3 Then to thy rest, my soul, return, 

From passions every hour at strife; 
Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn, 
Lay hold upon eternal life. 

' V 509 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

4 God is thy rest, with heart inclined 

To keep His word, that word believe; 
Christ is thy rest, with lowly mind, 
His light and easy yoke receive. 

344 $ s -> ^ s - ancl 4s. Olivers. 

THE PILGRIM'S GUIDE. 

1 GUIDE me, O Thou great Jehovah, 

Pilgrim through this barren land, 
I am weak, but Thou art mighty, 
Hold me with Thy powerful hand: 

Bread of Heaven, 
Feed me till I want no more. 

2 Open Thou the crystal fountain, 

Whence the healing streams do now: 
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar 

Lead me all my journey through: 

Strong Deliverer, 
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield. 

3 When I treaof the verge of Jordan, 

Bid my anxious fears subside: 
Death of death, and hell's Destruction, 
Land me safe on Canaan's side: 

Songs of praises 
I will ever give to Thee. 

345 L. P. M. Grant. 

TRUST IN THE SYMPATHY OF CHRIST. 

1 WHEN gathering clouds around I view, 
And days are dark, and friends are few, 
On Him I lean, who, not in vain. 
Experienced every human pain ; 
He feels my griefs, He sees my fears, 
And counts and treasures up my tears. 

510 



CONFIDENCE. 

2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray 
From heavenly wisdom's narrow way, 
To fly the good I would pursue, 

Or do the ill I would not do; 

Still He, who felt temptation's power, 

Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 

3 When vexing thoughts within me rise, 
And, sore dismayed, my spirit dies; 
Then He who once vouchsafed to bear 
The sickening anguish of despair, 
Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry, 
The throbbing heart, the streaming eye. 

4 When sorrowing o'er some stone I bend, 
Which covers all that was a friend, 
And from his voice, his hand, his smile, 
Divides me for a little while; 

Thon, Saviour, seest the tears I shed, 
For Thou didst weep o'er Laz'rus dead. 

5 And, oh! when I have safely passed 
Through every conflict but the last, 
Still, still unchanging, watch beside 
My bed of death, for Thou hast died; 
Then point to realms of endless day, 
And wipe the latest tear away. 

346 s - M- Gerhardt. 

CONFIDENCE AND SUBMISSION. 

1 GIYE to the winds thy fears; 
Hope, and be undismayed, 

God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, 
God shall lift up thy head. 

2 Through waves, and clouds, and storms, 
He gently clears thy way; 

Wait thou His time; so shall the night 
Soon end in joyous day. 

511 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

3 He every where hath sway, 
And all things serve His might; 

His every act pure blessing is, 
His path unsullied light. 

4 When He makes bare His arm, 
What shall His work withstand? 

When He His people's cause defends, 
Who, who shall stay His hand? 

5 Leave to His sovereign sway, 
To choose and to command ; 

With wonder filled, thou then shalt own 
How wise, how strong His hand. 

6 Thou comprehend 'st him not, 
Yet earth and heaven tell, 

God sits as Sovereign on the throne, 
He ruleth all things well. 

347 7s. C. Wesley. 

IN TEMPTATION FLYING TO CHRIST. 

1 JESUS, lover of my soul, 

Let me to Thy bosom fly, 
While the billows near me roll, 

While the tempest still is high ; 
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, 

Till the storm of life be passed; 
Safe into the haven guide, 

Oh ! receive my soul at last. 

2 Other refuge have I none, 

Lo ! I, helpless, hang on Thee : 
Leave, Oh ! leave me not alone, 

Still support and comfort me. 
Thou art all my trust and aid, 

All my help from Thee 1 bring; 
Cover my defenceless head 

With the shadow of Thy wing ! 

512 



REFUGE IN GOD. 

3 Thou, O Christ, art all I want; 

Boundless love in Thee, I find: 
Eaise the fallen, cheer the faint, 

Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 
Just and holy is Thy name; 

I am all unrighteousness, 
Yile and full of sin I am, 

Thou art full of truth and grace. 

4 Plenteous grace with Thee is found, 

Grace to pardon all my sin; 
Let the healing streams abound, 

Let me feel them flow within. 
Thou of life the fountain art, 

Freely let me take of Thee: 
Spring Thou up within my heart: 

Rise to all eternity. 

348 C. M. Steele. 

GOD A KEFITGE. 

1 DEAR refuge of my weary soul, 

On Thee, when sorrows rise, 
On Thee, when waves of trouble roll, 
My fainting hope relies. 

2 To Thee I tell each rising grief, 

For Thou alone canst heal; 
Thy word can bring a sweet relief 
For every pain I feel. 

3 But Oh! when gloomy doubts prevail, 

I fear to call Thee mine; 
The springs of comfort seem to fail, 
And all my hopes decline. 

4 Yet, gracious God, where shall I flee? 

Thou art my only trust; 
And still my soul would cleave to Thee, 
Though prostrate in the dust. 
22* 513 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

349 ^ s * anc ^ ^ s * Newton, 

DIVINE LIGHT BREAKING INTO THE SOUL. 

1 SOMETIMES a light surprises 

The Christian while he sings ; 
It is the Lord, who rises 

With healing on His wings; 
When comforts are declining, 

He grants the soul again 
A season of clear shining, 

To cheer it after rain. 

2 In holy contemplation, 

We sweetly then pursue 
The theme of God's salvation, 

And find it ever new : 
Set free from present sorrow, 

We cheerfully can say, 
Let the unknown to-morrow, 

Bring with it what it may. 

3 It can bring with it nothing, 

But He will bear us through; 
Who gives the lilies clothing, 

Will clothe His people too : 
Beneath the spreading heavens, 

No creature but is fed ; 
And lie who feeds the ravens, 

Will give His children bread. 

4 Though vine nor fig-tree either, 

Their wonted fruit should bear, 
Though all the fields should wither, 

Nor flocks nor herds be there ; 
Yet God the same abiding, 

His praise shall time my voice ; 
For while in Him confiding, 

I cannot but rejoice. 

514 



HOPE IN TROUBLE. 

350 C. M. Noel. 

DEATH IS GAIN. 

1 WHEN" musing sorrow weeps the past, 

And mourns the present pain, 
'T is sweet to think of peace at last, 
And feel that death is gain. 

2 'Tis not that murmuring thoughts arise, 

And dread a Father's will ; 
'Tis not that meek submission flies, 
And would not suffer still. 

3 It is, that heaven-born faith surveys 

The path that leads to light, 
And longs her eagle plumes to raise, 
And lose herself in sight. 

4 It is, that hope with ardour glows, 

To see Him face to face, 
Whose dying love no language knows, 
Sufficient art to trace. 

5 It is, that harassed conscience feels 

The pangs of struggling sin ; 
And sees, though far, the Hand that heals, 
And ends the strife within. 

6 Oh! let me wing my hallowed flight, 

From earth-born woe and care ; 
And soar above these clouds of night, 
My Saviour's bliss to share. 

351 8s-> ^ s - an( i 4s. Fawcett. 

HOPE ENCOURAGED. 

1 O MY soul, what means this sadness, 
Wherefore art thou thus cast down? 
Let thy grief be turned to gladness, 
Bid thy restless fears begone; 

Look to Jesus, 
And rejoice in His dear name. 

515 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

2 What though Satan's strong temptations 

Yex and grieve thee day by day ; 
And thy sinful inclinations 
Often fill thee with dismay? 

Thou shalt conquer, 
Through the Lamb's redeeming blood. 

3 Though ten thousand ills beset thee, 

From without and from within; 
Jesus saith He'll ne'er forget thee, 
But will save from hell and sin; 

He is faithful 
To perform His gracious word. 

4 Though distresses now attend thee, 

And thou tread'st the thorny road; 
His right hand shall still defend thee ; 
Soon He'll bring thee home to God; 

Therefore praise Him, 
Praise the great Redeemer's name. 

5 Oh! that I could now adore Him, 

Like the heavenly hosts above, 
Who for ever bow before Him, 
And unceasing sing His love ! 

Happy songsters ! 
When shall I your chorus join? 

352 ^ s - Crabbe. 

THE CHRISTIAN PILGRIM ENCOURAGED. 

1 PILGRIM, burdened with thy sin, 

Haste to Zion's gate to-day ; 
There, till mercy let thee in, 

Knock, and weep, and watch, and pray. 

2 Knock, for mercy lends an ear ; 

Weep, she marks the sinner's sigh; 
Watch, till heavenly light appear; 
Pray, she hears the mourner's cry. 

516 



CONFLICTS OF FAITH. 

3 Mourning Pilgrim ! what for thee 

In this world can now remain? 
Seek that world from which shall flee 
Sorrow, shame, and tears, and pain. 

4 Sorrow shall for ever fly; 

Shame shall never enter there; 
Tears be wiped from every eye ; 
Pain in endless bliss expire. 

353 k. M. DODDRIDGE. 

THE CONFLICTS OF FAITH. 

1 JESUS, our soul's delightful choice, 
In Thee believing, we rejoice : 

Yet still our joy is mixed with grief, 
While faith contends with unbelief. 

2 Thy promises our hearts revive, 
And keep our fainting hopes alive; 
But guilt and fears, and sorrows rise, 
And hide the promise from our eyes. 

3 Do Thou the languid spark inflame, 
That we may conquer in Thy name; 
And let not sin and Satan boast, 
"While saints lie mourning m the dust. 

4 Unequal to the conflict, Lord, 

Too weak to wield the shield or sword, 
On Thine almighty arm we fall; 
Be Thou our Jesus, and our all. 

354 JU M. Newton. 

PRAYER ANSWERED BY TRIALS. 

1 I PRAYED the Lord, that I might grow 
In faith, and love, and every grace; 
Might more of His salvation know, 
And seek more earnestly His face. 

517 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

2 'Twas He who taught me thus to pray, 

And He, I trust, has answered prayer; 
But answer came in such a way, 
As almost drove me to despair. 

3 I hoped that in some favoured hour, 

At once He'd grant me my request; 
And "by His love's constraining power 
Subdue my sins and give me rest. 

4 Instead of this, He made me feel 

The hidden evils of my heart; 
And let the angry powers of hell 
Assault my soul in every part. 

5 Yea, more; with His own hand, he seemed 

Intent to aggravate my woe; 
Crossed all the fair designs I schemed, 
Blasted my gourds, and laid me low. 

6 "Lord, why is this?" I trembling cried, 

"Wilt Thou pursue Thy worm to death?" 
"'Tis in this way," the Lord replied, 
"I answer prayer for grace and faith: 

7 These inward trials I employ, 

From self and pride to set thee free; 
And break thy schemes of earthly joy, 
That thou mayest seek thine all in Me." 

355 S. M. Newton. 

CONFLICT BETWEEN STN AND GRACE. 

1 I WOULD, but cannot sing, 
I would, but cannot pray; 

For Satan meets me when I try, 
And frights my soul away. 

2 I would, but can 't repent, 
Though I endeavour oft; 

This stony heart can ne'er relent, 
Till Jesus makes it soft. 

518 



PLEADING WITH GOD. 

3 I would, but cannot love, 
Though wooed by love divine ; 

No arguments have power to move 
A soul so base as mine. 

4 I would, but cannot rest 
In God's most holy will ; 

I know what He appoints is best, 
Yet murmur at it still. 

5 Oh! could I but believe! 
Then all would easy be: 

I would, but cannot, Lord, relieve, 
My help must come from Thee! 

6 But if indeed I would, 
Though I can nothing do ; 

Yet the desire is something good, 
For which my praise is due. 

7 By nature prone to ill, 
Till Thine appointed hour, 

I was as destitute of will 
As now I am of power. 

8 Wilt Thou not crown at length 
The work Thou hast begun, 

And with a will afford me strength, 
In all Thy ways to run? 

356 C. M. Waits. 

IN DISTKESS PLEADING WITH GOD. 

1 OH ! that I knew the secret place, 

Where I might find my God ! 
I'd spread my wants before His face, 
And pour my woes abroad. 

2 I'd tell Him how my sins arise, 

What sorrows I sustain; 
How grace decays, and comfort dies, 
And leaves my heart in pain. 

519 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

3 He knows what arguments I'd take 

To wrestle with my God ; 
I'd plead for His own mercy's sake, 
And for my Saviour's blood. 

4 My God will pity my complaints, 

And heal my broken bones; 
He takes the meaning of His saints, 
The language of their groans. 

5 Arise, my soul, from deep distress, 

And banish every fear ; 
He calls thee to His throne of grace, 
To spread thy sorrows there. 

357 ^ s - Newton. 

IN DARKNESS. 

1 ONCE I thought my mountain strong, 

Firmly fixed, no more to move ; 
Then my Saviour was my song, 

Then my soul was filled with love; 
Those were happy, golden days, 
Sweetly spent in prayer and praise. 

2 Little, then, myself I knew, 

Little thought of Satan's power; 
Now I feel my sins anew; 

Now I feel the stormy hour! 
Sin has put my joys to flight ; 
Sin has turned my day to night. 

3 Saviour, shine and cheer my soul, 

Bid my dying hopes revive; 
Make my wounded spirit whole, 

Far away the tempter drive; 
Speak the word and set me free, 
Let me live alone to Thee. 

520 



STRUGGLING WITH SIN. 
358 k. M. Cruttenden. 

INDWELLING SEN. 

1 WHAT jarring natures dwell within, 
Imperfect grace, remaining sin! 

Not this can reign, nor that prevail, 
Though each by turns my heart assail. 

2 Now I complain, and groan, and die; 
Now raise my songs of triumph high; 
Sing a rebellious passion slain, 

Or mourn to feel it live again. 

3 One happy hour beholds me rise, 
Borne upwards to my native skies: 
When faith assists my soaring flight, 
To realms of joy and worlds of light. 

4 Scarce a few hours or minutes roll, 
Ere earth reclaims my captive soul; 
I feel its sympathetic force, 

And headlong urge my downward course. 

5 How short the joys Thy visits give! 
How long Thine absence, Lord, I grieve! 
What clouds obscure my rising sun, 

Or interrupt its rays at noon! 

6 Great God, assist me through the fight, 
Make me to triumph in Thy might; 
Thou the desponding heart canst raise, 
The victory mine, and Thine the praise. 

35Q S. M. Beddome. 

HOLT MOURNING FOR SIN. 

1 DID Christ o'er sinners weep? 

And shall our cheeks be dry? 
Let floods of penitential grief 

Burst forth from every eye. 

521 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

2 The Son of God in tears, 

Angels with wonder see! 
Be thou astonished, O my soul, 

He shed those tears for thee. 
Z He wept, that we might weep; 

Each sin demands a tear: 
In heaven alone no sin is found, 

And there 's no weeping there. 

360 L- M. COWPEE. 

INCONSTANT TRUST. 

1 WHEN darkness long has veiled my mind, 

And smiling day once more appears, 
Then, my Redeemer ! then I find 
The folly of my doubts and fears. 

2 I chide my unbelieving heart; 

And blush that I should ever be 
Thus prone to act so base a part, 

Or harbour one hard thought of Thee. 

3 Oh ! let me then, at length, be taught 

What I am still so slow to learn, 
That God is love, and changes not, 
Nor knows the shadow of a turn. 

4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat; 

But when my faith is sharply tried, 
I find myself a learner yet, 

Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide. 

5 But, O my Lord, one look from Thee 

Subdues the disobedient will; 
Drives doubt and discontent away, 
And Thy rebellious worm is still. 

6 Thou art as ready to forgive, 

As I am ready to repine; 
Thou, therefore, all the praise receive; 
Be shame and self-abhorrence mine. 

522 



HOPE. 

361 S M. TOPLADY. 
WEAK BELIEVERS COMFORTED. 

1 YOUR harps, ye trembling saints, 
Down from the willows take; 

Loud to the praise of love divine, 
Bid every string awake. 

2 Though in a foreign land, 
We are not far from home; 

And nearer to our home above, 
We every moment come. 

3 His grace will, to the end, 
Stronger and brighter shine; 

Nor present things, nor things to come, 
Shall quench the love divine. 

4 When we in darkness walk, 
Nor feel the heavenly flame; 

Then is the time to trust our God, 
And rest upon His name. 

5 Soon shall our doubts, and fears, 
Subside at His control ; 

His loving kindness shall break through 
The midnight of the soul. 

6 Blessed is the man, O God, 
That stays himself on Thee! 

Who waits for Thy salvation, Lord, 
Shall Thy salvation see. 

362 C. M. Cotton, 

SUBMISSION AND HOPE. 

1 AFFLICTION is a stormy deep, 
Where wave resounds to wave; 
Though o'er my head the billows roll, 

I know the Lord can save. 

523 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

2 Tlie hand that now withholds my joys, 

Can reinstate my peace; 
And He who bade the tempest roar, 
Can bid the tempest cease. 

3 In the dark watches of the night, 

I'll count His mercies o'er; 
I'll praise Him for ten thousand past, 
And humbly sue for more. 

4 When darkness and when sorrow rose, 

And pressed on every side ; 
The Lord has still sustained my steps, 
And still has been my Guide. 

5 Here will I rest, and build my hopes, 

Nor murmur at His rod ; 
He's more than all the world to me, 
My Health, my Life, my God! 

363 £. M. Cotton. 

AFFLICTION SANCTIFIED. 

1 AMIDST these various scenes of ills, 
Each stroke some kind design fulfils; 
And shall I murmur at my God, 
When sovereign love directs the rod? 

2 Peace, rebel thoughts ! I '11 not complain, 
My Father's smiles suspend my pain; 
Smiles, that a thousand joys impart, 
And pour the balm that heals the smart. 

3 Though Heaven afflicts, I '11 not repine, 
Each heartfelt comfort still is mine; 
Comforts that shall o'er death prevail, 
And journey with me through the vale. 

4 Lord Jesus, smooth the rugged way, 
And lead me to the realms of day, 
To milder skies and brighter plains 
Where everlasting sunshine reigns. 

524 



IN DAKKNESS. 
364 8s - anc ^ Gs - Hastings. 

IN DAKKNESS. 

1 I MOUKN the hidings of Thy face, 

The absence of that smile 
That sweetly filled a throne of grace, 
And gave my heart a resting place, 

From earthly care and toil. 

2 How sad and desolate the night! 

How gloomy is the day! 
Nature no more can charm the sight, 
Afford one comfort or delight, 

Without Thy cheering ray. 

3 Oft in the lone and silent hour, 

I tell my tale of grief; 
In tears of tenderness implore 
The presence of Thy healing power, 

But tears bring no relief. 

4 'Tis sin that separates from Thee 

This poor benighted soul ; 
My folly and my guilt I see, 
And now upon the bended knee, 

Submit to Thy control. 

5 Up to the place of Thine abode, 

I lift my darkened eye : 
To Thee, O bleeding Lamb of God, 
Whence all the springs of life have flowed ; 

To Thee, I raise my cry. 

6 Oh! wilt Thou lend a listening ear, 

And answer my request : 
Forgive and wipe the falling tear, 
And with Thy love my spirit cheer, 

And set my heart at rest. 

525 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 



365 C. M. Cowpee. 



1 OH ! for a closer walk with God, 

A calm and heavenly frame: 
And light to shine upon the road, 
That leads me to the Lamb! 

2 Where is the blessedness I knew, 

When first I sought the Lord? 
Where is the soul refreshing view 
Of Jesus and His word? 

3 What peaceful hours I then enjoyed! 

How sweet their memory still! 
But now I find an aching void, 
The world can never fill. 

4 Return, O holy Dove, return, 

Sweet messenger of rest! 
I hate the sins, that made Thee mourn, 
And drove Thee from my breast. 

5 The dearest idol I have known, 

Whate'er that idol be; 
Help me to tear it from the throne, 
And worship only Thee. 

6 So shall my walk be close with God, 

Calm and serene my frame: 
So purer light shall mark the road 
That leads me to the Lamb. 



526 



LOOKING UNTO JESUS. 

366 L - M - Medley. 

LOOKING UNTO JESUS. 

1 SEE a poor sinner, gracious Lord, 
Whose soul, encouraged by Thy word, 
At mercy's footstool would remain, 
And there would look, and look again. 

2 How oft, deceived by self and pride, 
Has my fond heart been turned aside; 
And, Jonah-like, has fled from Thee, 
Till Thou hast looked again on me. 

3 Ah! bring a wretched wanderer home, 
And to Thy footstool let me come, 
And tell Thee all my grief and pain, 
And wait, and look, and look again. 

4 Take courage, then, my trembling soul, 
One look from Christ will make thee whole ; 
Trust thou in Him, 'tis not in vain, 

But wait, and look, and look again. 

5 Look to the Lord, His word, His throne ; 
Look to His strength, and not thine own; 
There wait and look, and look agaiu, 
Thou shalt not wait, nor look in vain. 

367 $s. and 6s. Bowring. 

CONFIDENCE IN GOD. 

1 OH! let my trembling soul be still, 

While darkness veils the sky ; 
And wait Thy wise, Thy holy will, 

Wrapped yet in mystery ; 
I cannot, Lord, Thy purpose see, 
But all is well, since ruled by Thee. 

2 Thus, trusting in Thy love, I tread 

The path of duty on ; 

527 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

What though some cherished joys are fled, 

Some flattering dreams are gone? 
Yet purer, brighter joys remain, 
Why should my spirit then complain? 

368 L - M - Harrisox. 

HATRED OF SIN. 

1 OH ! could I find some peaceful bower, 
Where sin has neither place nor power; 
This traitor vile I fain would shun, 
But cannot from his presence run. 

2 When to the throne of grace I flee, 
He stands between my God and me; 
Where'er I rove, where'er I rest, 

I feel him working in my breast. 

3 When I attempt to soar above, 

To view the heights of Jesus' love; 
This monster seems to mount the skies, 
And veils His glory from my eyes. 

4 Lord, free me from this deadly foe, 
Which keeps my faith and hope so low; 
I long to dwell in heaven my home, 
Where not one sinful thought can come. 

369 L. M. Steele. 

INCONSTANCY LAMENTED. 

1 AH ! wretched, vile, ungrateful heart, 
That can from Jesus thus depart : 
Thus fond of trifles vainly rove, 
Forgetful of a Saviour's love. 

2 In vain I charge my thoughts to stay, 
And chide each vanity away; 

In vain, alas! resolve to bind 

This rebel heart, this wandering mind. 

528 



WANDERINGS FROM GOD. 

o Through all resolves, how soon it flies, 
And mocks the weak, the slender ties; 
There 's nought beneath a power divine, 
That can this roving heart confine. 

4 Jesus, to Thee I would return, 
And at Thy feet repenting mourn ; 
There let me view Thy pardoning love, 
And never from Thy sight remove. 

5 Oh ! let Thy love, with sweet control, 
Bind all the passions of my soul; 
Bid every vanity depart, 

And dwell for ever in my heart. 

370 C. M. Steele. 

WANDERINGS FROM GOD. 

1 HOW oft, alas ! this wretched heart 

Has wandered from the Lord ; 
How oft my roving thoughts depart, 
Forgetful of His word. 

2 Yet sovereign mercy cries, " Beturn ;" 

Dear Lord, and may I come? 
My vile ingratitude I mourn ; 
Oh ! take the wanderer home. 

3 And canst Thou, wilt Thou, yet forgive, 

And bid my guilt remove; 
And shall a pardoned rebel live, 
To speak Thy wondrous love? 

4 Almighty grace, Thy healing power, 

How glorious, how divine, 
That can to life and bliss restore 
So vile a heart as mine. 

5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet, 

Dear Saviour, I adore; 
Oh! keep me at Thy sacred feet, 
And let me rove no more. 
23 S29 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

371 8s - Hastings. 

RETURNING BACKSLIDERS. 

1 O SHEPHERD of Israel, divine! 

Too far from Thy fold I have strayed; 
What hand can restore me but Thine, 

Thus wounded, cast down, and dismayed? 
My soul would look upward to Thee, 

Though prostrate, I'll cry from the dust; 
~No other salvation I see, 

In no other name will I trust. 

2 Thou, Thou art my strength and my shield, 

Henceforth in Thy arm I'll confide; 
The weapons alone I will wield, 

Thy wisdom and mercy provide: 
Salvation belongs to the Lord, 

Deliverance must come from His hand; 
Oh! who would not trust in His word, 

Acknowledge His right to command? 

3 O Shepherd of Israel, divine, 

Thy life giving presence I feel; 
Let the light of Thy countenance shine, 

Thine arm now in mercy reveal: 
For strength and deliverance I wait; 

On Thee in my trouble I call, 
My sinful backslidings I hate, 

Uphold me, dear Lord, or I fall. 

372 L. P. M. C. Wesley. 

THE RETURNING WANDERER. 

1 WEARY of wandering from my God, 
And now made willing to return, 
I hear, and bow beneath the rod; 

To Him with penitence I mourn. 
I have an Advocate above, 
A friend before the throne of love. 

530 



BACKSLIDER'S PRAYER. 

2 O Jesus, full of pardoning grace; 

More full of grace than I of guilt; 
Yet once again I seek Thy face, 

Whose precious blood for man was spilled ; 
Oh, freely my backslidings heal, 
And love the dying sinner still. 

3 Now give me, Lord, the tender heart, 

That trembles at th' approach of sin, 
A godly fear to me impart; 

Implant and root it deep within, 
That I may know Thy sovereign power, 
And never dare offend Thee more. 



373 L - M- Merrick. 

THE BACKSLIDER'S PRAYER. 

1 OH! turn, great Ruler of the skies, 
Turn from my sin Thy searching eyes, 
Nor let th' offences of my hand 
Within Thy book recorded stand. 

2 Give me a will to Thine subdued, 
A conscience pure, a soul renewed; 
Nor let me, wrapped in endless gloom, 
An outcast from Thy presence roam. 

3 Oh! let Thy Spirit to my heart 
Once more His quickening aid impart, 
My mind from every fear release. 

And soothe my troubled thoughts to peace. 

4 So shall the souls, whom error's sway 

Has urged from Thee, blessed Lord, to stray, 
From me Thy heavenly precepts learn, 
And, humbled, to their God return. 

531 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

3 : "74 ^ s - anc ^ ^ s - Hastings. 

TRUST IN GOD. 

1 CHILD of sorrow, child of care, 
Wouldst thou learn thy griefs to bear 
And escape from every snare? 

Trust in God alone: 
Human strength is weak and vain, 
Sin will oft its power regain; 
Humbly ask and help obtain, 

From thy Father's throne. 

2 Know'st thou, in this vale of tears, 
Gloomy doubts, distracting fears, . 
Painful months, and sorrowing years? 

To the Saviour fly. 
He that drank the bitter cup, 
Bids thee in His mercy hope; 
Let thy prayer be lifted up 

To His throne on high. 

375 C. M. Watts. 

INCONSTANCY LAMENTED. 

1 WHY is my heart so far from Thee, 

My God, my chief delight? 
Why are my thoughts no more by day 
With Thee, no more by night? 

2 Why should my foolish passions rove? 

Where can such sweetness be 
As I have tasted in Thy love, 
As I have found in Thee? 

3 When my forgetful soul renews 

The savour of Thy grace, 
My heart presumes I cannot lose 
The relish all my days. 

o?,9 



LEANING ON GOD. 

4 But ere one fleeting hour is passed, 

The flattering world employs 
Some sensual bait to win my taste, 
And to pollute my joys. 

5 Then I repent and vex my soul, 

That I should leave Thee so: 
Where will those wild affections roll, 
That let a Saviour go? 

6 Wretch that I am, to wander thus, 

In chase of false delight ! 
Let me be fastened to Thy cross, 
Rather than lose Thy sight. 

376 8s - and 7s. irr. Kelly. 

THE LOED IS MY HELPER. 

1 OFT as I look upon the road 
That leads to yonder blessed abode, 

I feel distressed and fearful; 
So many foes the passage throng, 
I am so weak, and they so strong, 

How can my soul be cheerful ? 

2 But when I think of Him whose power 
Can save me in a trying hour, 

And place on Him reliance; 
My soul is then ashamed of fear, 
And, though ten thousand foes appear, 

I bid them all defiance. 

3 The dangerous road I then pursue, 
And keep the glorious prize in view; 

With joyful hope elated ; 
Strong in the Lord, in Him alone, 
Where He conducts I follow on 

With ardour unabated. 

533 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

4 O Lord each day renew my strength, 
And let me see Thy face at length, 

With all Thy people yonder; 
With them in heaven Thy love declare, 
And sing Thy praise for ever there, 

With gratitude and wonder. 

377 C. M. Watts. 

COMPLAINT AND HOPE IN SICKNESS. 

1 LORD, I am pained; but I resign 

My body to Thy will: 
'Tis grace, 'tis wisdom all divine, 
Appoints the pains I feel. 

2 Dark are Thy ways of providence, 

While they, who love Thee, groan : 
Thy reasons lie concealed from sense, 
Mysterious and unknown. 

3 Yet nature may have leave to speak, 

And plead before her God, 
Lest the o'erburdened heart should break 
Beneath Thy heavy rod. 

4 These mournful groans and flowing tears 

Give my poor spirit ease: 
While every groan my Father hears, 
And every tear He sees. 

5 Is not some smiling hour at hand, 

With health upon its wings? 
Give it, O God, Thy swift command, 
With all the joys it brings. 

378 S. M. Hastings. 

AFFLICTION BLESSED. 

1 HOW tender is Thy hand, 

O Thou beloved Lord! 
Afflictions come at Thy command, 

And leave us at Thv word. 

534 



LONGING FOR REST. 

2 How gentle was the rod 
That chastened us for sin, 

How soon we found a smiling God 
Where deep distress had been. 

3 A Father's hand we felt, 

A Father's heart we knew ; 
With tears of penitence we knelt, 
And found His word was true. 

4 We told Him all our grief; 
We thought of Jesus' love; 

A sense of pardon brought relief, 
And bade our pangs remove. 

5 Now we will bless the Lord, 
And in His strength confide: 

For ever be His name adored, 
For there is none beside. 

379 lis. York. 

LONGING FOR REST. 

1 I AM weary of straying ; Oh ! fain would I rest 
In the far distant land of the pure and the blessed, 
Where sin can no longer her blandishments spread, 
And tears and temptations for ever have fled. 

2 I am weary of hoping ; where hope is untrue, 

As fair, but as fleeting, as morning's bright dew : 
I long for that land, whose blessed promise alone 
Is changeless, and sure, as Eternity's throne. 

3 I am weary of sighing o'er sorrows of earth, 

O'er joy's glowing visions, that fade at their birth ; 
O'er the pangs of the loved,which we cannot assuage, 
O'er the bligh tings of youth, and the weakness of age. 

535 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

4 I am weary of loving what passes away ; 
The sweetest, the dearest, alas ! may not stay ; 

I long for that land, where these partings are o'er, 
And death and the tomb can divide hearts no more. 

5 I am weary, my Saviour, of grieving Thy love ; 
Oh ! when shall I rest in Thy presence above? 

I am weary ; but Oh ! let me never repine, 
While Thy word, and Thy love, and Thy promise 
are mine. 



380 C - M ' COWPER. 

CHRISTIAN SUBMISSION. 

1 O LORD, my best desires fulfil, 

And help me to resign 
Life, health, and comfort to Thy will, 
And make Thy pleasure mine. 

2 Why should I shrink at Thy command? 

Thy love forbids my fears; 
Why tremble at the gracious hand 
That wipes away my tears ! 

3 No, let me rather freely yield 

WTiat most I prize to Thee: 
Thou never hast a good withheld, 
Or wilt withhold from me. 

4 Thy favour, all my journey through, 

Shall be my rich supply ; 
What more I want, or think I do, 
Let wisdom still deny. 



536 



CONFIDING IN GOD. 
331 7s. Mother's H. B. 

STRENGTH PROMISED. 

1 WAIT, my soul, upon the Lord, 

To His gracious promise flee, 
Laying hold upon this word, 

"As thy days, thy strength shall be." 

2 If the sorrows of thy case 

Seem peculiar still to thee, 
God has promised needful grace, 

" As thy days, thy strength shall be." 

3 Days of trial, days of grief, 

In succession thou mayest see; 
This is still thy sweet relief: 

"As thy days, thy strength shall be." 

4 Rock of Ages, I'm secure, 

With Thy promise, full and free, 
Faithful, positive and sure ; 

"As thy days, thy strength shall be." 

382 S - M - Campbell's Coll. 

CONFIDING TN GOD. 

1 IN Thee, O Lord, I trust, 
My hope is in Thy name; 

In righteousness, deliver me, 
NTor put my soul to shame. 

2 From heaven bow down Thine ear, 
My cause in mercy plead ; 

My Rock, my Fortress, my Defence, 
Vouchsafe my soul to lead. 

3 From every snare preserve, 
From every foe defend ; 

For Thy name's sake, O God, my Strength, 

Divine protection send. 
23* 537 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

4 Into Thy hands, O Lord 
My spirit I commend; 

Thou hast redeemed me, God of truth, 
In death be Thou my friend. 

5 I will be glad and praise, 
And in Thy name rejoice; 

In sorrow Thou hast known my soul, 
And heard my suppliant voice. 

383 8s. Hastings. 

THE LORD, OUR STRENGTH AND SONG. 

1 THE Lord is my Strength, and my Song, 

The Lord is my Life, and my Light, 
His praises shall dwell on my tongue, 

Though plunged in the darkness of night: 
Temptations and trials must come, 

Chastisements, afflictions severe; 
Yet these shall but hasten me home, 

And bid me in glory appear. 

2 My spirit is burdened with grief, 

And fainting with sorrow and care, 
To Jesus I'll fly for relief, 

I'll seek for deliverance there: 
How tender and gracious Thou art, 

My Saviour, my Shepherd, my Friend! 
Still rule in this desolate heart, 

Preserve me, through grace, to the end. 

3 Yes, Thou art my Strength, and my Song, 

The Guide of my pilgrimage here; 
And though tribulation be strong, 

Thy love can preserve me from fear: 
Still, still let me lean on Thy breast, 

And pour out my sorrows to Thee, 
For there shall my spirit find rest, 

Thv presence is heaven to me. 

538 



SUBMISSION. 

384 $ s - and 7s. Hastings. 

SUBMISSION IN BEREAVEMENT. 

1 JESUS, while our hearts are bleeding, 
O'er the spoils that death has won, 

We would, at this solemn meeting, 
Calmly say, "Thy will be done." 

2 Though cast down, we're not forsaken, 
Though afflicted, not alone ; 

Thou didst give, and Thou hast taken, 
Blessed Lord, " Thy will be done." 

3 Fill us now with deep contrition, 
Take away these hearts of stone, 

And may all, with true submission, 
Meekly say, "Thy will be done." 

4 Though to-day we're tilled with mourning, 
Mercy still is on the throne; 

With Thy smiles of love returning, 
We can sing, "Thy will be done." 

5 By Thy hands the boon was given, 
Thou hast taken but Thine own ; 

Lord of earth, and God of heaven, 
Evermore, "Thy will be done." 

385 Q- -M-- Whitefield's Coll. 

DEVOUT GRATITUDE. 

1 WHO can have greater cause to sing, 
Who greater cause to bless, 

Than we, the children of the King, 
Than we, who Christ possess? 

2 We late were Satan's captives led, 
And hell had been our end, 

Hadst Thou not for our pardon bled, 
The sinner's only Friend. 

539 



CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE. 

3 For this we will employ our tongue, 

Nor shall our praises cease: 
We evermore will sing that song, 
"The Lord, our Righteousness." 

4 No other God we know but Thee, 

None else did us create; 
Thy glory may we ever be, 

holy Advocate. 

5 We daily prove Thee still the same, 

Whene'er our need we see; 
Thou bearest still a Saviour's name, 
Our Saviour Thou shalt be. 

6 No law, nor sin, nor hell, nor death, 

Shall us from Thee divide, 
Strongly we hold that precious faith, 
For us our Saviour died. 

386 ^ s - an d ^s. Raffles.. 

SPIRITUAL PEACE. 

1 COME, heavenly peace of mind, 

I sigh for Thy return ; 

1 seek, but cannot find, 

The joys for which I mourn ; 
Ah ! where 's the Saviour now, 

Whose smiles I once possessed; 
Till He return, I bow, 

By heaviest grief oppressed ; 
My days of happiness are gone, 
And I am left to weep alone. 

2 I tried each earthly charm 

In pleasure's haunts I strayed, 
I sought its soothing balm, 

I asked the world its aid; 
But ah ! no balm it had 

To heal a wounded breast, 

540 



LOVE. 

And I forlorn and sad, 

Must seek another rest; 
My days of happiness are gone, 
And I am left to weep alone. 

3 Where can the mourner go, 

And tell his tale of grief? 
Ah! who can soothe his woe, 

And give him sweet relief? 
Thou, Jesus! canst impart, 

By Thy long-wished return, 
Ease to this wounded heart, 

And bid me cease to mourn; 
Then shall this night of sorrow flee, 
And 1 rejoice, my Lord, in Thee. 



LOVE. 
387 O. M. Waits. 

THE CHIEF GRACE. 

1 HAPPY the heart where graces reign, 

Where love inspires the breast : 
Love is the brightest of the train, 
And strengthens all the rest. 

2 Knowledge, alas! 'tis all in vain, 

And all in vain our fear; 
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, 
If love be absent there. 

3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet 

In swift obedience move; 
The devils know, and tremble too; 
But Satan cannot love. 

541 



LOVE. 

4 This is the grace that lives and sings, 

When faith and hope shall cease; 
'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings 
In the sweet realms of bliss. 

5 Before we quite forsake our clay, 

Or leave this dark abode, 
The wings of love bear us away, 
To see our smiling God. 

388 s - M - Beddome. 

THE SPRING OF OBEDIENCE. 

1 LOYE is the fountain, whence 
All true obedience flows; 

The Christian serves the God he loves, 
And loves the God he knows. 

2 He treads the heavenly road, 
And neither faints nor tires; 

That generous love which warms his breast, 
With fortitude inspires. 

3 JSTo burden seems so great, 
'No task so hard appears, 

But this he cheerfully performs, 
And that he meekly bears. 

4 May love, that shining grace, 
O'er all my powers preside; 

Direct my thoughts, suggest my words, 
And every action guide. 

389 C. M. Doddridge. 

THOU KNOWEST THAT I LOVE THEE. 

1 DO not I love Thee, O my Lord ? 

Behold my heart and see ; 

And cast each worthless idol out, 

That dares to rival Thee. 

542 



TO CHRIST. 

2 Is not Thy name melodious still 

To my attentive ear? 
Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound 
My Saviour's voice to hear? 

3 Do not I love Thee from my soul? 

Then let me nothing love : 
Dead be my heart to every joy, 
When Jesus cannot move. 

4 Hast Thou a lamb in all Thy flock 

I would disdain to feed? 
Hast Thou a foe before whose face 
I fear Thy cause to plead? 

5 Could not my heart pour forth its blood 

In honour of Thy name? 
And challenge the cold hand of death 
To damp th' immortal flame? 

6 Thou know'st I love Thee, dearest Lord, 

But oh ! I long to soar 
Far from the sphere of mortal joys, 
And learn to love Thee more. 

390 CM. Hastings. 

CLINGING TO CHRIST. 

1 TO whom, my Saviour, shall I go, 

If I depart from Thee? 
My Guide through all this vale of wo, 
And more than all to me. 

2 The world reject Thy gentle reign 

And pay Thy death with scorn; 
Oh! they could plat Thy crown again, 
And sharpen every thorn, 

3 But I have felt Thy dying love 

Breathe gently through my heart, 
To whisper hope of joys above ; 
And can we ever part? 

543 



LOVE. 

4 Ah, no! with Thee I'll walk below, 
My journey to the grave: 
To whom, my Saviour, shall I go, 
When only Thou canst save. 

391 L. M. Turner. 

LOVE TO GOD. 

1 YES, I would love Thee, blessed God, 

Paternal goodness marks Thy name; 
Thy praises, through Thy high abode, 
The heavenly hosts with joy proclaim. 

2 Freely Thou gavest Thy dearest Son, 

For man, to suffer, bleed, and die: 
And bad'st me, as a wretch undone, 
For all I want on Him rely. 

3 In Him, Thy reconciled face 

With joy unspeakable I see, 
And feel Thy powerful, wondrous grace 
Draw and unite my soul to Thee. 

4 Whene'er my foolish, wandering heart, 

Attracted by a creature's power, 
Would from this blissful centre start, 
Lord, fix it there, to stray no more. 

392 8s. Newton. 

LONGING FOR CHRIST. 

1 HOW tedious and tasteless the hours, 
When Jesus no longer I see ! 
The woodlands, the fields, and the flowers, 

Have lost all their sweetness to me. 
His name yields the richest perfume, 
And softer than music His voice ; 
His presence can banish my gloom, 
And bid all within me rejoice. 

544 



TO CHRIST. 

2 Content with beholding His face, 

My all to His pleasure resigned, 
No changes of season or place 

Would make any change in my mind; 
While blessed with the sense of His love, 

A palace a toy would appear; 
And prisons would palaces prove. 

If Jesus would dwell with me there. 

3 Dear Lord, if indeed I am Thine, 

If Thou art my Sun and my Song, 
Say, why do I languish and pine, 

And why are my winters so long? 
Oh! drive these dark clouds from my sky, 

Thy soul-cheering presence restore; 
Or take me up to Thee, on high, 

Where winter and cloud are no more. 

393 L. M. Gekhardt. 

Christ's love. 

1 JESUS, Thy boundless love to me 

No thought can reach, no tongue declare; 
Oh ! knit my thankful heart to Thee, 
And reign without a rival there. 

2 Thy love, how cheering is it ray! 

All pain before its presence flies: 
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away, 
Where'er its healing beams arise. 

3 Oh ! let Thy love my soul inflame, 

And to Thy service sweetly bind ; 
Transfer it through my inmost frame, 
And mould me wholly to Thy mind. 

4 Thy love in sufferings be my peace; 

Thy love in weakness make me strong; 
And when the storms of life shall cease, 
Thy love shall be my heaven and song. 

545 



LOVE. 

394 7 s - Newton. 

LOVEST THOTJ ME ? 

1 HARK, my soul, it is the Lord; 
'Tis thy Saviour, hear His word; 
Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee; 
"Say, poor sinner, lovest thou Me? 

2 I delivered thee when hound, 

And, when wounded, healed thy wound; 
Sought thee wandering, set thee right, 
Turned thy darkness into light. 

3 Can a woman's tender care 
Cease towards the child she hare? 
Yes, she may forgetful be, 

Yet will I remember thee. 

4 Mine is an unchanging love, 
Higher than the heights above; 
Deeper than the depth beneath, 
Free and faithful, strong as death. 

5 Thou shalt see my glory soon, 
When the work of grace is done ; 
Partner of My throne shalt be, 
Say, poor sinner, lovest thou Me?" 

6 Lord, it is my chief complaint, 
That my love is weak and faint; 
Yet I love Thee, and adore, 

Oh ! for grace to love Thee more. 

395 L. M. Watts. 

THE CHRISTIAN'S PATTERN. 

1 MY dear Redeemer, and my Lord, 
I read my duty in Thy word, 
But in Thy life the law appears 
Drawn out in living characters. 

540 



ITS EVIDENCES. 

2 Such was Thy truth, and such Thy zeal, 
Such deference to Thy Father's will; 
Such love, and meekness so divine, 

I would transcribe, and make them mine. 

3 Cold mountains and the midnight air, 
Witnessed the fervour of Thy prayer; 
The desert Thy temptations knew, 
Thy conflict and Thy victory too. 

4 Be Thou my pattern; make me bear 
More of Thy gracious image here; 

Tli en God, the Judge, shall own my name 
Among the followers of the Lamb. 

396 ? s - istewton. 

SELF-EXAMINATION. 

1 'TIS a point I long to know, 

Oft it causes anxious thought: 
Do I love the Lord, or no? 
Am I His, or am I not? 

2 If I love, why am I thus? 

Why this dull and lifeless frame? 
Hardly, sure, can they be worse, 
Who have never heard His name. 

3 Could my heart so hard remain, 

Prayer a task and burden prove, 
Every trifle give me pain, 
If I knew a Saviour's love? 

4 When I turn my eyes within, 

All is dark, and vain, and wild; 
Filled with unbelief and sin, 
Can I deem myself a child? 

5 If I pray, or hear, or read, 

Sin is mixed with all I do; 

You, who love the Lord indeed, 

Tell me; is it so with you? 

547 



LOVE. 

6 Yet I mourn my stubborn will, 

Find my sin a grief and thrall ; 
Should I grieve for what I feel, 
If I did not love at all? 

7 Could I joy His saints to meet, 

Choose the ways I once abhorred, 
Find, at times, the promise sweet, 
If I did not love the Lord? 

8 Lord, decide the doubtful case! 

Thou, who art Thy people's sun; 
Shine upon Thy work of grace, 
If it be indeed begun. 

9 Let me love Thee more and more, 

If I love at all, I pray; 
If I have not loved before, 
Help me to begin to-day. 

397 C. M. Watts. 

LOVE TO THE CREATURE DANGEROUS. 



1 HOW vain are all things here below, 

How false, and yet how fair! 
Each pleasure has its poison too, 
And every sweet a snare. 

2 The brightest things below the sky 

Give but a flattering light; 
We should suspect some danger nigh, 
Where we possess delight. 

3 Our dearest joys, and nearest friends, 

The partners of our blood, 
How they divide our wavering minds, 
And leave but half for God. 



548 



OF BRETHREN. 

4 The fondness of a creature's love, 

How strong it strikes the sense! 
Thither the warm affections move, 
Nor can we call them thence. 

5 Dear Saviour, let Thy beauties be 

My soul's eternal food ; 
And. grace command my heart away 
From all created good. 

398 S. M. Beddome. 

MUTUAL LOVE. 

1 LET party-names no more 

The Christian w r orld o'erspread; 
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, 
Are one in Christ their head. 

2 Among the saints on earth 
Let mutual love be found ; 

Heirs of the same inheritance, 
With mutual blessings crowned. 

3 Let envy, child of hell ! 
Be banished far away ; 

Those should in strictest friendship dwell, 
Who the same Lord obey. 

4 Thus will the Church below 
Resemble that above, 

Where streams of pleasure ever flow, 
And every heart is love. 

399 8s -5 ?s. an( i 4s. Kelly. 

BROTHERLY LOVE. 

1 BRETHREN, let us walk together 
In the bonds of love and peace ; 
Can it be a question whether 

Brethren should from conflict cease? 

'Tis in union, 
Hope, and joy, and love increase. 

549 



LOVE. 

2 "While we journey homeward, let us 

Help each other on the road ; 
Foes on every side beset us, 

Snares through all the way are strewed, 

It behoves us 
Each to bear a brother's load. 

3 "When we think how much our Father 

Has forgiven, and does forgive, 
Brethren, we should learn, the rather, 
Free from wrath and strife to live, 

Far removing 
All that might offend or grieve. 

4 Then let each esteem his brother 

Better than himself to be; 
And let each prefer another, 
Full of love, from envy free: 

Happy are we 
When in this we all agree. 

5 Soon our Father w T ill receive us, 

As we hope to dw T ell above; 
Nothing then shall harm or grieve us, 
We shall all His goodness prove: 

Wrath and discord 
Ending in eternal love. 



400 S - M - Fawcktt. 

COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 

1 BLESSED be the tie that binds 

Our hearts in Christian love: 
The fellowship of kindred minds 

Is like to that above. 



K50 



OF BRETHREN. 

2 Before our Father's throne 
We pour our ardent prayers ; 

Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, 
Our comforts and our cares. 

3 We share our mutual woes; 
Our mutual burdens bear; 

And often for each other flows 
The sympathising tear. 

4 We're one in Christ our head, 
In Him we grow and thrive; 

Nor will He leave us with the dead, 
While He remains alive. 

5 This glorious hope revives 
Our courage by the way; 

While each in expectation lives, 
And longs to see the day. 

6 From sorrow, toil and pain 
And sin, we shall be free: 

And perfect love and friendship reign 
Through all eternity. 

401 C. M. Miller. 

CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 

1 OUR souls, by love together knit, 

Cemented, mixed in one, 
One hope, one heart, one mind, one voice ; 
'T is heaven on earth begun ! 

2 Our hearts have often burned within, 

And glowed with sacred fire; 
While Jesus spoke, and fed, and blessed, 
And filled th' enlarged desire. 

551 



LOVE. 

3 The little cloud increases still, 

The heavens are big with rain; 
We haste to catch the teeming shower. 
And all its moisture drain. 

4 A rill, a stream, a torrent flows! 

But pour a mighty flood ; 
Oh! sweep the nations, shake the earth, 
Till all proclaim Thee God. 

5 And when Thou mak'st Thy jewels up, 

And sett'st Thy starry crown ; 
When all Thy sparkling gems shall shine, 
Proclaimed by Thee Thine own ; 

6 May we, a little band of love, 

We sinners, saved by grace, 
From glory unto glory changed, 
Behold Thee face to face. 

402 &• M. Barbauld. 

CHRISTIAN COMMUNION. 

1 HOW blessed the sacred tie that binds, 
In union sweet, according minds ! 

How swift the heavenly course they run, 
Whose hearts and faith and hopes are one! 

2 To each, the -soul of each how dear! 
What jealous love, what holy fear! 
How doth the generous flame within 
Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin! 

3 Their streaming eyes together flow, 
For human guilt and mortal woe; 
Their ardent prayers together rise, 
Like mingling flames in sacrifice. 

552 



OF BRETHREN. 

4 Together oft they seek the place, 
Where God reveals His awful face; 
At length they meet in realms above, 
A heaven of joy because of love. 

403 C. M. C. Wesley. 

CHRISTIANS ONE FAMILY. 

1 COME, let us join our friends above, 

That have obtained the prize ; 
And on the eagle wings of love, 
To joys celestial rise. 

2 Let all the saints terrestrial, sing 

With those to glory gone; 
For all the servants of our King 
In heaven and earth are one. 

3 One family, we dwell in Him; 

One Church above, beneath; 
Though now divided by the stream, 
The narrow stream of death : 

4 One army of the living God, 

To His command we bow ; 
Part of His host have crossed the flood, 
And part are crossing now. 

5 Ten thousand to their endless home 

This solemn moment fly; 
And we are to the margin come, 
And in our turn must die. 

6 His militant, embodied host, 

With wishful looks we stand, 

And long to see that happy coast, 

And reach the heavenly land. 



FAITH. 



FAITH. 



404 s. M. 

APPROPRIATING FAITH. 

1 FAITH! 'tis a precious grace, 
Where'er it is bestowed ; 

It boasts of a celestial birth, 
And is the gift of God. 

2 Jesus it owns a King, 
An all-atoning Priest; 

It claims no merit of its own, 
But finds it all in Christ. 

3 To Him it leads the soul, 
When filled with deep distress; 

Appropriates His precious blood, 
And trusts His righteousness. 

4 Since 'tis Thy work alone, 
And that divinely free; 

Lord, send the Spirit of Thy Son 
To work this faith in me. 



Beddome. 



405 



CM. 

LIVING FAITH. 



Waits. 



1 MISTAKEN souls ! that dream of heaven, 

And make their empty boast 

Of inward joys, and sins forgiven, 

While they are slaves to lust. 

2 Yain are our fancies, airy flights, 

If faith be cold and dead : 
None, but a living power, unites 
To Christ the living head. 

554 



NOT MERITORIOUS. 

3 'Tis faith, that changes all the heart; 

'Tis faith, that works by love; 
That bids all sinful joys depart, 
And lifts the thoughts above. 

4 'Tis faith that conquers earth and hell 

By a celestial power : 
This is the grace that shall prevail 
In the decisive hour. 

5 Faith must obey her Father's will, 

As well as trust His grace; 
A pardoning God is jealous still 
For His own holiness. 

6 When from the curse He sets us free, 

He makes our natures clean ; 
Nor would He send His Son to be 
The minister of sin. 

7 His Spirit purifies our frame, 

And seals our peace with God; 
Jesus and His salvation came 
By water and by blood. 

406 L- m. 

FAITH NOT MERITORIOUS. 

1 BY faith in Christ we're justified, 
Since 'tis by faith Christ is applied, 
But not for faith or any thing 

We either suffer, do or bring. 

2 Faith is the hand, that Christ receives, 
And takes the treasures, which He gives; 
But faith no merit can possess : 

Christ is the Lord our Righteousness. 

555 



FAITH. 

3 Jesus, our soul's delightful choice, 
In Thee believing, we rejoice; 
Thy promises our hearts revive, 
And keep our fainting faith alive. 

5 Do Thou the languid spark inflame, 
Reveal the glories of Thy name ! 
Let Thy imputed righteousness 
Be all our trust, our joy and peace. 

407 C. M. TlTRNER. 
THE POWER OF FAITH. 

1 FAITH adds new charms to earthly bliss, 

And saves me from its snares; 
Its aid in every duty brings, 
And softens all my cares: 

2 Extinguishes the thirst of sin, 

And lights the sacred fire 
Of love to God and heavenly things, 
And feeds the pure desire. 

3 The wounded conscience knows its power, 

The healing balm to give ; 
That balm the saddest heart can cheer, 
And make the dying live. 

4 Wide it unveils celestial worlds, 

Where deathless pleasures reign; 
And bids me seek my portion there, 
Nor bids me seek in vain. 

408 lls - Brown. 

STAND FAST IN THE FAITH. 

1 STAND fast in the faith! 'tis the mandate of God, 
Once uttered in anguish, once written in blood ; 
From the cross of the Lord, from the throne in the 

sky, 

It was breathed over earth, it is uttered on high. 

556 



ENCOURAGED. 

2 Stand fast in the faitli ! bold apostles have died 
With the words on their lips, careless who might 

deride, 
Confessors and martyrs, 'mid torture and flame, 
Have drunk in its accents, and welcomed the shame. 

3 Stand fast in the faith ! for the Church of the Lord 
Hath inscribed on her banner the glorious word ; 
O'er all her bright cohorts, its glory displayed, 
And blazoned on harness, and buckler, and blade. 

4 Stand fast in the faith ! there are those at thy side 
Who can vanquish the foe in his ramparts of pride ; 
Be loyal, be valiant ; thy heart to inspire, 

Lo ! the chariots of God, and the horses of fire. 

5 Stand fast in the faith ! though the conflict is hot, 
The field hath no strife where thy Captain is not; 
His eye is upon thee, thou hearest what He saith : 
"Ho ! quit you like men, and stand fast in the faith." 

6 Stand fast in the faith ! though the faithless may 

flee, 
We will peril our all, dear Redeemer, for Thee ; 
We will stand in the conflict, assured that Thine 

arm 
Shall shield every soldier from peril and harm. 

409 L. M. Watts. 

WALKING BY FAITH. 

1 'TIS by the faith of joys to come, 

We walk through deserts dark as night : 
Till we arrive at heaven, our home, 
Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 

2 The want of sight she well supplies; 

She bids the pearly gates appear: 
Far into distant worlds she pries, 
And brings eternal glories near. 

557 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

3 Cheerful we tread the desert through, 

While faith beholds a heavenly raj, 

Though lions roar, and tempests blow, 

And rocks and dangers fill the way. 

4 So Abram, by divine command, 

Left his own home to walk with God 
His faith beheld the promised land, 
And fired his zeal along the road. 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 
410 ^ s - Kelly. 

ONWARD. 

1 WHEN we cannot see our way, 
We should trust and still obey; 
He who bids us forward go, 
Will instruct the way to know. 

2 Though the sea be deep and wide, 
Though a passage seems denied ; 
Fearless let us still proceed, 
Since the Lord vouchsafes to lead. 

3 Though it seems the gloom of night, 
Though we trace no ray of light, 
Since the Lord Himself is there, 
'Tis not meet that we should fear. 

4 Night, with Him, is always bright, 
Where He is, there all is light; 
When He calls us, why delay? 
Thev are happy, who obey. 

558 



CONFORMITY TO CHRIST. 

5 Be it ours, then, while we're here, 
Him to follow without fear; 
Where He calls us, there to go, 



What He bids us, that to do. 

411 L. M. Beddome. 

CONFORMITY TO CHRIST. 

1 JESUS, my Saviour, let me be 
More perfectly conformed to Thee: 
Implant each grace, each sin dethrone, 
And form my temper like Thine own. 

2 Let the envenomed heart and tongue, 
The hand outstretched to do me wrong, 
Excite no feelings in my breast, 

But such as Jesus once expressed. 

3 To others let me always give 
What I from others would receive; 
Good deeds for evil ones return, 

Nor when provoked, with anger burn. 

4 This will proclaim how bright, how fair, 
The precepts of Thy gospel are, 

And God Himself, the God of love, 
His own resemblance will approve. 

412 I* M. Beddome. 

CHRISTIAN CONSISTENCY. 

1 FATHER of spirits, grant that we 
May more and more resemble Thee; 
Daily from strength to strength proceed, 
Christians in name, and so in deed. 

2 In our whole lives may we express 
The truth and energy of grace ; 

A lively faith, an humble fear, 
And be in truth what we appear. 

559 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

3 By our exact obedience show, 
"What we to Thy rich mercy owe; 
And thus a bright example give, 

To teach the world how they should live. 

4 Not tire, nor stop, but still press on, 
To finish well the course begun ; 
And then receive the great reward, 
For such, and only such prepared. 

413 $• ^- Doddridge, 
confidence in god. 

1 HOW gentle God's commands, 
How kind His precepts are, 

Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, 
And trust His constant care. 

2 While Providence supports, 
Let saints securely dwell ; 

That hand which bears all nature up, 
Shall guide His children well. 

3 Why should this anxious load 
Press down your weary mind? 

Haste to your heavenly Father's throne, 
And sweet refreshment find. 

4 His goodness stands approved, 
Down to the present day ; 

I'll drop my burden at His feet, 
And bear a song away. 

414 C. M. Newton. 

TRUE AND FALSE ZEAL. 

1 ZEAL is that pure and heavenly flame, 
The fire of love supplies ; 
While that which often bears the name, 



Is self in a disguise. 



560 



EXERTION. , 

2 While zeal for truth the Christian warms, 

He knows the worth of peace ; 
But self contends for names and forms. 
Its party to increase. 

3 Zeal has attained its highest aim, 

Its end is satisfied, 
If sinners love the Saviour's name, 
Nor seeks it aught beside. 

4 Self may its poor reward obtain, 

And be applauded here; 
But zeal the best applause will gain 
When Jesus shall appear. 

5 Dear Lord, the idol self dethrone, 

And from our hearts remove; 
And let no zeal by us be shown, 
But that which springs from love. 

415 & M. Beddome. 

CHRISTIAN EXERTION. 

RISE from the dust, my drowsy soul, 

Awake, awake, for God; 
See, boundless floods of pleasure roll 

Around His blessed abode. 

2 Rouse up and seize the starry crown, 

Nor grovelling lie below ; 
Exertion leads to high renown, 
But sloth to endless wo. 

3 Dangerous and steep is the ascent, 

To Zion's lofty hill : 
"Nor can the soul that's negligent, 
Th' important task fulfil. 

24* 561 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

4 A thousand duties must be done, 

A thousand lusts destroyed ; 
Th' immortal prize must first be won, 
Before it is enjoyed. 

5 Great God, my drooping powers revive, 

The love of sin subdue; 
Short is the time I have to live, 
Yet so much work to do. 

416 C. M. Watts. 

SPIRITUAL SLOTH. 

1 MY drowsy powers, why sleep ye so? 

Awake, my sluggish soul, 
Nothing has half thy work to do, . 
Yet nothing's half so dull. 

2 The little ants, for one poor grain, 

How they will toil and strive! 
Yet we, who have a heaven to gain, 
How negligent we live! 

3 We, for whose sake all nature stands, 

And stars their courses move; 
We, for whose guard the angel bands 
Come flying from above. 

4 We, for whom God the Son came down 

To labour for our good ; 
How careless to secure that crown 
He purchased with His blood! 

5 Lord, shall we be indifferent still, 

And never act our parts? 
Spirit Divine, Oh ! come, and fill, 
And purify our hearts. 

6 Then shall our active spirits move, 

Upward our souls shall rise, 
With hands of faith and wings of love, 
We'll fly and take the prize. 

562 



PROGRESS. 

417 L. M. Watts. 

CHRISTIAN RACE. 

1 AWAKE our souls, away our fears, 

Let every trembling thought be gone; 
Awake, and run the heavenly race, 
And put a cheerful courage on. 

2 True 'tis a strait and thorny road, 

And mortal spirits tire and faint ; 
But they forget the mighty God, 

Who feeds the strength of every saint. 

3 O mighty God, Thy matchless power 

Is ever new and ever young, 
And firm endures while endless years 
Their everlasting circles run. 

4 From -Thee, the overflowing Spring, 

Believers drink a fresh supply: 
While such as trust their native strength, 
Shall melt away, and droop, and die. 

5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air, 

Oh! may we mount to Thine abode; 
On wings of love to Jesus fly, 

Nor tire amidst the heavenly road. 

418 C. M. Watts. 

SELF-DENIAL. 

1 STRAIT is the way, the door is strait, 

Which leads to joys on high ; 

'Tis but a few that find the gate, 

While crowds mistake and die. 

2 Beloved self must be denied; 

The mind and will renewed; 
Passion suppressed, and patience tried, 
And vain desires subdued. 

563 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

3 The tongue, that most unruly power, 

Requires a strong restraint ; 
We must be watchful every hour, 
Ajid pray, but never faint. 

4 Lord, can a feeble, helpless worm 

Fulfil a task so hard? 
Thy grace must all the work perform, 
And give the free reward. 

41Q 7s. and 5s. Hastings. 

THE CONFLICT. 

1 HEIR of an immortal crown, 
Heed not every foeman's frown, 
Tread the powers of darkness down, 

Through Jehovah's might: 
Though they oft in wrath arise, 
Like the tempest of the skies, 
He can fill them with surprise, 

From His heavenly height. 

2 Soldier, in the tented field, 

Fly thy helmet, sword, and shield, 
Till the line of battle yield. 

And before thee flee: 
In thine armour, fearless stand, 
Girded by Jehovah's hand, 
Till within the promised land, 

He shall set thee free. 

420 S - M - Watts. 

MORTIFICATION OF SIN. 

1 SHALL we go on to sin, 

Because Thy grace abounds ? 
Or crucify the Lord again, 

And open all His wounds? 

564 



COURAGE. 

2 Forbid it, mighty God ! 
Nor let it e'er be said, 

That we, whose sins are crucified, 
Should raise them from the dead. 

3 We shall be slaves no more, 
Since Christ hath made us free; 

Hath nailed our tyrants to His cross, 
And bought our liberty. 

421 L. M. Watts. 

CHRISTIAN WARFARE. 

1 STAND up, my soul, shake off thy fear, 

And gird the gospel armour on ; 
March to the gates of endless joy, 

Where Jesus, thy great Captain 's gone. 

2 Hell and thy sins resist thy course, 

But vanquished are those threatening foes; 
Thy Saviour nailed them to the cross, 
And sung the triumph when He rose. 

3 What though the prince of darkness rage, 

And waste the fury of his spite ; 
Eternal chains confine him down 
To fiery deeps and endless night. 

4 What though thy inward lusts rebel, 

'Tis but a struggling gasp for life; 
The weapons of victorious grace 

Shall slay thy sins and end the strife. 

5 Then let my soul march boldly on, 

Press forward to the heavenly gate ; 
There peace and joy eternal reign, 

And glittering robes for conquerors wait. 

6 There shall I wear a starry crown, 

And triumph in almighty grace, 
While all the armies of the skies 
Join in my glorious Leader's praise. 

565 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

422 C. M. Steele. 

WATCH AND PEAT. 

1 ALAS ! what hourly dangers rise, 

What snares beset my way ! 
To heaven I fain would lift my eyes, 
And hourly watch and pray. 

2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain, 

And melt in flowing tears ! 
Striving against my foes in vain, 
I sink amid my fears. 

3 O gracious God, in whom I live, 

My feeble efforts aid; 
Help me to watch, and pray, and strive, 
Nor let me be dismayed. 

4 Do Thou increase my faith and hope, 

When fears and foes prevail: 
And bear my fainting spirit up, 
Or soon my strength will fail. 

5 Oh ! keep me in Thy heavenly way, 

And bid the tempter flee; 

And never, never let me stray 

From happiness and Thee. 

423 C - M. Doddridge. 

RUNNING THE CHRISTIAN RACE. 

1 AWAKE, my soul ! stretch every nerve, 

And press with vigour on : 
A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 
And an immortal crown. 

2 'Tis God's all-animating voice, 

That calls thee from on high ; 
'Tis His own hand presents the prize 
To thine aspiring eye. 

566 



ACTIVITY. 

3 A cloud of witnesses around 

Hold thee in full survey ; 
Forget the steps already trod, 
And onward urge thy way. 

4 Blessed Saviour! introduced by Thee, 

Have we our race begun: 
And, crowned with victory, at Thy feet 
We'll lay our laurels down. 

424 L- M. Kelly 

WARNING AGAINST SLOTH. 

1 O ISEAEL, to thy tents repair; 

Why thus secure on hostile ground? 
Thy Lord commands thee to beware, 
For many foes thy camp surround. 

2 The trumpet gives a martial strain; 

O Israel ! gird thee for the fight ; 
Arise, the combat to maintain; 
Arise, and put thy foes to flight. 

3 Oh ! sleep not thou as others do, 

Awake, be vigilant, be brave ; 
The coward, and the sluggard too, 
Must wear the fetters of the slave. 

4 A nobler lot is cast for thee, 

A crown awaits thee in the skies ! 
With such a hope shall Israel flee, 

And yield through weariness the prize? 

5 No ! let a careless world repose, 

And slumber on through life's short day, 
While Israel to the conflict goes, 
And bears the glorious prize away. 

5'67 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 
425 C. M. Watts. 

THE SOLDIER OF THE CROSS. 

1 AM I a soldier of the Cross, 

A follower of the Lamb? 
And shall I fear to own His cause, 
Or blush to speak His name? 

2 Must I be carried to the skies, 

On flowery beds of ease; 
While others fought to win the prize, 
And sailed through bloody seas? 

3 Are there no foes for me to face? 

Must I not stem the flood? 
Is this vile world a friend to grace, 
To help me on to God? 

4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign; 

Be faithful to my Lord, 
And bear the toil, endure the pain, 
Supported by Thy word. 

5 Thy saints, in all this glorious war, 

Shall conquer though they die; 
They see the triumph from afar, 
And seize it with their eye. 

6 When that illustrious day shall rise. 

And all Thy armies shine 
In robes of victory through the skies, 
The glory shall be Thine. 

426 s - M - Heath. 

WATCHFULNESS AND PRAYER. 

1 MY soul, be on thy guard; 

Ten thousand foes arise; 
And hosts of sin are pressing hard, 

To draw thee from the skies, 

56S 



WATCHFULNESS. 

2 Oil! watch, and fight, and pray, 
The battle ne'er give o'er; 

Kenew it boldly every day, 
And help divine implore. 

3 Ne'er think the victory won, 
Nor once at ease sit down: 

Thy arduous work will not be done, 
Till thou hast got thy crown. 

427 S- ^- Doddridge. 

WATCHFULNESS. 

1 YE servants of the Lord, 
Each in his office wait, 

Observant of His heavenly word, 
And watchful at His gate. 

2 Let all your lamps be bright, 
And trim the golden flame; 

Gird up your loins, as in His sight, 
For awful is His name. 

3 Watch, 'tis your Lord's command; 
And while we speak, He's near; 

Mark the first signal of His hand, 
And ready all appear. 

4 O happy servant he, . 
In such a posture found! 

He shall his Lord with rapture see, 
And be with honour crowned. 

5 Christ shall the banquet spread, 
With His own bounteous hand, 

And raise that favoured servant's head 
Amidst th' angelic band. 

569 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

428 L- M. Watts. 

CHRISTIAN CONSISTENCY. 

1 SO let our lips and lives express 
The holy gospel we profess; 

So let our works and virtues shine, 
To prove the doctrine all divine. 

2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad, 
The honours of our Saviour God; 
When the salvation reigns within, 
And grace subdues the power of sin. 

3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, 
Passion and envy, lust and pride ; 
While justice, temperance, truth and love, 
Our inward piety approve. 

4 Religion bears our spirits up, 
While we expect that blessed hope, 
The bright appearance of the Lord; 
And faith stands leaning on His word. 

429 L. M. Watts. 

CHRISTIAN CAUTION. 

1 IS it a thing of good report 

To squander life and time away? 
To cut the hours of duty short, 

While toys and follies waste the day? 

2 Doth it become the Christian name, 

To venture near the tempter's door, 
To sort with men of evil frame, 
And yet presume to stand secure? 

3 Am I my own sufficient guard, 

While I expose my soul to shame? 
Can the short joys of sin reward 
The lasting blemish of my name? 

570 






HABITUAL DEVOTION. 

4 Oh! may it be my constant choice, 
To walk with men of grace below, 
Till I arrive where heavenly joys 
And never-fading honours grow\ 

430 C. M. H. M. Williams. 

HABITUAL DEVOTION. 

1 WHILST Thee I seek, protecting Power! 

Be my vain wishes stilled; 

And may this consecrated hour 

With better hopes be filled. 

2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed, 

To Thee my thoughts w^ould soar: 
Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed: 
That mercy 1 adore. 

3 In each event of life, how clear 

Thy ruling hand I see! 
Each blessing to my soul most dear, 
Because conferred by Thee. 

4 In every joy that crowns my days, 

In every pain I bear, 
My heart shall find delight in praise, 
Or seek relief in prayer. 

5 When gladness wings my favoured hour, 

Thy love my thoughts shall fill: 
Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower, 
My soul shall meet Thy will. 

6 My lifted eye without a tear, 

The gathering storm shall see; 
My steadfast heart shall know no fear; 
That heart will rest on Thee. 

571 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

431 C. M. Hastings. 

WATCH AND PRAY. 

1 THE Saviour bids us watch and pray, 

Through life's brief fleeting hour, 
And gives the Spirit's quickening ray 
To those who seek its power. 

2 The Saviour bids us watch and pray, 

Maintain a warrior's strife; 
Help, Lord, to hear Thy voice to-day; 
Obedience is our life. 

3 The Saviour bids us watch and pray, 

For soon the hour will come,. 
That calls us from the earth away, 
To our eternal home. 

4 O Saviour, we would watch and pray, 

And hear Thy sacred voice; 
And walk as Thou hast marked the way, 
To heaven's eternal joys. 

432 C. M. Newton. 

PERSEVERANCE. 

1 REJOICE, believer, in the Lord, 

"Who makes your cause His own; 
The hope that's built upon His word 
Can ne'er be overthrown. 

2 Though many foes beset your road, 

And feeble is your arm : 
Your life is hid with Christ in God, 
Beyond the reach of harm. 

3 Weak as you are, you shall not faint, 

Or, fainting, shall not die; 
Jesus, the strength of every saint, 
Will aid you from on high. 

572 



LEANING ON CHRIST. 

4 As surely as He overcame, 

And triumphed once for you; 
So surely, you, that love His name, 
Shall triumph in Him too. 

433 L. M. Watts. 

CHRIST OUR STRENGTH. 

1 LET me but hear my Saviour say, 
Strength shall be equal to thy day: 
Then I rejoice in deep distress, 
Leaning on all sufficient grace. 

2 I glory in infirmity, 

That Christ's own power may rest on me; 
When I am weak, then am I strong, 
Grace is my shield and Christ my song. 

3 I can do all things, or can bear 
All sufferings, if my Lord be there ; 
Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains, 
While His left hand my head sustains. 

4 But if the Lord be once withdrawn, 
And we attempt the work alone, 
When new temptations spring and rise, 
We find how great our weakness is. 

434 C. M. Haweis. 

SUBMISSION. 

1 SUBMISSIVE to Thy will, my God, 

I all to Thee resign; 
And bow before Thy chastening rod, 
I mourn, but not repine. 

2 Why should my foolish heart complain, 

When wisdom, truth, and love 
Direct the stroke, inflict the pain, 
And point to joys above. 

573 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

3 How short are all my sufferings here, 

How needful every cross! 
Away, my unbelieving fear, 
Nor call my gain, my loss. 

4 Then give, dear Lord, or take away, 

I'll bless Thy sacred name; 
My Jesus, yesterday, to-day, 
For ever is the same! 

435 C. M. Toplady. 

SICKNESS SWEETENED. 

1 WHEN languor and disease invade 

This trembling house of clay, 
'Tis sweet to look beyond my pains, 
And long to fly away. 

2 Sweet to look inward, and attend 

The whispers of His love; 
Sweet to look upward to the place 
Where Jesus pleads above. 

3 Sweet to look back, and see my name, 

In life's fair book set down ; 
Sweet to look forward, and behold 
Eternal joys my own. 

4 Sweet to reflect, how grace divine, 

My sins on Jesus laid; 
Sweet to remember, that His blood 
My debt of suffering paid. 

5 Sweet in His righteousness to stand, 

Which saves from second death ; 
Sweet t' experience, day by day, 
His Spirit's quickening breath. 

574 



SUBMISSION. 

6 Sweet on His faithfulness to rest, 

Whose love can never end : 
Sweet on His covenant of grace. 
For all things to depend. 

7 Sweet in the confidence of faith, 

To trust His firm decrees; 
Sweet to lie passive in His hands, 
And know no will but His. 

8 If such the sweetness of the streams, 

What must the fountain be, 
Where saints and angels draw their bliss 
Immediately from Thee! 

436 C. M. Greene. 

IT IS THE LORD. 

1 IT is the Lord, enthroned in light, 

Whose claims are all divine; 
Who has an undisputed right 
To govern me and mine. 

2 It is the Lord, should I distrust, 

Or contradict His will? 
Who cannot do but what is just, 
And must be righteous still. 

3 It is the Lord, who gives me all 

My wealth, my friends, my ease; 
And of His bounties may recall 
Whatever part He please. 

4 It is the Lord, who can sustain 

Beneath the heaviest load, 

From whom assistance I obtain 

To tread the thorny road. 

5 It is the Lord, whose matchless skill 

Can from afflictions raise 
Matter, eternity to fill 

With ever growing praise. 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

6 It is the Lord, my covenant God, 

Thrice blessed be His name! 
Whose gracious promise, sealed with blood, 
Must ever be the same. 

7 His covenant will my soul defend, 

Should nature's self expire; 
And the great Judge of all descend 
In awful flames of fire. 

8 And can my soul, with hopes like these, 

Be sullen, or repine? 
No, gracious God, take what Thou please, 
I'll cheerfully resign. 

437 C ' ^' DODDRIDGE. 

PRAISE FOE RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS. 

1 MY God, Thy service well demands 

The remnant of my days ; 
Why was this fleeting breath renewed, 
But to renew Thy praise? 

2 Thine arms of everlasting love 

Did this weak frame sustain ; 
When life was hovering o'er the grave, 
And nature sunk with pain. 

3 Calmly I bowed my fainting head 

On Thy dear faithful breast; 
Pleased to obey my Father's call 
To His eternal rest. 

4 Into Thy hands, my Saviour God, 

Did I my soul resign ; 
In firm dependence on that truth, 
Which made salvation mine. 

576 



SUBMISSION UNDER BEREAVEMENT. 

5 Back from the borders of the grave, 

At Thy command I come: 
Nor will I urge a speedier flight, 
To my celestial home. 

6 Where Thou determinest mine abode, 

There would I choose to be ; 
For in Thy presence death is life, 
And earth is heaven with Thee. 

438 C. M. Doddridge 

SUBMISSION UNDER BEREAVEMENT. 

1 PEACE! 'tis the Lord Jehovah's hand 

That blasts our joys in death; 
Changes the visage once so dear, 
And gathers back the breath. 

2 'Tis He, the Potentate supreme 

Of all the worlds above, 
Whose steady counsels wisely rule, 
Nor from their purpose move. 

3 'Tis He, whose justice might demand 

Our souls a sacrifice ; 
Yet scatters with unwearied hand 
A thousand rich supplies. 

4 Our covenant God and Father He, 

In Christ our bleeding Lord ; 
Whose grace can heal the bursting heart 
With one reviving word. 

5 Silent we own Jehovah's name, 

We kiss the scourging hand ; 
And yield our comforts and our life 
To Thy supreme command. 

25 577 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 
439 l° s - and lls - Newton. 

UNBELIEF REBUKED. 

1 BEGONE, unbelief, my Saviour is near; 
And for my relief will surely appear; 

By prayer let me wrestle, and He will perform, 
With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm. 

2 Though dark be my way, since He is my guide, 
'Tis mine to obey, 'tis His to provide: 
Though cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail, 
The word He has spoken shall surely prevail. 

3 His love in time past forbids me to think 
He '11 leave me at last in trouble to sink : 
Each sweet Ebenezer, I have in review, 
Confirms His good pleasure to help me quite through. 

4 Determined to save, He watched o'er my path ; 
When, Satan's blind slave, I sported with death : 
And can He have taught me to trust in His name, 
And thus far have brought me, to put me to shamed 



5 Why should I complain of want or distress, 
Temptation or pain ? He told me no less : 

The heirs of salvation, 1 know from His word, 
Through much tribulation must follow their Lord. 

6 How bitter that cup no heart can conceive, 
Which He drank quite up, that sinners might live! 
His way was much rougher and darker than mine ; 
Did Jesus thus suffer, and shall I repine? 

7 Since all that I meet shall work for my good ; 
The bitter is sweet, the medicine is food ; 
Though painful at present, 'twill cease before long, 
And then; oh! how pleasant the conqueror's song! 



RESIGNATION. 

440 ®' -^- Hervey: Beddome 
resignation to the will of god. 

1 THROUGH all the downward tracts of time, 

God's watchful eye surveys; 
Oh! who so wise to choose our lot, 
Or regulate our ways! 

2 I cannot doubt His bounteous love, 

Unmeasurably kind; 
To His unerring, gracious will, 
Be every wish resigned. 

3 Good when He gives, supremely good, 

Nor less when He denies; 
E'en crosses from His sovereign hand 
Are blessings in disguise. 

4 Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found ; 

The honey 's mixed with gall ; 
'Midst changing scenes and dying friends, 
Be Thou my all in all. 

441 c - M. Steele. 

THE DEVOUT REQUEST. 

1 FATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss 

Thy sovereign will denies; 
Accepted at Thy throne of grace, 
Let this petition rise. 

2 "Give me a calm, a thankful heart, 

From every murmur free; 
The blessings of Thy grace impart, 
And make me live to Thee. 

579 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

3 Let the sweet hope that I am Thine, 
My life and death attend: 
Thy presence through my journey shine, 
And crown my journey's end." 

442 ?s. Hastings. 

USE OF MEDITATION 

1 CHKISTIAIST, would'st thou know the joy 

Pure religion can impart? 
Let her truths thy mind employ, 

Firmly fix thy roving heart, 
Till her radiance round thee shine, 
With an influence all divine. 

2 Think, who fills a Father's throne; 

How in righteousness He reigns; 
What perfections He hath shown, 

And unchangeable remains: 
Countless worlds proclaim His power, 
And His glorious name adore. 

3 Think of all that heavenly grace, 

Which in Christ, the Lord, appears, 
Till the vision of His face, 

A celestial glory wears; 
While the eye of faith may view 
Wonders still for ever new. 

4 Think upon that Spirit pure, 

Who the love of God reveals; 
Shows the promise ever sure, 

And, within, His witness seals: 
Think upon His hallowed name, 
Till His love thy soul inflame. 



►80 



HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS. 

5 God is holy, just and good, 

Thou art sinful, weak and vile ; 
Blessings by His hand bestowed, 

Round thy habitation smile : 
These should charm thy heart to love, 
These should fix thy thoughts above. 

Dost thou now in sadness mourn, 
And the tear of anguish shed ? 
Child of hope, to God return ; 

Lift on high thy drooping head : 
Rays celestial round thee shine, 
Heaven and all its joys are thine. 

443 L. M. Wilks. 

HEAVENLY MINDEDNESS. 

1 OH! that my grovelling thoughts could rise, 
And rest on things above the skies ; 
Where Christ, my Lord, in glory bright, 
Sits clothed in robes of heavenly light ! 

2 Why should my heart descend so low, 
To brood on earth, a world of wo, 
While heaven, where endless pleasures roll, 
Waits to entrance the new-born soul. 

3 Sickly, and weak, and languid, I 
Now flutter and attempt to fly ; 

But earth, and sense, and guilt combined 
Hang heavily upon my mind. 

4 Saviour, let Thine attractions be 
But felt in all their force by me, 
Then shall I mount on wings of love, 
And fix, and dwell on things above. 

581 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

444 ^ s - an d 6s. Cennicx. 

BREATHING AFTER HEAYEN. 

1 RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings, 

Thy better portion trace; 
Rise from transitory things, 

Toward heaven, thy native place. 
Sun, and moon, and stars decay, 

Time shall soon this earth remove; 
Rise, my soul, and haste away 

To seats prepared above. 

2 Rivers to the ocean run, 

Nor stay in all their course; 
Fires ascending seek the sun, 

Both speed them to their source: 
So a soul that 's born of God, 

Pants to view His glorious face; 
Upward tends to His abode, 

To rest in His embrace. 

3 Fly me riches, fly me cares, 

"While I that coast explore; 
Flattering world, with all thy snares, 

Solicit me no more. 
Pilgrims fix not here their home, 

Strangers tarry but a night; 
When the last dear morn is come, 

They '11 rise to joyful light. 

4 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn, 

Press onward to the prize ; 
Soon the Saviour will return, 

Triumphant in the skies : 
There we'll join the heavenly train, 

Welcome to partake the bliss ; 
Fly from sorrow and from pain, 

To realms of endless peace. 

582 



FOLLOWING CHRIST. 

445 H. M. Campbell's Coll. 

FOLLOWING CHRIST. 

1 LOOK up to yonder world, 

See myriads round the throne! 
Each bears a golden harp, 

And wears a glorious crown: 
With zeal they strike the sacred lyre, 
And strive to raise their praises higher. 

2 Believing in His name, 

They in His footsteps trod; 
His righteousness their hope, 

Their only plea His blood; 
Lo! now they reign with Him above, 
Behold His face, and sing His love. 

3 And shall we not aspire, 

Like them, our course to run? 
The crown if we would wear 

That crown must first be won: 
Divinely taught, they showed the way, 
First to believe and then obey. 

446 ^ s - and 6s. Hastings. 

HEAVENLY-MTNDEDNESS. 

1 WITH eyes of faith and wings of love 

My soul would upward rise; 
And converse hold with things above, 
And all that heavenly influence prove, 

Which grace divine supplies. 

2 But sin will oft my heart betray, 

And cares from morn till e'en 
Command my labouring thoughts away, 
And my affections far astray 

From happiness and heaven. 

583 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

3 Heaven is the portion of my soul, 

My treasure and my joy ; 
There's naught on earth, from pole to pole. 
Where mountains rise or oceans roll, 

That should my heart employ. 

4 Upward, still upward, let me soar, 

While in this vale of tears; 
Till earthly cares and toils are o'er, 
And sin shall wound my heart no more, 

When heaven itself appears. 

447 C - ^- Doddridge. 

A CHRISTIAN LIFE. 

1 THRICE happy souls, who, born from heaven, 

While yet they sojourn here, 
Do all their days with God begin, 
And spend them in His fear. 

2 'Midst hourly cares, may love present 

Its incense to Thy throne; 
And while the world our hands employs, 
Our hearts be Thine alone. 

3 As sanctified to noblest ends 

Be each refreshment sought; 
And by each various providence 
Some wise instruction brought. 

4 When to laborious duties called, 

Or by temptations tried, 
We '11 seek the shelter of Thy wings, 
And in Thy strength confide. 

5 As different scenes of life arise, 

Our grateful hearts would be 
With Thee, amidst the social band, 
In solitude with Thee. 

584 



CONTENTMENT. 

6 In solid, pure delights like these, 
Let all my days be past; 
Nor shall I then impatient wish, 
Nor shall I fear the last. 

4-48 k. M. Beddome. 

CONTENTMENT. 

1 FOUNTAIN of blessing, ever blessed, 
Enriching all, of all possessed; 

By whom the whole creation's fed. 
Give me, each day, my daily bread. 

2 To Thee my very life I owe, 

From Thee do all my comforts flow; 
And every blessing which I need, 
Must from Thy bounteous hand proceed. 

3 Great things are not what I desire. 
Nor dainty meat, nor rich attire; 
Content with little would I be; 

That little. Lord, must come from Thee. 

4 While wicked men, with all their store. 
Are ever grasping after more; 

With Agur's wish I 'm satisfied, 

Nor grudge them all the world beside. 

449 C. M. Watts. 

JUSTICE AND EQUITY. 

1 COME, let us search our ways and try; 

Have they been just and right? 
Is the great rule of equity 
Our practice and delight? 

2 What we would have our neighbour do, 

Have we done still the same? 
And ne'er delayed to pay his due, 
Nor injured his good name? 
25* 585 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

3 In all we sell, in all we buy, 

Is justice our design? 
Do we remember God is nigh, 
And fear the wrath divine? 

4 In vain we talk of Jesus' blood, 

And boast His name in vain, 
If we can slight the laws of God, 
And prove unjust to men. 

450 C. M. Watts. 

GRATITUDE. 

1 HOW can I sink with such a prop 

As my eternal God, 
Who bears the earth's huge pillars up, 
And spreads the heavens abroad? 

2 How can I die while Jesus lives. 

Who rose and left the dead ? 
Pardon and grace my soul receives, 
From mine exalted Head. 

3 All that I am, and all I have, 

Shall be for ever Thine! 
Whate'er my duty bids me give, 
My cheerful hands resign. 

4 Yet if I might make some reserve, 

And duty did not call, 
I lqve my God with zeal so great, 
That I would give Him all. 

451 C. M. Bathuest. 

OF THINE OWN WE GIVE THEE. 

1 LORD, when our offerings we present 
Before Thy gracious throne, 
We but return what Thou hast lent, 
And give Thee of Thine own. 

586 



CHARITY. 

2 The power and willingness to give, 

Alike proceed from Thee; 
We still are debtors, since we live 
Only by Thy decree. 

3 Ourselves, our all, to Thee we owe; 

And if we come behind 
What others of their wealth bestow, 
Accept our willing mind. 

4 O Lord, our contributions bless, 

For their appointed end; 
And crown with happiest success, 
The cause that we befriend. 

452 S. M. E. Scott. 

THE THANKFUL OFFERING. 

1 THY bounties, gracious Lord, 
With gratitude we own: 

We bless Thy providential grace, 
Which showers its blessings down. 

2 With joy the people bring 
Their offerings round Thy throne; 

With thankful souls behold we pay 
A tribute of Thy own. 

3 Accept this humble mite, 
Great Sovereign Lord of all; 

Nor let our numerous mingling sins, 
The fragrant ointment spoil. 

4 Let a Eedeemer's blood 
Diffuse its virtues wide; 

Hallow and cleanse our every gift, 
And all our follies hide. 

5 Oh! may this sacrifice 

# To Thee the Lord ascend, 
An odour of a sweet perfume, 
Presented by His hand. 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

9 Well pleased, our God shall view 

The products of His grace; 
And in a plentiful reward 

Fulfil His promises. 

453 L- M. Griffin's Bel 

CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP. 

1 THE gold and silver are the Lord's, 
And every blessing earth affords; 
All come from His propitious hand, 
And must return at His command. 

2 The blessings which I now enjoy, 

I must for Christ and souls employ ; 

For if I use them as my own, 

My Lord will soon call in His loan. 

3 When I to Him in want apply, 
He never does my suit deny ; 
And shall I then refuse to give, 
Since I so much from Him receive? 

4 Shall Jesus leave the realms of day, 
And clothe Himself in humble clay, 
Shall He become despised and poor, 
To make me rich for evermore ? 

5 And shall I wickedly withhold, 
To give my silver and my gold ? 
To aid a cause my soul approves, 
And save the sinners Jesus loves? 

6 Flxpand my heart, incline me, Lord, 
To give the whole I can afford ; 
That, what Thy bounty renders mine, 
I may with cheerful hands resign. 

588 



CHARITY. 

454 L. M. Gibbons. 

CHARITY TAUGHT BY CHRIST'S EXAMPLE. 

1 WHEN Jesus dwelt in mortal clay, 
What were His works from day to day, 
But miracles of power and grace, 

That spread salvation through our race? 

2 Teach us, O Lord, to keep in view 
Thy pattern, and Thy steps pursue ; 
Let alms bestowed, let kindness done, 
Be witnessed by each rolling sun. 

3 That man may breathe, but never lives, 
Who much receives, but nothing gives, 
Whom none can love, whom none can thank ; 
Creation's blot, creation's blank : 

4 But he who marks, from day to day, 
In generous acts, his radiant way, 
Treads the same path his Saviour trod, 
The path to glory and to God. 

455 c - M- Doddridge. 

RELIEVING CHRIST IN HIS MEMBERS. 

1 JESUS, my Lord, how rich Thy grace! 

Thy bounties how complete! 
How shall I count the matchless sum? 
How pay the mighty debt? 

2 High on a throne of radiant light 

Dost Thou exalted shine; 
What can my poverty bestow 
When all the worlds are Thine? 

3 But Thou hast brethren here below, 

The partners of Thy grace; 
And wilt confess their humble names 
Before Thv Father's face. 

589 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

4 In them Thou mayest be clothed and fed, 

And visited and cheered ; 
And in their accents of distress, 
My Saviour's voice is heard. 

5 Thy face, with reverence and with love, 

We in Thy poor would see; 
Oh! let us rather beg our bread 
Than keep it back from Thee! 

456 £• m. Kippon. 

CHARITY ENFORCED. 

1 OH! what stupendous mercy shines 

Around the majesty of heaven ! 
Rebels He deigns to call His sons, 

Their souls renewed, their sins forgiven. 

2 Go, imitate the grace divine, 

The grace that blazes like a sun; 
Hold forth your fair, though feeble light, 
Through all your lives let mercy run. 

3 Upon your bounty's willing wings, 

Swift fly your gifts and charity; 

The hungry feed, the naked clothe, 

To pain and sickness help apply. 

4 Pity the weeping widow's woe, 

And be her counsellor and stay ; 
Adopt the fatherless, and smooth 
To useful, happy life, his way. 

5 Let age, with want and weakness bowed, 

Your bowels of compassion move; 
Let e'en your enemies be blessed, 
Their hatred recompensed with love. 

6 When all is done, renounce your deeds, 

Renounce self-righteousness with scorn; 
Thus will you glorify your God, 

And thus the Christian name adorn. 

590 



CHARITY. 

457 & ^- Doddridge, 
christian sympathy. 

1 FATHEE of mercies, send Thy grace, 

All powerful, from above, 
To form in our obedient souls, 
The image of Thy love. 

2 Oh! may our sympathising breasts 

The generous pleasure know, 
Kindly to share in others' joy, 
And weep for others' woe! 

3 Not like the Levite and the Priest, 

Who saw, with hearts of stone, 
Their neighbour groaning in distress, 
And left him still alone. 

4 When the most helpless sons of grief 

In sorrows low are laid; 
Soft be our hearts their pains to feel, 
And swift our hands to aid. 

5 So Jesus looked on dying men, 

When throned above the skies ; 
And, 'midst th' embraces of His God, 
He felt compassion rise. 

6 On wings of love the Saviour flew, 

To raise us from the ground ; 
And shed the richest of His blood, 
A balm for every wound. 

458 CJ. M. Straphan. 

BLESSEDNESS OF CHARITY. 

1 BLESSED is the man whose heart expands 
At melting pity's call ; 
And the rich blessings of whose hands 
Like heavenly manna fall. 

591 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

2 Mercy, descending from above, 

In softest accents pleads ; 
Oh ! may each tender bosom move, 
When mercy intercedes! 

3 Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way 

To guide untutored youth ; 
And lead the mind that went astray, 
To virtue and to truth. 

4 Children our kind protection claim, 

And God will well approve, 
When infants learn to lisp His name, 
And their Creator love. 

5 Delightful work young souls to win, 

And turn the rising race 
From the deceitful paths of sin, 
To seek redeeming grace. 

6 Almighty God, Thy influence shed 

To aid this good design ; 
The honours of Thy name be spread, 
And all Thy glory shine. 

459 C. P. M. Bradberry 

CHARITY TO UNTAUGHT CHILDREN. 

1 NOW let our hearts conspire to raise 
A cheerful anthem to His praise, 

Who reigns enthroned above: 
Let music, sweet as incense, rise, 
With grateful odours to the skies ; 

The work of joy and love. 

2 How many children, Lord, we see 
In ignorance and misery, 

Unprincipled, untaught ! 
Shall they continue still to lie 
In ignorance and misery? 

We cannot bear the thought 

592 



RETIREMENT. 

3 "We feel a sympathizing heart ; 
Lord, 'tis a pleasure to impart. 

To Thee Thine own we give : 
Hear Thou our cry, and pitying see; 
Oh ! let these children live to Thee ! 

Oh ! let these children live ! 

460 C - M. CoWPER, 

COMMUNION WITH GOD IN RETIREMENT. 

1 FAE from the world, O Lord, I flee, 

From strife and tumult far ; 
From scenes where Satan wages still 
His most successful war. 

2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, 

With prayer and praise agree: 
And seem by Thy sweet bounty made 
For those who follow Thee. 

3 Then, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, 

And grace her mean abode, 
Oh! with what peace and joy and love, 
She there communes with God ! 

4 There, like the nightingale, she pours 

Her solitary lays; 
Nor asks a witness of her song, 
Nor thirsts for human praise. 

461 C. M. P. H. Brown. 

EVENING TWILIGHT. 

1 I LOYE to steal awhile away 
From every cumbering care, 
And spend the hours of setting day, 
In humble, grateful prayer. 

593 



PARTICULAK DUTIES. 

2 I love in solitude to shed 

The penitential tear, 
And all His promises to plead 
Where none but God can hear. 

3 I love to think on mercies past, 

And future good implore, 
And all my cares and sorrows cast 
On Him whom I adore. 

4 I love by faith to take a view 

Of brighter scenes in heaven ; 
The prospect doth my strength renew, 
While here by tempests driven. 

5 Thus when life's toilsome day is o'er, 

May its departing ray 
Be calm as this impressive hour, 
And lead to endless day. 

462 C - ^- Newton. 

PASSAGE THROUGH LIFE. 

1 WE seek a rest beyond the skies, 

In everlasting day ; 
Through floods and flames the passage lies, 
But Jesus guards the way. 

2 The swelling flood and raging flame, 

Hear and obey His word; 
Then let us triumph in His name, 
Our Saviour is the Lord. 

463 us. J. t. 

THE PILGRIM OF ZION. 

L SAD pilgrim of Zion, though chastened awhile, 
Through this dark vale of tears, hope bids thee to 

smile ; 
Far spent is the night ; see approaching the day 
That calls thee from sorrow and sighing away. 

" r><>4 " 



PILGRIMS. 

2 No tear of repentance, nor wave of the storm, 
Not a cloud shall e'er darken the light of that morn, 
"Where thy sun sets no more, but for ever shall shine, 
Unsullied in beauty, in glory divine. 

3 White thy robe, washed in blood, the price that 

was given; 
To redeem thee from earth, and raise thee to heaven ; 
Where love blooms in peace, and blessed joys feast 

thy sight, 
Where God is thy glory, the Lord thy delight. 

4 O Pilgrim, till then be thou instant in prayer, 
Life's sorrows and pains thy Redeemer will bear; 
Eeposing in death, still the love that ne'er dies, 
Sheds light to conduct thee in peace to the skies. 

464 L - P- M- Montgomery. 

PILGRIMS TO THE LAND OF PROMISE. 

1 THUS far on life's perplexing path, 

Thus far, thou, Lord, our steps hast led; 
Snatched from the world's pursuing wrath, 

Unharmed though floods hung o'er our head ; 
Like ransomed Israel on the shore, 
Here then we pause, look back, adore. 

2 Strangers and pilgrims here below, 

Like all our fathers in their day, 
We to the land of promise go, 

Lord, by Thine own appointed way; 
Still guide, illumine, cheer our flight, 
In cloud by day, in fire by night. 

3 Safety Thy presence is, and rest, 

While, as the eagle o'er her brood 

595 



PARTICULAR DUTIES. 

Flutters her pinions, stirs the nest, 

Covers, defends, provides them food, 
Bears on her wings, instructs to fly, 
Thy love prepares us for the sky. 

4 Protect us through the wilderness, 

From fiery serpents, plague, and foe; 
With bread from heaven Thy people bless, 

And living streams where'er we go; 
Nor let our rebel hearts repine, 
Or follow any voice but Thine. 

5 Thy holy law to us proclaim, 

But not from Sinai's top alone; 
Hid in the rock-cleft, be Thy name, 

Thy power and all Thy goodness shown ; 
And may we never bow the knee, 
Nor worship any God but Thee. 

6 When we have numbered all our years, 

And stand at length on Jordan's brink, 
Though the flesh fail with mortal fears, 

Oh ! let not then the spirit sink : 
But strong in faith, and hope, and love, 
Plunge through the stream to rise above. 

465 L - M. Fawcett. 

TEMPTATIONS. 

1 THUS far my God has led me on, 
And made His truth and mercy known ; 
My hopes and fears alternate rise, 

And comforts mingle with my sighs. 

2 Through this wide wilderness I roam, 
Far distant from my blissful home; 
Lord, let Thy presence be my stay, 

And guard me in this dangerous way. 

596 



FAMILY VOW. 

3 Temptations every where annoy, 

And sins and snares my peace destroy; 
My earthly joys are from me torn, 
And oft an absent God I mourn. 

4 My soul with various tempests tossed, 
Her hopes o'erturned, her projects crossed; 
Sees every day new straits attend, 

And wonders where the scene will end. 

5 Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road 
Which leads us to the mount of God? 
Are these the toils Thy people know, 
While in the wilderness below? 

6 'Tis even so, Thy faithful love 
Doth all Thy children's graces prove; 
'Tis thus our pride and self must fall, 
That Jesus may be All in all. 

460 C. P. M. C. Wesley. 

THE FAMILY VOW. 

1 I AND my house will serve the Lord: 
But first, obedient to His word, 

I must myself appear; 
By actions, words, and temper, show 
That I my heavenly Master know, 

And serve with heart sincere. 

2 I must the fair example set; 

From those that on my pleasure wait, 
Each stumbling-block remove ; 

Their duty by my life explain ; 

And still in all my works maintain 
The dignity of love. 

597 



THE CHURCH. 

3 Easy to be entreated, mild, 
•Quickly appeased and reconciled, 

A follower of my God ; 
A saint, indeed, I long to be, 
And lead my faithful family 

In the celestial road. 

4r Lord, if Thou didst the wish infuse, 
A vessel fitted for Thy use, 

Into Thy hands receive; 
Work in me both to will and do, 
And show them how believers true 

And real Christians live. 



THE CHURCH. 
467 L. M. Beddome. 

THE CHURCH. 

1 SHOUT! for the blessed Jesus reigns, 

Through distant lands His triumphs spread; 
And sinners, freed from endless pains, 
Own Him their Saviour and their head. 

2 He calls His chosen from afar, 

They all at Zion's gate arrive; 
Those who were dead in sin before, 
By sovereign grace are made alive. 

3 Gentiles and Jews His laws obey, 

Nations remote their offerings bring, 
And, unconstrained, their homage pay 



To their exalted God and King. 



r>98 



HER GLORIES. 

4 Oh ! may His holy church increase, 

His Word and Spirit still prevail ; 
While angels celebrate His praise, 
And saints His growing glories hail! 

5 Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb, 

From all below and all above; 
In lofty songs exalt His name, 
In songs as lasting as His love. 

468 ^ s - an< ^ ^ s# Newton. 

THE GLORIES OF THE CHURCH. 

1 GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken, 

Zion, city of our God ; 
He, whose word can ne'er be broken, 

Chose thee for His own abode. 
On the Rock of Ages founded, 

Who can shake her sure repose? 
With salvation's wall surrounded, 

She can smile at all her foes, 

2 See the streams of living waters, 

Springing from eternal love, 
Well supply her sons and daughters, 

And the fear of want remove : 
Who can faint, while such a river 

Onward flows her thirst t' assuage, 
Grace, which, like the Lord, the giver, 

Never fails from age to age. 

3 Round each habitation hovering, 

See the cloud and fire appear, 
For a glory and a covering, 

Showing that the Lord is near. 
Glorious things of thee are spoken, 

Zion, city of our God ; 
He, whose word can ne'er be broken, 

Forms thee for His own abode. 

^99 



THE CHURCH. 

469 L. M. Waits. 

THE CHURCH THE GARDEN OF GOD. 

1 WE are a garden, Availed around, 
Chosen and made peculiar ground; 
A little spot enclosed by grace, 
Out of the world's wide wilderness. 

2 Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand, 
Planted by God the Father's hand, 
And all our springs in Zion now, 

To make the young plantation grow. 

3 Awake, O heavenly wind, and come, 
Blow on this garden of perfume, 
Spirit divine, descend and breathe 

A gracious gale on plants beneath. 

4 Make our best spices flow abroad, 
To entertain our Saviour, God; 

Let faith, and love, and joy, appear, 
And every grace be active here. 

470 12s. and lis. Edmeston. 

THE HOUSE OF GOD. 

1 THERE 'S a refuge of peace, from the tempests that 

beat, 
From the dark clouds that threaten, the wild wind 

that blows ; 
A holy, a sweet, and a lovely retreat, 
A spring of refreshment, a place of repose. 

2 'T is the house of my God, 't is the dwelling of 

prayer, 

'Tis the temple all hallowed by blessing and praise ; 
If sorrow and faithlessness conquer me there, 
My heart to the throne of His grace I can raise. 



NEW MEMBERS. 

3 For a refuge like this, oh ! what praises are due, 
For a rest so serene, for a covert so fair ; 
Ah, why are the seasons of worship so few ? 
Ah, why are so seldom the meetings of prayer % 

471 L. M. Newton. 

ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. 

1 KIJSTDKED in Christ, for His dear sake, 

A hearty welcome here receive; 
May we together now partake 

The joys which He alone can give. 

2 To you and us, by grace 'tis given, 

To know the Saviour's precious name ; 
And shortly we shall meet in heaven, 
Our hope, our way, our end the same. 

3 May He, by whose kind care we meet, 

Send His good Spirit from above, 
Make our communications sweet, 

And cause our hearts to burn with love. 

4 We'll talk of all He did and said, 

And suffered for us here below ; 
The path He marked for us to tread, 
And what His mercy will bestow. 

5 Thus as the moments pass away, 

We'll love, and wonder, and adore, 
And think upon that glorious day 

When we shall meet to part no more. 

472 L. M. P. H. Brown. 

YOUNG CONVERTS WELCOMED. 

1 WELCOME, ye hopeful heirs of heaven, 
To this rich gospel feast of love ; 
This pledge is but the prelude given 
To that immortal feast above. 

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THE OliUJiCH. 

2 How great the blessing, thus to meet 

Around the sacramental board, 
And hold, by faith, communion sweet 
With Christ, our dear and common Lord. 

3 And if so sweet this feast below, 

What will it be to meet above, 
Where all we see, and feel, and know, 
Are fruits of everlasting love. 

4 Soon shall we tune the heavenly lyre, 

Whilst listening worlds the song approve; 
Eternity itself expire, 

Ere we exhaust the theme of love. 

473 C. M. Wilks. 

church's appeal. 

1 WHY shouldst thou linger to obey 

Thy Saviour's great command? 
Why from His blessed gospel feast 
At awful distance stand? 

2 Why shouldst thou not His death record, 

And with His people join, 
To take the sacramental bread, 
And sacramental wine? 

3 Why shouldst thou say, "I am too young ?" 

Or fear thou art unfit? 
Shouldst thou not love the Saviour's name, 
And to His yoke submit? 

4 Why shouldst thou hesitate to go, 

And friendly counsel take? 
His servants may resolve thy doubts, 
And words of comfort speak. 

5 Arise, arise, go, seek advice; 

And if thou art sincere, 
With haste obey thy dying Lord, 
And with His saints appear. 

602 



FOKMING OF A. CHURCH. 

474 H- ^' DODDKIDGE. 

AT THE FORMING OF A CHURCH. 

1 GREAT Father of mankind, 

"We bless that wondrous grace, 
Which could for Gentiles find 
Within Thy courts a place; 



How kind the care 



For us to raise 



Our God displays, A house of prayer! 

2 Though once estranged far, 

We now approach the throne ; 
For Jesus brings us near, 

And makes our cause His own ; 



Strangers no more, 
To Thee we come, 



And find our home, 
And rest secure. 



3 To Thee our souls we join, 
And love Thy sacred name; 
No more our own, but Thine, 
We triumph in Thy claim : 



Our Father King, 
Thy covenant grace, 



Our souls embrace, 
Thy titles sing. 



4 Here in Thy house we feast 
On dainties all divine; 
And while such sweets we taste, 
With joy our faces shine: 



Incense shall rise 
From flames of love, 



And God approve 
The sacrifice. 



5 May all the nations throng 
To worship in Thy house! 
And Thou attend the song, 
And smile upon their vows : 



Indulgent still, 
Till earth conspire 



To join the choir 
On Zion's hill ! 



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THE CHURCH. 



"WORSHIP 



475 s - M - Beddome. 

PUBLIC WORSHIP. 

1 HOW pleased was I to hear 
The friends of Zion say, 

Now to her courts let us repair 
And keep the solemn day. 

2 Hither the rich and poor 
Their various offerings bring, 

And in harmonious strains adore 
Their Maker and their King. 

3 Here beams of mercy shine, 
And streams of goodness flow; 

Here we may feast on joys divine, 
And taste of heaven below. 

4 Here I would ever stay 
Or, if I must remove, 

Come, angels, bear me swift away, 
To brighter scenes above. 

476 8s -> 7 s - anc * 4s. Madan's Coll. 

AT THE CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 

1 LORD, dismiss us with Thy blessing, 

Fill our hearts with joy and peace; 
Let ns each, Thy love possessing, 
Triumph in redeeming grace; 

Oh ! refresh us, 
Travelling through this wilderness! 

2 Thanks we give, and adoration, 

For Thy gospel's joyful sound ; 

May the fruits of Thy salvation 

In our hearts and lives abound! 

May Thy presence 

With us evermore be found! 

604- 



PKAYER. 

So, whene'er the signal's given, 
Us from earth to call away; 

Borne on angels' wings to heaven, 
Glad to leave our cumbrous clay, 

May we, ready, 
Kise and reign in endless day! 



PRAYER. 

477 c - M - Newton. 

CONFIDENCE IN GOD. 

1 APPROACH, my soul, the mercy seat, 

Where Jesus answers prayer; 
There humbly fall before His feet, 
For none can perish there. 

2 Thy promise is my only plea, 

With this I venture nigh; 
Thou callest burdened souls to Thee, 
And such, O Lord, am I! 

3 Bowed down beneath a load of sin, 

By satan sore oppressed; 
By war without, and fears within, 
I come to Thee for rest. 

4 Be Thou my Shield and Hiding-place, 

That, sheltered near Thy side, 
I may my fierce accuser face, 
And tell him, Thou hast died. 

5 O wondrous love! to bleed and die, 

To bear the cross and shame, 
That guilty sinners, such as I, 
Might plead Thy gracious name. 

605 



PRAYER. 
478 k. M. Steele. 

PRATER THROUGH THE ADVOCATE. 

1 WHERE is my God? does He retire 

Beyond the reach of humble sighs? 
Are these weak breathings of desire 
Too languid to ascend the skies? 

2 No, Lord ! the breathing of desire, 

The weak petition, if sincere, 
Is not forbidden to aspire; 

But reaches Thy all-gracious ear. 

3 Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye, 

See where the great Redeemer stands ; 
The glorious Advocate on high 

With precious incense in His hands. 

4 He sweetens every humble groan, 

He recommends each broken prayer: 
Recline thy hope on Him alone, 

Whose power and love forbid despair. 

# 

479 Q- M. Montgomery. 

THE NATURE OF PRATER. 

1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, 

Uttered or unexpressed ; 
The motion of a hidden fire, 
That trembles in the breast. 

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, 

The falling of a tear; 
The upward glancing of an eye, 
When none but God is near. 

3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech 

That infant lips can try ; 
Prayer the sublimest strains that reach 
The majesty on high. 

606 



PREPARATION FOR. 

4 Prayer is the Christians's vital breath, 

The Christian's native air, 
The watchword at the gates of death: 
He enters heaven with prayer. 

5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, 

Returning from his ways; 
"While angels in their songs rejoice, 
And cry, "Behold, he prays!" 

6 In prayer on earth, the saints are one: 

They 're one in word and mind, 
When, with the Father and the Son, 
Sweet fellowship they find. 

7 O Thou, by whom we come to God, 

The Life, the Truth, the Way, 
The path of prayer Thyself hast trod; 
Lord, teach us how to pray. 

480 C- M- Montgomery. 

PREPARATION FOR PRAYER. 

1 LORD, teach us how to pray aright, 

With reverence and with fear; 
Though dust and ashes in Thy sight, 
We may, we must draw near. 

2 God of all grace, we come to Thee, 

With broken, contrite hearts; 
Give, what Thine eyes delight to see, 
Truth in the inward parts. 

3 Give deep humility; the sense 

Of godly sorrow give; 
A strong desiring confidence 
To hear Thy voice and live; 

4 Faith in the only sacrifice 

That can for sin atone; 
To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes, 
On Christ, on Christ alone; 

607 



PRAYER. 

5 Patience to watch, and wait, and weep, 

Though mercy long delay; 
Courage, our fainting souls to keep, 
And trust Thee though Thou slay. 

6 Give these, and then Thy will be done; 

Thus strengthened with all might, 
We, by Thy Spirit and Thy Son, 
Shall pray, and pray aright. 

481 L. M. Cowpek. 

THE WORTH OF PRAYER. 

1 WHAT various hindrances we meet, 
In coming to a mercy-seat! 

Yet who, that knows the worth of prayer, 
But wishes to be often there? 

2 Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw; 
Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw, 

Gives exercise to faith and Jove, 
Brings every blessing from above. 

3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; 
Prayer makes the Christian's armour bright : 
And Satan trembles, when he sees 

The weakest saint upon His knees. 

4 Were half the breath that's vainly spent, 
To heaven in supplication sent, 

Our cheerful song would oftener be, 
a Hear what the Lord has done for me!" 

482 i j - M- S. Stennett. 

SOCIAL WORSHIP. 

1 " WHERE two or three with sweet accord, 
Obedient to their sovereign Lord, 
Meet to recount His acts of grace, 
And offer solemn prayer and praise. 

60S 



MERCY SEAT. 

2 a There," says the Saviour, "will I be, 
Amid this little company ; 

To them unveil My shining face, 

And shed My glories round the place." 

3 We meet at Thy command, dear Lord, 
Relying on Thy faithful word ; 

Now send Thy Spirit from above, 
Now fill our hearts with heavenly love. 

483 L. M. Stowell 

THE MERCY SEAT. 

1 FROM every stormy wind that blows. 
From every swelling tide of woes, 
There is a calm, a sure retreat, 

'Tis found beneath the mercy seat. 

2 There is a place, where Jesus sheds 
The oil of gladness on our heads; 
A place than all besides more sweet, 
It is the blood-bought mercy seat. 

3 There is a scene, where spirits blend, 
Where friend holds fellowship with friend, 
Though sundered far, by faith they meet, 
Around one common mercy seat. 

4 Ah! whither could we flee for aid, 
When tempted, desolate, dismayed? 
Or how the hosts of hell defeat, 
Had suffering saints no mercy seat? 

5 There, there on eagle's wings we soar, 
And sin, and sense, seem all no more; 
And heaven comes down our souls to greet, 
And glory crowns the mercy seat. 

26* 609 



PRAYER. 

6 Oh ! let my hand forget her skill, 
My tongue be silent, cold and still, 
This bounding heart forget to beat, 
If I forget Thy mercy seat. 

484 us- 

PEAT WITHOUT CEASING. 

1 WHEN morning is rising, o'er mountain and lawn, 
And every thing waketh to welcome the dawn, 
When far down the valley the mists fly away, 
Arouse thee from slumber, arouse thee and pray. 

2 And when the still moon in its beauty draws nigh, 
And nature seems ready to languish and die, 
Then halt on thy march, in the heat of the day, 
Then lift up thy thoughts to thy Father, and pray. 

3 When evening descends like a spirit of peace, 
And labour and tumult grow fainter and cease. 
When night cometh down in her starry array, 
Then haste to the God of thy spirit and pray. 

4 Remember His goodness, whose hand has supplied 
Each want of thy bosom, nor ever denied 

The smiles of His bounty to gladden thy way ; 
Remember His goodness, and gratefully pray. 

5 Oh ! pray to Him always, in sorrow and joy 
When peace is around thee, or troubles annoy ; 
The light of His presence the storm shall allay, 
Or temper thy gladness ; then constantly pray. 

485 S. M. Newton. 

THE IMPORTUNATE PRATER. 

1 THE Lord, who truly knows 

The heart of every saint, 
Invites us, by His holy word, 

To pray, and never faint. 

610 



LORD'S PRAYER. 

2 He bows His gracious ear! 
We never plead in vain; 

Yet we must wait till He appear 
And pray, and pray again. 

3 Though unbelief suggest 
Why should we longer wait? 

He bids us never give Him rest ; 
But be importunate. 

4 'Twas thus a widow poor, 
Without support or friend, 

Beset the unjust judge's door, 
And gained at last her end. 

5 And shall not Jesus hear 
His chosen when they cry? 

Yes ; though he may a while forbear, 
He'll not their suit deny. 

6 Then let us earnest be, 
And never faint in prayer; 

He loves our importunity, 

And makes our cause His care. 



LORD'S PRAYER. 

486 k M. Godwin, 

lord's pkayer. 

1 OUH Father, throned in heaven, divine, 
To Thy great name be praises paid; 
Thy kingdom come, Thy glory shine; 
And Thy good will be still obeyed. 

611 



LORD'S PRAYER. 

2 Give us our bread from day to day, 

And all our wants do Thou supply : 
With gospel truth feed us, we pray, 
That we may never faint, nor die. 

3 Extend Thy grace, our hearts renew, 

Our each offence in love forgive; 
Teach us divine forgiveness too, 
And, freed from evil, let us live. 

4 For Thine 's the kingdom, and the power, 

And all the glory waits Thy name; 
Let every saint Thy grace adore, 

And sound in songs their loud Amen. 

487 '®' M* Doddridge. 

ABBA FATHER. 

1 SOVEKEIGN of all the worlds on high, 

Allow our humble claim; 
Nor, while poor worms would raise their heads, 
Disdain a Father's name. 

2 Our Father God! how sweet the sound! 

How tender and how dear! 
Not all the melody of heaven 
Could so delight the ear. 

3 Come, sacred Spirit, seal the Name 

On my expanding heart ; 
And show, that in Jehovah's grace, 
I share a filial part. 

4 Cheered by a signal so divine, 

Unwavering I believe : 
Thou knowest I ABBA FATHEE, cry, 
Nor can Thy word deceive. 

612 



OUR FATHER. 

488 L - M - Watts. 

OUR FATHER AND OUR SAVIOUR IN HEAVEN. 

1 DESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove, 

Stoop down and take lis on Thy wings ; 
And mount and bear us far above 
The reach of these inferior things; 

2 Beyond, beyond this lower sky, 

Up where eternal ages roll; 
Where solid pleasures never die, 
And fruits immortal feast the soul. 

3 Oh! for a sight, a blissful sight 

Of our almighty Father's throne! 
There sits the Saviour, crowned with light, 
Clothed in a body like our owm. 

4 Adoring saints around Him stand, 

While thrones and powers before Him fall, 
And God shines gracious through the man, 
And sheds sweets glories on them all. 

5 Oh ! what amazing joys they feel, 

While to their golden harps they sing, 
And sit on every heavenly hill, 

And spread the triumphs of their King! 

6 When shall the day, dear Lord, appear, 

That I shall mount, to dwell above, 
And stand, and bow, and worship there, 
And view Thy face, and sing, and love? 

489 C. M. Heginbotham. 

REJOICING IN GOD OUR FATHER. 

1 COME, shout aloud the Father's grace, 
And sing the Saviour's love: 
Soon shall you join the glorious theme, 
In loftier strains above. 

613 



LORD'S PRAYER. 

2 God, the eternal, mighty God, 

To dearer names descends; 
Calls you His treasure and His joy, 
His children and His friends. 

3 My Father God! and may these lips 

Pronounce a name so dear! 
Not thus could heaven's sweet harmony 
Delight my listening ear. 

4 Thanks to my God for every gift, 

His bounteous hands bestow: 
And thanks eternal for that love 
Whence all those comforts flow. 

5 For ever let my grateful heart 

His boundless grace adore; 
Which gives ten thousand blessings now, 
And bids me hope for more. 

490 C. M. Watts. 

HALLOWED BE THY NAME. 

1 AMONG the princes, earthly Gods, 

There's none hath power divine; 
Nor are their names nor works, O Lord, 
Nor natures, like to Thine. 

2 Thy matchless power, Thy sovereign sway, 

The nations shall adore; 
Their long misguided prayers and praise 
To Thee, O God, restore. 

3 Let all confess Thy name, and know 

The wonders Thou hast done; 
Let all adore Thee, God supreme, 
And own Thee God alone. 

4 While heaven and all who dwell on high, 

To Thee their voices raise; 
Let the whole earth assist the sky, 
And join t' advance Thy praise. 

614 



THY KINGDOM COME. 
^Q\ L. M. Beddome. 

THY KINGDOM COME. 

1 ASCEND Thy throne, almighty King, 

And spread Thy glories all abroad; 
Let Thine own arm salvation bring, 
And be Thou known the gracious God. 

2 Let millions bow before Thy seat, 

Let humble mourners seek Thy face; 
Bring daring rebels to Thy feet, 
Subdued by Thy victorious grace. 

3 Oh ! let the kingdoms of the world 

Become the kingdoms of the Lord ; 
Let saints and angels praise Thy name, 

Be Thou through heaven and earth adored. 

492 k. M. Kookek s Coll. 

PRAYER FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL. 

1 BRIGHT as the sun's meridian blaze, 
Yast as the blessings he conveys, 
Wide as he shines from pole to pole, 
And permanent as his control : 

2 So, Jesns, let Thy kingdom come; 
Let sin and hell's terrific gloom, 
Swift, at Thy brightness, flee away, 
And usher in the promised day. 

3 Then shall the heathen, filled with awe, 
Learn the blessed knowledge of Thy law: 
And Antichrist, on every shore, 

Fall from His throne to rise no more. 

4 Then shall Thy lofty praise resound 

On Afric's shores, through Asia's ground; 

And Europe with America 

Shall stretch their eager arms to Thee. 

615 



LORD'S PRAYER. 

5 Then shall the Jew and Gentile meet 
In pure devotion at Thy feet: 
And earth shall yield Thee, as Thy due, 
Her fulness and her glory too. 

493 L. M. C. Wesley. 

PRAYER FOR THE JEWS. 

1 FATHEK of faithful Abram, hear 

Our earnest suit for Abram's seed; 
Justly they claim the tenderest prayer 
From us, adopted in their stead: 

2 Outcasts from Thee, and scattered wide 

Through every nation under heaven, 
Blaspheming whom they crucified, 
Unsaved, unpitied, unforgiven. 

3 But hast Thou finally forsook, 

For ever cast Thine own away? 
Wilt Thou not bid the murderers look 
On Him they pierced, and weep and pray? 

4 Come, then, Thou great Deliverer, come; 

The veil from Jacob's heart remove, 
Oh! bring Thine ancient people home, 
And let them know Thy dying love! 

494 !*■ M- Dobell's Coll. 

MILLENNIUM. 

1 LOOK up, ye saints, with sweet surprise, 

Toward the joyful, coming day, 
When Jesus shall descend the skies, 
And form a bright and dazzling ray. 

2 Nations shall in a day be born, 

And swift, like doves, to Jesus fly; 

The church shall know no clouds return, 

Nor sorrows mixing with their joy. 

610 



THY WILL BE DONE. 

3 The lion and the lamb shall feed 

Together in His peaceful reign ; 
And Zion, blessed with heavenly bread, 
Of pinching wants no more complain. 

4 The Jew, the Greek, the bond, the free, 

Shall boast their separate rights no more; 
But join in sweetest harmony, 

Their Lord, their Saviour to adore. 

5 Thus, till a thousand years be past, 

Shall holiness and peace prevail ; 
And every knee shall bow to Christ, 
And every tongue shall Jesus hail. 

6 Then the redeemed shall mount on high, 

Where their delivering Prince is gone; 
And angels at His word shall fly, 

To bless them with the conqueror's crown. 

495 It M. 

THY WILL BE DONE. 

1 THOU reignest, O Lord, Thy throne is high, 
Thy robes are light and maj esty ; 

Thy power is sovereign to fulfil 
The holy counsels of Thy will. 

2 Thy will be done on earth below, 
As 'tis in heaven; Thy grace bestow 
On us and all ; may we and they 
Renounce our wills and Thine obey. 

3 While all the hosts of heaven rejoice 
To yield obedience to Thy voice; 

In constancy, and zeal, and love, 
May we resemble those above. 

617 



LORD'S PRAYER. 

496 L - H. Hoskins. 

GIVE US THIS DAT OUR DAILY BREAD. 

1 MOST gracious Father, God of all, 
To Thee we come, on Thee we call, 
By whom both man and beast are fed: 
Give us this day our daily bread. 

2 All our supplies on Thee depend ; 
Whate'er we want, in mercy send; 
Thou art the glorious fountain-head, 
Give us this day our daily bread. 

3 Nothing, O Lord, do we deserve; 
The thought of merit we would dread; 
'Tis as an alms alone we crave, 

Give us this day our daily bread. 

4 Forgiving grace do Thou impart, 
To cheer and sanctify each heart; 
May we in death join with our Head, 
And feed on Christ the living bread. 

497 C. M. Browne. 

FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS. 

1 LORD, at Thy feet we sinners lie, 

And knock at mercy's door; 
With heavy heart and downcast eye, 
Thy favour we implore. 

2 In deep distress we seek Thy face, 

Forgiveness to receive; 
We trust our souls are taught, through grace, 
Our debtors to forgive. 

3 'Tis pardon, pardon we implore, 

Oh! let Thy bowels move! 

Thy grace is an exhaustless store, 

And Thou Thyself art love. 

618 



DELIVER US FROM EVIL. 

4 Oh ! for Thine own, for Jesus' sake, 

Our many sins forgive; 
Thy grace our rocky hearts can break, 
And breaking soon relieve. 

5 Mercy, good Lord, mercy we plead, 

This is the total sum ; 
Mercy, through Christ, mercy we need; 
Lord, let Thy mercy come. 

498 C. M. Newton. 

DELIVER US FROM EVIL. 

1 TEACH us, O Lord, aright to plead, 

For mercies from above: 
Oh! come, and bless our souls indeed, 
With light and joy, and love. 

2 The gospel's promised land is wide, 

We fain would enter in; 
But we are pressed on every side, 
With unbelief and sin. 

3 Arise, O Lord, enlarge our coast, 

Let us possess the whole; 
That Satan may no longer boast, 
He can Thy work control. 

4 Oh! may Thy hand be with us still, 

Our guide and guardian be ; 
To keep us safe from every ill, 
Till death shall set us free. 

5 Help us on Thee to cast our care, 

And on Thy word to rest; 
That Israel's God, who heareth prayer, 
Will grant us our request. 

01 



LORD'S PRAYER. 
499 C. M. Toplady's Coll. 

VICTORY THROUGH FREE GRACE. 

1 LET me, my Saviour and my God, 

On sovereign grace rely ; 
And own 'tis free, because bestowed 
On one so vile as I. 

2 Election ! 't is a word divine ; 

For, Lord, I plainly see, 
Had not Thy choice prevented mine, 
I ne'er had chosen Thee. 

3 For perseverance, strength I 've none ; 

But would on this depend, 
That Jesus, having loved His own, 
Will love them to the end. 

4 Empty and bare, I come to Thee, 

For righteousness divine: 
Oh ! may Thy glorious merits be, 
By imputation, mine. 

5 Free grace alone can wipe the tears 

From my lamenting eyes; 
And raise my soul, from guilty fears, 
To joy that never dies. 

6 Free grace can death itself out-brave, 

And take the sting away : 
Can sinners to the utmost save, 
And give them victory. 

500 L - M - 

THINE IS THE KINGDOM, POWER, AND GLORY. 

1 OUR grateful tongues, immortal King, 
Thy glory shall for ever sing; 
Onr hymns, to time's remotest day, 
Thy truth in sacred notes display. 






HOME IN VIEW. 

2 What power, O Lord, shall vie with Thine, 
What name, among the saints who shine, 
Of equal excellence possessed, 

Thy sovereignty will dare contest? 

3 Thee, Lord, heaven's host their Maker own, 
Thine is the Kingdom, Thine alone; 
Thee, endless majesty has crowned, 

And glory ever vests Thee round. 

4 Thrones and dominions round Thee fall, 
Thy presence shakes this lower ball : 
From change to change the creatures run, 
But all Thy vast designs are one. 

5 O wise in all Thy works ! Thy name 
Let man's whole race aloud proclaim ; 
And grateful, through the length of days, 
In ceaseless songs repeat Thy praise. 

501 L - M. Newton. 

HOME IN VIEW. 

1 AS when the weary traveller gains 

The height of some o'erlooking hill, 
His heart revives, if 'cross the plains 
He eyes his home, though distant still: 

2 Thus, when the Christian pilgrim views, 

By faith, his mansion in the skies ; 
The sight his fainting strength renews, 
And wings his speed to reach the prize. 

3 The thought of home his spirit cheers, 

No more he grieves for troubles past; 
Nor any future trial fears, 

So he may safe arrive at last. 

621 



LORD'S PRAYER. 

4 'Tis there, he says, I am to dwell 

With Jesus, in the realms of day: 
There I shall bid my cares farewell, 
And He will wipe my tears away. 

5 Jesus, on Thee our hope depends, 

To lead us on to Thine abode; 
Assured our home will make amends 
For all our toil while on the road. 

502 L- M. 

AMEN. 

1 AMEN! My Father hears my prayers, 
He knows my sorrow, counts my tears; 
He never said to Jacob's race, 

In vain ye seek your Father's face. 

2 Amen! my precious Jesus lives, 
And access to His people gives; 

A rainbow now surrounds the throne; 
Aj^d in His name I boldly come. 

3 Amen! the Spirit will impart 
His sacred influence to my heart; 
He'll teach and help me when I pray, 
Nor shall I go ashamed away. 

4 Amen! the words, my lips pronounce, 
The wishes of my soul announce; 
And God more willing is to give, 
Than I am willing to receive. 

5 Amen ! I said, when first I gave 
Myself to Christ, that He might save; 
And still my tongue repeats that word, 
Whene'er I call upon my Lord. 

622 



MINISTRY. 

6 Amen ! I will not faint nor cease, 
But wait as long as He shall please: 
Depending, praying, pressing on, 
Till to Himself He takes me home. 

7 Amen ! the covenant is secure, 

In all things ordered well, and sure: 

The promises confirmed remain ; 

In Christ they 're yea, in Him Amen. 

8 Amen ! this is the Saviour's name, 
He is the faithful, true Amen ; 

As He hath said, so shall it be, 
Amen to all eternity. 



MINISTRY, 
503 S. M. Watts. 

THE GOSPEL MINISTRY. 

1 HOW beauteous are their feet, 
Who stand on Zion's hill ; 

Who bring salvation on their tongues, 
And words of peace reveal ! 

2 How charming is their voice, 
How sweet the tidings are ! 

" Zion, behold thy Saviour-King, 
He reigns and triumphs here." 

3 How happy are our ears 
That hear this joyful sound; 

Which kings and prophets waited for, 
And sought, but never found ! 

4 How blessed are our eyes, 
That see this heavenly light! 

Prophets and kings desired it long, 
But died without the sight. 

623 



MINISTRY. 

5 The watchmen join their voice, 
And tuneful notes employ; 

Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, 
And deserts learn the joy. 

6 The Lord makes bare His arm 
Through all the earth abroad; 

Let every nation now behold 
Their Saviour and their God. 

504 c - M. Doddridge, 
zion's watchmen. 

1 LET Zion's watchmen all awake, 

And take th' alarm they give; 
Now let them, from the mouth of God, 
Their awful charge receive. 

2 'Tis not a cause of small import, 

The pastor's care demands; 
But what might fill an angel's heart, 
It filled a Saviour's hands. 

3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord 

Did heavenly bliss forego; 
For souls, which must for ever live, 
In raptures, or in woe. 

4 May they that Jesus, whom they preach, 

Their own Redeemer, see ; 
And watch Thou daily o'er their souls, 
That they may watch for Thee. 

505 L. M. Watts. 

THE COMMISSION. 

1 "GO preach my gospel," saith the Lord, 

"Bid the whole earth my grace receive; 

He shall be saved that trusts My word ; 

And he condemned that won't believe. 

624 



CHOICE OF A PASTOR. 

2 I'll make your great commission known; 

And ye shall prove My gospel true, 
By all the works, that I have done, 
By all the wonders ye shall do. 

3 Go heal the sick, go raise the dead, 

Go cast out devils in My name; 
Nor let My prophets be afraid, 

Though Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme. 

4 Teach all the nations My commands, 

I'm with you, till the world shall end; 
All power is trusted in My hands, 
I can destroy, and can defend." 

5 He spake, and light shone round His head, 

On a bright cloud to heaven He rode; 
They to the farthest nations spread 
The grace of their ascended God. 

506 L - M- Doddridge. 

PRAYER AT THE CHOICE OF A PASTOR. 

1 SHEPHEKD of Israel, bend Thine ear, 
Thy servants' groans indulgent hear; 
Perplexed, distressed, to Thee we cry, 
And seek the guidance of Thine eye. 

2 Send forth, O Lord, Thy truth and light 
To guide our doubtful footsteps right: 
Our drooping hearts, O God, sustain, 
Nor let us seek Thy face in vain. 

3 Return, in ways of peace return, 
Nor let Thy flock neglected mourn; 
May our blessed eyes a shepherd see 
Dear to our souls, and dear to Thee. 

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MINISTRY 

507 C. M. W. Williams. 

PRAISE TO CHRIST FOR SENDING A PASTOR. 

1 TO Thy great name, O Prince of peace, 

Our grateful songs we raise; 
Accept, Thou Sun of Righteousness, 
The tribute of our praise. 

2 In widowed state these walls no more 

Their mourning weeds shall wear; 
Thy messenger shall joy restore, 
And every loss repair. 

3 Thy providence our souls admire, 

"With joy its windings trace; 
And shout with one united choir 
The triumphs of Thy grace. 

4 Our happy union, Lord, maintain, 

Here let Thy presence dwell; 
And thousands, loosed from Satan's chain, 
Raise from the brink of hell. 

5 Distressed churches pity, Lord, 

Their dismal breaches close; 
Their sons unite in sweet accord, 
And troubled minds compose. 

6 In all be purity maintained, 

Peace like a river flow ; 
And pious zeal, and love unfeigned, 
In every bosom glow. 

508 L. M. Doddridge. 

AT THE SETTLEMENT OF A MINISTER. 

1 SHEPHERD of Israel, Thou dost keep, 
With constant care, Thy humble sheep; 
By Thee inferior pastors rise, 

To feed our souls, and bless our eyes. 

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PRAYER FOR. 

2 To all Thy churches such impart, 
Prepared according to Thy heart; 
"Whose courage, watchfulness, and love 
Men may attest, and God approve. 

3 Fed by their active, tender care, 
Healthful may all Thy sheep appear; 
And, by their fair example led, 

The way to Zion's pastures tread! 

4 Here, hast Thou listened to our vows, 
And scattered blessings on Thy house; 
Thy saints are succoured, and no more 
As sheep without a guide deplore. 

5 Completely heal each former stroke, 
And bless the shepherd and the flock; 
Confirm the hopes Thy mercies raise, 
And own this tribute of our praise. 

509 L. M. Beddome. 

PRAYER FOR MINISTERS. 

1 FATHEB of mercies, bow Thine ear, 
Attentive to our earnest prayer: 

"We plead for those who plead for Thee; 
Successful may they ever be. 

2 Clothe them with energy divine, 
And let their messages be Thine : 
To them Thy sacred truth reveal ; 
Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal. 

3 Teach them to sow the precious seed ; 
Teach them, Thy chosen flock to feed ; 
Teach them, immortal souls to gain, 
Souls that will well reward their pain. 

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MINISTRY 

4 Let thronging multitudes around, 
Hear from their lips the joyful sound, 
In humble strains Thy grace implore, 
And feel Thy new-creating power. 

5 How great their work, how vast their charge ! 
Do Thou their anxious souls enlarge, 

Till light through distant realms be spread, 
And Zion rear her drooping head. 

510 CL M. Kewton. 

PRAYER FOE UNDER SHEPHERDS. 

1 CHIEF Shepherd of Thy chosen sheep ! 
From death and sin set free, 
May every under shepherd keep 
His eye intent on Thee. 

ti With plenteous grace their hearts prepare, 
To execute Thy will; 
Compassion, patience, love, and care 
And faithfulness and skill. 

3 Inflame their minds with holy zeal, 

The flock to feed and teach, 
And let them live, and let them feel, 
The sacred truths they preach. 

4 Oh ! never let the sheep complain, 

That toys which fools amuse, 
Ambition, pleasure, praise, or gain 
Debase the shepherd's views. 

511 L- M. Montgomery. 

WELCOME TO A PASTOR. 

1 WE bid thee welcome in the name 
Of Jesus our exalted Head, 
Come as a Servant; so He came, 
And we receive thee in His stead. 

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CONSECRATION TO. 

2 Come as a Shepherd ; guard and keep 
This fold from hell, and earth, and sin; 

Nourish the lambs, and feed the sheep, 
The wounded heal, the lost bring in. 

3 Come as a Watchman; take thy stand 
Upon thy tower amidst the sky, 

And when the sword comes on the land, 
Call us to fight, or w x arn to fly. 

4 Come as an Angel ; hence to guide 
A band of pilgrims on their way, 

That safely walking at thy side, 

We faint not, fail not, turn, nor stray. 

5 Come as a Teacher; sent from God, 
Charged His whole counsel to declare; 

Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod, 

While we uphold Thy hands with prayer. 

6 Come as a Messenger of peace, 
Filled with the Spirit, fired with love; 

Live to behold our large increase, 
And die to meet us all above. 



512 L. M. Mothers' H. B. 

CONSECRATION TO THE MINISTRY. 

1 LONG as he lives he shall be Thine: 

This cherished gift I now restore, 
Nor longer call the treasure mine, 
Given to my God for evermore. 

2 Still firm in purpose, and sincere, 

This dedication, Lord., shall stand; 
The child shall now be doubly dear, 
As kept and guarded by Thy hand. 

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SACRAMENTS. 

3 Let him be early taught of God; 

Prepare him in the days of youth, 
Amid the courts of Thine abode, 
To bear the messages of truth. 

4 Be this the object of my heart, 

Be this the burden of my prayer, 
That he Thy gospel may impart 

To those who shall Thy mercy share. 

5 And may Thy Spirit, dearest Lord, 

Help me in memory to retain 
Each promise of Thy holy word, 
Till hope her sweet assurance gain. 



SACRAMENTS. 
513 C. M. Watts. 

THE SACRAMENTS. 

1 MY Saviour God, my sovereign Prince, 

Beigns far above the skies ; 
But brings His graces down to sense, 
And helps my faith to rise. 

2 My eyes and ears shall bless His name: 

They read and hear His word; 
My touch and taste shall do the same, 
When they receive the Lord. 

3 Baptismal water is designed 

To seal His cleansing grace; 
While at His feast of bread and wine 
He gives His saints a place: 

4 But not the waters of a flood 

Can make my flesh so clean, 

As, by His Spirit and His blood, 

He'll wash my soul from sin. 

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BAPTISM. 

5 "Not choicest meats, nor noblest wines, 

So much my heart refresh, 
As when my faith goes through the signs, 
And feeds upon His flesh. 

6 I love the Lord, that stoops so low, 

To give His word a seal: 
But the rich grace His hands bestow, 
Exceeds the figures still. 



BAPTISM. 
514 L. M. Watts. 

BAPTISM. 

1 'T "WAS the commission of our Lord, 

Go, teach the nations, and baptize: 
The nations have received the word 
Since He ascended to the skies. 

2 He sits upon th' eternal hills, 

With grace and pardon in His hands, 
And sends His covenant, with the seals, 
To bless the distant heathen lands. 

3 Repent and be baptized, He saith, 

For the remission of your sins ; 
And thus our sense assists our faith, 
And shows us what His gospel means. 

4 Our souls He washes in His blood, 

As water makes the body clean; 
And the good Spirit of our God 
Descends like purifying rain. 

5 Thus we engage ourselves to Thee, 

And seal our covenant with the Lord; 
Oh ! may the great eternal Three 
In heaven our solemn vows record ! 

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BAPTISM. 

515 CM. 

BAPTISM IS NOT REGENERATION. 

1 THE sacraments are holy signs 

And precious gospel seals; 
They 'xhibit what the Lord designs, 
And what His word reveals. 

2 But these are not themselves the grace 

Which signs and seals set forth: 
The supper's not the sacrifice, 
Nor water the new birth. 

3 The sacraments were never meant 

A substitute for grace; 
They're not the truths they represent, 
Nor must they take their place. 

4 Sinners may publicly profess, 

And signs and seals receive, 

Of what they never did possess, 

Or what they don't believe. 

5 Man may baptize, but 'tis the Lord 

Regenerates the heart; 
None but the Spirit, by His word, 
That blessing can impart. 

6 Preserve us, Lord, from self-deceit, 

From resting on a sign ; 
Bestow what symbols indicate, 
And give us life divine. 

7 Let none who preach the gospel hide 

This solemn truth from men : 
They may with water be baptized, 
Yet not be born again. 

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ABRAHAMIC COVENANT. 
516 C. M. Watts. 

THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM. 

1 THUS saith the mercy of the Lord, 

"I'll be a God to thee; 
I'll bless thy numerous race, and they 
Shall be a seed to me." 

2 Abraham believed the promised grace. 

And gave his child to God ; 
But water seals the blessing now, 
That once was sealed with blood. 

3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms, 

To our forefathers given ; 
He takes young children to His arms, 
And calls them heirs of heaven. 

4 Our God, how faithful are His ways! 

His love endures the same; 
Nor from the promise of His grace, 
Blots out His children's name. 

5 With the same blessing grace endows 

The Gentile and the Jew; 
If pure and holy be the root, 
Such are the branches too. 

6 Then let the children of the saints 

Be dedicate to God ; 
Pour out Thy Spirit on them, Lord! 
And wash them in Thy blood. 

7 Thus to the parents and their seed 

Shall Thy salvation come ; 
And numerous households meet at last 
In one eternal home. 

8 Thy faithful saints, eternal King! 

This precious truth embrace; 
To Thee their infant offspring bring, 
And humbly claim Thy grace. 

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BAPTISM. 
517 L. M. Watts. 

BAPTISM SUBSTITUTED FOR CIRCUMCISION. 

1 THUS did the sons of Abram pass 
Beneath the bloody seal of grace; 
The young disciples bore the yoke, 
Till Christ the painful bondage broke. 

2 By milder ways doth Jesus prove 
His father's covenant, and His love; 
He seals to saints His glorious grace, 
And not forbids their infant race. 

3 Their seed is sprinkled with His blood, 
Their children set apart for God; 

His Spirit on their offspring shed, 
Like water poured upon the head. 

4 Let every saint with cheerful voice 
In this large covenant rejoice: 
Young children, in their early days, 
Shall give the God of Abram praise. 

518 C. M. Dobell. 

THE SAVIOUR'S CALL TO PARENTS. 

1 THE Saviour, with inviting voice, 

Says, " Let your children come : 
For them there 's love within My breast, 
And in My kingdom room." 

2 Lord, at Thy call, we bring our babes. 

And give them up to Thee ; 
Let angels, and let men, behold, 
And all our witness be. 

3 Now onr dear offspring are baptized, 

According to His word : 
As Abram his did circumcise, 
Obedient to the Lord. 

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OF INFANTS. 

4 This water, sprinkled on the child, 
Doth a rich emblem show 
Of pouring out the Spirit's grace, 
To form the heart anew. 

519 ®' -M-- Peacock : Dobell. 
Christ's love to children. 

1 BEHOLD what condescending love 

Jesus on earth displays; 
To babes and sucklings He extends 
The riches of His grace. 

2 " Forbid them not," is His command ; 

Then why should men resist? 
Our children now may be baptized; 
The church of such consist. 

3 With flowing tears and thankful hearts, 

We bring them, Lord, to Thee ; 
Receive them, Jesus, to Thine arms; 
Thine may they ever be. 

4 Thine may they be, for ever Thine; 

Thy ransomed, purchased seed, 
Oh ! let this seal of sprinkling, now, 
Be owned of Thee indeed. 

5 Here, parents, with thanksgiving view 

Your right to what you've done; 
Let songs of praises sound aloud 
To the great Three in One. 

520 P- M- Doddridge. 

IMPROVEMENT OF BAPTISM. 

1 ATTEND, ye children of your God; 
Ye heirs of glory, hear; 
For accents, so divine as these, 
Might charm the dullest ear. 

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LORD'S SUPPER. 

2 Baptized into your Saviour's death, 

Your souls to sin must die; 
With Christ your Lord, ye live anew, 
With Christ ascend on high. 

3 There by His Father's side He sits, 

Enthroned, divinely fair; 
Yet owns Himself your Brother still, 
And your Forerunner there. 

4 Rise from these earthly trifles, rise 

On wings of faith and love; 
Above your choicest treasure lies, 
And be your hearts above. 

5 But earth and sin will drag us down, 

When we attempt to fly: 
Lord, send Thy strong attractive power 
To raise and fix us high. 



LORD'S SUPPER. 
521 L- M. Watts. 

THE INSTITUTION OF THE SUPPER. 

1 T WAS on that dark, that doleful night, 

When powers of earth and hell arose 
Against the Son of God's delight, 

And friends betrayed Him to His foes: 

2 Before the mournful scene began, 

He took the bread, and blessed, and brake; 
What love through all His actions ran ! 
What wondrous words of grace He spake ! 

3 This is my body, broke for sin, 

Receive and eat the living food; 
Then took the cup, and blessed the wine: 
'Tis the new covenant in my blood. 

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ITS OBLIGATION. 

4 For us His flesh with nails was torn, 

He bore the scourge, He felt the thorn ; 
And justice poured upon His head 
Its heavy vengeance, in our stead. 

5 For us His. vital blood was spilt, 

To buy the pardon of our guilt ; 
When for black crimes of greatest size, 
He gave His soul a sacrifice. 

6 Do this, He cried, till time shall end, 

In memory of your dying friend : 
Meet at My table, and record 
The love of your departed Lord. 

7 Jesus, Thy feast we celebrate, 

We show Thy death, we sing Thy name; 
Till Thou return, and we shall eat 
The marriage-supper of the Lamb. 

522 & M. Noel. 

MEET AND REMEMBER ME. 

1 IF human kindness meets return, 

And owns the grateful tie; 
If tender thoughts within us burn, 
To feel a friend is nigh ; 

2 Oh ! shall not warmer accents tell 

The gratitude we owe 
To Him, who died our fears to quell, 
Our more than orphan's woe? 

3 While yet His anguished soul surveyed 

Those pangs He would not flee, 
What love His latest words displayed ! 
"Meet and remember Me." 
' 4 Remember Thee! Thy death, Thy shame, 
Our sinful hearts to share! 
Oh, memory ! leave no other name 
But His recorded there. 

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LORD'S SUPPER. 
523 0. M. Watts. 

THE HEAVENLY FEAST. 

1 HOW sweet and awful is the place, 

With Christ within the doors; 
While everlasting love displays 
The choicest of her stores! 

2 Here every bowel of our God 

With soft compassion rolls; 
Here peace and pardon, bought with blood, 
Is food for dying souls. 

3 While all our hearts, and all our songs, 

Join to admire the feast; 
Each of us cries with thankful tongues, 
"Lord, why was I a guest? 

4 Why was I made to hear Thy voice, 

And enter while there's room; 
When thousands make a wretched choice, 
And rather starve than come?" 

5 'T was the same love, that spread the feast, 

That sweetly forced us in; 
Else we had still refused to taste, 
And perished in our sin. 

6 Pity the hypocrites, O Lord, 

Direct them how to come ; 
Teach them to know and fear Thy word, 
And bring the strangers home. 



We long to see Thy churches full; 

That all the chosen race 
May with one voice, and heart, and soul, 

Sing Thy redeeming grace. 



COMMUNION WITH CHRIST. 

524 S. M. Watts. 

COMMUNION WITH THE LORD. 

1 JESUS invites His saints 
To meet around the board ; 

Here pardoned rebels sit, and hold 
Communion with their Lord. 

2 For food He gives His flesh; 
He bids us drink His blood ; 

Amazing favour! matchless grace 
Of our descending God ! 

3 The sacred elements 
Remain mere wine and bread; 

But signify and seal the love 
Of Christ our covenant head. 

4 This holy bread and wine 
Maintains our fainting breath; 

By union with our living Lord, 
And interest in His death. 

5 Our heavenly Father calls 
Christ and His members one ; 

We the young children of His love, 
And He the first-born Son. 

6 We are but several parts 
Of the same broken bread; 

The body hath its several limbs, 
But Jesus is the head. 

7 Let all our powers be joined 
His glorious name to raise: 

Pleasure and love fill every mind, 
And every voice be praise^ 



LORD'S SUPPER. 
525 L. M. Davies. 

LET A MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF. 

1 WHAT strange perplexities arise! 
What anxious fears and jealousies! 
"What crowds in doubtful light appear! 
How few, alas, approved and clear ! 

2 And what am I? My soul, awake, 
And an impartial survey take; 

Does no dark sign, no ground of fear, 
In practice or in heart, appear? 

3 What image does my spirit bear? 
Is Jesus formed and living there? 
Say, do His lineaments divine, 

In thought, and word, and action shine? 

4 Searcher of hearts, oh ! search me still, 
The secrets of my soul reveal: 

My fears remove; let me appear 

To God, and my own conscience, clear. 

5 May I, consistent with Thy word. 
Approach Thy table, O my Lord? 
May I among Thy saints appear, 
Shall I a welcome guest be there? 

6 Have I the wedding garment on, 
Or do I, naked, stand alone? 

Oh ! quicken, clothe, and feed my soul, 
Forgive my sins, and make me whole. 

526 L- M. 

PREPARATION. 

1 ETEENAL King, enthroned above, 
Look down in faithfulness and love; 
Prepare our hearts to seek Thy face, 
And grant us Thy reviving grace. 

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PREPARATION. 

2 Long have we heard the joyful call, 
But yet our faith and love are small ; 
Our hearts are torn with worldly cares 
And all our paths are filled with snares. 

3 Unworthy to approach Thy throne, 
Our trust is fixed on Christ alone; 
In Him Thy covenant stands secure, 
And will from age to age endure. 

4 Oh! let us hear Thy pardoning voice, 
And bid our mourning hearts rejoice; 
Revive our souls, our faith renew, 
Prepare for duties now in view. 

5 Make all our spices flow abroad, 
A grateful incense to our God; 
Let hope, and love, and joy appear, 
And every grace be active here. 

527 lm. 

PRAYER FOR CHRIST'S PRESENCE. 

1 THE broken bread, the blessed cup, 
On which we now are called to sup, 
Without Thy help and grace divine, 
Will prove no more than bread and wine. 

2 But come, great Master of the feast, 
Dispense Thy grace to every guest: 
Direct our views to Calvary, 

And help us to remember Thee. 

3 Let us with light and truth be blessed, 
That on Thy bosom we may rest; 
And at Thy supper each may learn 
Thy broken body to discern. 

4 Oh! that our souls may now be fed 
With Christ, Himself, the living bread; 
That we the covenant may renew, 
And to our vows be rendered true! 

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LORD'S SUPPER. 
528 C- M. Steele. 

THEKE YET IS ROOM. 

1 YE wretched, hungry, starving poor, 

Behold a royal feast! 
Where mercy spreads her bounteous store, 
For every humble guest. 

2 See, Jesus stands with open arms ; 

He calls, He bids you come; 
Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms: 
But see, there yet is room. 

3 .Room in the Saviour's bleeding heart; 

There love and pity meet; 
Nor will He bid the soul depart, 
That trembles at His feet. 

4 In Him the father reconciled 

Invites your souls to come; 

The rebel shall be called a child 

And kindly welcomed home. 

5 Oh ! come, and with His children taste 

The blessings of His love; 
While hope attends the sweet repast 
Of nobler joys above. 

6 There, with united heart and voice 

Before th' eternal throne, 
Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice 
In ecstasies unknown. 

7 And yet ten thousand thousand more 

Are welcome still to come ; 
Ye longing souls, the grace adore; 
Approach, there yet is room. 

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INVITATION. 

529 C - ^- Doddridge. 

THE GREAT SUPPER. 

1 THE King of heaven His table spreads, 

And blessings crown the board; 
Not Paradise, with all its joys, 
Could such delight afford. 

2 Pardon and peace to dying men, 

And endless life are given; 
Through the rich blood that Jesus shed, 
To raise our souls to heaven. 

3 Ye hungry poor, that long have strayed 

In sin's dark mazes, come; 
Come, from your most obscure retreats, 
And grace shall find you room. 

4 Millions of souls, in glory now, 

Were fed and feasted here ; 
And millions more, still on the way, 
Around the board appear. 

5 All things are ready, come away, 

Nor weak excuses frame; 
Crowd to your places at the feast, 
And bless the founder's name. 

530 L- M. Fellows. 

INVITATION. 

1 COME in, ye blessed of the Lord, 
Ye that believe His holy word; 
Come, and receive His heavenly bread, 
The food with which His saints are fed. 

2 Your Saviour's boundless goodness prove, 
And feast on His redeeming love; 
Come, all ye happy souls, that thirst, 
The last is welcome as the first. 

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LORD'S SUPPER. 

3 Come to His table, and receive 
Whate'er a pardoning God can give; 
His love through every age endures ; 
His promise and Himself are yours. 

531 8s -> ?s. and 4s - Evans. 

IT IS FINISHED. 

1 HARK! the voice of love and mercy 

Sounds aloud from Calvary; 
See! it rends the rocks asunder, 

Shakes the earth, and veils the sky I 

" It is finished !" 
Hear the dying Saviour cry. 

2 It is finished ! oh ! what pleasure . 

Do these precious words afford! 
Heavenly blessings, without measure, 
Flow to us from Christ the Lord: 

" It is finished !" 
Saints, the dying words record. 

3 Finished, all the types and shadows 

Of the ceremonial law ! 
Finished, all that God has promised; 
Death and hell no more shall awe: 

"It is finished!" 
Saints, from hence your comfort draw. 

4 Happy souls, approach the table, 

Taste the soul -reviving food ! 
Nothing's half so sweet and pleasant 
As the Saviour's flesh and blood. 

"It is finished!" 
Christ has borne the heavy load. 

5 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs, 

Join to sing the pleasing theme; 
All on earth, and all in heaven, 
Join to praise Immanuel's name! 

Hallelujah! 
Glory to the bleeding Lamb ! 

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A MEMORIAL OF CHRIST. 

532 L. M. Watts. 

THE MEMORIALS OF OUR ABSENT LORD. 

1 JESUS is gone above the skies, 

Where our weak senses reach Him not; 
And carnal objects court our eyes, 

To thrust our Saviour from our thought. 

2 He knows what Avandering hearts we have, 

Apt to forget His lovely face; 
And. to refresh our minds, He gave 
These kind memorials of His grace. 

3 The Lord of life this table spread 

With His own flesh, and dying blood; 
We on the rich provision feed, 

And taste the wine, and bless our God. 

4 Let sinful sweets be all forgot, 

And earth grow less in our esteem ; 
Christ and His love fill every thought, 
And faith and hope be fixed on Him. 

5 While He is absent from our sight, 

'Tis to prepare our souls a place; 
That we may dwell in heavenly light, 
And live for ever near His face. 

6 Our eyes look upwards to the hills, 

Whence our returning Lord shall come; 
We wait Thy chariot's awful wheels, 
To fetch our longing spirits home. 

533 C. M. Watts. 

THE LOVE OF CHRIST. 

1 HOW condescending, and how kind, 
Was God's eternal Son! 
Our misery reached His heavenly mind, 
And pity brought Him down. 

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LOKD'S SUPPER. 

2 When justice, by our sins provoked, 

Drew forth His dreadful sword, 
He gave His soul up to the stroke, 
Without a murmuring word. 

3 Here we receive repeated seals 

Of Jesus' dying love; 
Hard is the wretch that never feels 
One soft affection move. 

4: Here let our hearts begin to melt, 
While we His death record ; 
And with our joy for pardoned guilt, 
Mourn that we pierced the Lord. 

534 C. M. Watts. 

CHRIST THE BREAD OF LIFE. 

1 LET us adore th' eternal Word, 

'T is He our souls hath fed ; 
Thou art the living stream, O Lord, 
And Thou th' immortal Bread. 

2 Blessed be the Lord, that gives His flesh 

To nourish dying men; 
And often spreads His table fresh, 
Lest we should faint again. 

3 Our souls shall draw their heavenly breath, 

Whilst Jesus finds supplies ; 
Nor shall our graces sink to death, 
For Jesus never dies. 

4 The God of mercy be adored. 

Who calls our souls from death ; 
Who saves by His redeeming word, 
And new-creating breath. 

5 To praise the Father, and the Son, 

And Spirit all divine, 
The One in Three, and Three in One, 
Let saints and angels join. 



FIRST APPROACH. 
535 L. M. Davies. 

THE FIKST APPROACH. 

1 LOKD, I am Thine, entirely Thine, 
Purchased and saved by blood divine ; 
"With full consent Thine I would be, 
And own Thy sovereign right in me. 

2 Here, Lord, my flesh, my soul, my all, 
I yield to Thee beyond recall; 
Accept Thine own, so long witheld, 
Accept what I so freely yield. 

3 Grant one poor sinner more a place 
Among the children of Thy grace ; 
A wretched sinner, lost to God, 
But ransomed by Immanuel's blood. 

4 Thine would I live, Thine would I die; 
Be Thine through all eternity; 

The vow is past beyond repeal ; 
And now I set the solemn seal. 

5 Be Thou the witness of my vow, 
Angels and men attest it too ; 
That to Thy board I now repair, 
And seal the sacred contract there. 

6 Here, at that cross, where flows the blood 
That bought my guilty soul for God; 
Thee, my new Master, now I call, 

And consecrate to Thee my all. 

7 Do Thou assist a feeble worm, 
The great engagement to perform; 
Thy grace can full assistance lend, 
And on that grace I dare depend. 

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LORD'S SUPPER. 

536 C. M. Hart. 

FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE. 

1 THE blessed memorials of Thy grief, 

The sufferings of Thy death, 
We come, dear Saviour, to receive, 
But would receive with faith. 

2 The tokens sent us to relieve 

Our spirits, when they droop, 
We come, dear Saviour, to receive, 
But would receive with hope. 

3 The pledges Thou wast pleased to leave, 

Our mournful minds to move, 
We come, dear Saviour, to receive, 
But would receive with love. 

4 Here, in obedience to Thy word, 

We take the bread and wine; 
The utmost we can do, dear Lord, 
For all beyond is Thine. 

5 Increase our faith, and hope, and love ; 

Lord, give us all that's good: 
We would Thy full salvation prove, 
And share Thy flesh and blood. 

537 L. M. Hart. 

STRUGGLING- AGAINST UNBELIEF. 

1 PITY a helpless sinner, Lord, 

Who would believe Thy gracious word; 
But owns his heart with shame and grief, 
A sink of sin and unbelief. 

2 Lord, in Thy house, I read, there's room, 

And venturing hard, behold I come; 

But can there, Saviour! can there be, 

Among Thy children, room for me ? 

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ITS OBJECT. 

3 I eat the bread and drink the wine; 
But Oh ! my soul wants more than sign ! 
I faint, unless I feed on Thee, 

And drink Thy blood as shed for me. 

4 For sinners, Lord, Thou cam'st to bleed; 
And I 'm a sinner vile indeed ; 

Lord, I believe Thy grace is free, 
Oh! magnify That grace in me. 

538 7s. Hart. 

WE CELEBRATE HIS DYING LOVE. 

1 JESUS, once for sinners slain, 
From the dead was raised again; 
And in heaven is now set down 
With His Father on His throne. 

2 There He reigns a King supreme, 
We shall also reign with Him: 
Feeble souls, be not dismayed ; 
Trust in His almighty aid. 

3 He has made an end of sin, 

And His blood hath washed us clean ; 

Fear not, He is ever near; 

Now, e'en now, He's with us here. 

4 Thus assembling, we, by faith, 

Till He come, show forth His death: 
Of His body, bread 's the sign ; 
And we view His blood in wine. 

5 Saints on earth, with saints above, 
Celebrate His dying love; 

And let every ransomed soul 
Sound His praise from pole to pole. 

28 640 



LORD'S SUPPER. 
539 L- M. Steele. 

COMMUNION WITH CHRIST AT HIS TABLE. 

1 TO Jesus, our exalted Lord, 

Dear name, by heaven and earth adored! 
Fain would our hearts and voices raise 
A cheerful song of sacred praise. 

2 But all the notes which mortals know, 
Are weak, and languishing, and low ; 
Far, far above our humble songs, 
The theme demands immortal tongues. 

3 Yet while around His board we meet, 
And humbly worship at His feet; 
Oh! let our warm affections move, 
In glad returns ot grateful love! 

4 Let faith our feeble senses aid, 

To see Thy wondrous love displayed; 
Thy broken flesh, Thy bleeding veins, 
Thy dreadful agonizing pains. 

5 Let humble penitential woe, 

With painful, pleasing anguish, flow ; 
And Thy forgiving smiles impart 
Life, hope, and joy to every heart. 

540 I- M. Watts. 

THE GOSPEL FEAST. 

1 HOW rich are Thy provisions, Lord! 
Thy table furnished from above; 

The fruits of life o'erspread the board, 
The cup o'erflows with heavenly love* 

2 Thine ancient family, the Jews, 

Were first invited to the feast: 

We humbly take what they refuse, 

And Gentiles Thy salvation taste. 

650 






A GOSPEL FEAST. 

3 We are the poor, the blind, the lame, 

And help was far, and death was nigh 
But, at the gospel call, we came, 
And every want received supply. 

4 From the high way that leads to hell, 

From paths of darkness and despair, 
Lord, we are come with Thee to dwell, 
Glad to enjoy Thy presence here. 

5 What shall we pay th' eternal Son, 

That left the heaven of His abode, 
And to this wretched earth came down, 
To brino; us wanderers back to God ! 



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6 It cost Him death to save our lives ; 

To buy our souls, it cost His own : 
And all the unknown joys He gives, 
Were bought with agonies unknown. 

7 Our everlasting love is due 

To Him that ransomed sinners lost, 
And pitied rebels, when He knew 
The vast expense His love had cost. 

8 To God the Father, God the Son, 

And God the Spirit, Three in One, 
Be honour, praise, and glory given, 
By all on earth, and all in heaven. 

541 L. M. Watts. 

NOT ASHAMED OF CHRIST CRUCIFIED. 

1 AT Thy command, our dearest Lord, 
Here we attend Thy dying feast; 
Thy blood, like wine, adorns Thy board, 
And Thine own flesh feeds every guest. 

651 



LORD'S SUPPER. 

2 Our faith adores Thy bleeding love, 

And trusts for life in one that died; 
"We hope for heavenly crowns above, 
From a Redeemer crucified. 

3 Let the vain world pronounce its shame, 

And fling their scandals on the cause; 
We come to boast our Saviour's name, 
And make our triumphs in His cross. 

4 With joy we tell the scoffing age, 

He, that was dead, has left His tomb; 
He lives, above their utmost rage, 
And we are waiting till He come. 

54:2 CM. S. Stennett. 

HIS FLESH IS MEAT INDEED. 

1 HERE at Thy table, Lord, we meet, 

To feed on food divine; 
Thy body is the bread we eat, 
Thy precious blood the wine. 

2 He, that prepares this rich repast, 

Himself comes down and dies; 
And then invites us thus to feast 
Upon the sacrifice. 

3 Here peace and pardon sweetly flow, 

O what delightful food! 
We eat the bread and drink the wine, 
But think on nobler good. 

4 The bitter torment He endured 

Upon til' accursed tree, 
For me, each welcome guest may say, 
'Twas all sustained for me. 

5 Sure there was never love so free, 

Dear Saviour, so divine; 
Well may est Thou claim that heart of me, 
Which owes so much to Thine! 

652 



CHRIST'S BLOOD. 

543 H - M- Phippaed. 

THE BLOOD OF CHEIST. 

1 YE sin-sick souls, draw near, 

And banquet with your King, 
His royal bounty share, 

And loud hosannas sing: 
Here mercy reigns, here peace abounds, 
Here 's blood to heal your dreadful wounds. 

2 He's on a throne of grace, 

And waits to answer prayer; 
What though your sin and guilt 

Like crimson doth appear? 
The blood of Christ divinely flows, 
A healing balm for all thy woes. 

3 O wondrous love and grace! 

Did Jesus die for me? 
Were all my numerous debts 

Discharged on Calvary? 
Yes, Jesus died, the work is done; 
He did for all my sins atone. 

4 On earth I'll sing His love, 

In heaven I too shall join 
The ransomed of the Lord, 

In accents all divine; 
And see my Saviour face to face, 
And ever dwell in His embrace. 

544 C. M. Watts. 

THE NEW COVENANT SEALED. 

1 THE promise of my Father's love 
Shall stand for ever good ; 
He said, and gave His soul to death, 
And sealed the grace with blood. 

053 



LORD'S SUPPER. 

2 To this dear covenant of Thy word, 

I set my worthless name; 
I seal th' engagement to my Lord, 
And make my humble claim. 

3 The light, and strength, and pardoning grace, 

And glory, shall be mine; 
My life and soul, my heart and flesh, 
And all my powers, are Thine. 

4 I call that legacy my own, 

Which Jesus did bequeath; 
'T was purchased with His dying groan, 
And ratified in death. 

5 Sweet is the memory of His name, 

Who blessed us in His will; 

And to His testament of love, 

Made His own life the seal. 

545 k- M- Watts: Turner. 

THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN. 

1 OH ! the sweet wonders of that cross, 

Where God the Saviour loved and died ; 
Her noblest life my spirit draws 

From His dear wounds, and bleeding side. 

2 I would for ever speak His name 

In sounds to mortal ears unknown, 
With angels join to praise the Lamb, 
And worship at His Father's throne. 

3 All hail! Thou great Immanuel, hail! 

Ten thousand blessings on Thy name! 
While thus Thy wondrous love we tell, 
Our bosoms feel the sacred flame. 

4 Come, quickly come, immortal King ! 

On earth Thy regal honours raise; 
The full salvation promised bring, 

Then every tongue shall sing Thy praise! 

G54 



THANKSGIVING. 

546 k. M. Fellows. 

THANKSGIVING. 

1 THE food on which Thy children live, 
Great God, is Thine alone to give; 
And we, for grace received, would raise 
A sacred song of love and praise. 

2 How vast, how full, how rich, how free, 
Dear Jesus, Thy rich treasures be! 

To the full fountain of our joys 
We gladly come for fresh supplies. 

3 For this we wait upon Thee, Lord, 
For this we listen to Thy word: 
Descend, like gentle showers of rain, 
Nor let our souls attend in vain. 

547 CM. J. Stennett. 

THE WONDERS OF GRACE. 

1 LORD, at Thy table I behold 

The wonders of Thy grace ; 
But most of all admire, that I 
Should find a welcome place: 

2 I, that am all defiled with sin, 

A rebel to my God; 
I, that have crucified His Son, 
And trampled on His blood! 

3 What strange, surprising grace is this, 

That such a soul has room! 
My Saviour takes me by the hand, 
My Jesus bids me come. 

4 Eat, O my friends, the Saviour cries, 

The feast was made for you; 
For you I groaned, and bled, and died, 
And rose, and triumphed too. 

055 



LORD'S SUPPER. 

5 With trembling faith, and bleeding heart, 

Lord, I accept Thy love: 
'Tis a rich banquet I have had, 
What will it be above? 

6 Ye saints below, and hosts above, 

Join all your praising powers; 
No theme is like redeeming love, 
No Saviour is like ours. 

7 Had I ten thousand hearts, dear Lord, 

I'd give them all to Thee; 
Had I ten thousand tongues, they all 
Should join the harmony. 

8 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God, whom we adore, 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 
And shall be evermore. 



548 C. M. Watts. 

HOSANNA. 

1 SHOUT and proclaim the Saviour's love, 
Ye saints, that taste His wine; 
Join with your kindred saints above, 
In loud hosannas join. 



9, 



A thousand glories to our God, 
Who gives such joy as this; 

Hosanna! let it sound abroad, 
And reach where Jesns is. 

To praise the Father, and the Son, 

And Spirit all divine, 
The One in Three, and Three in One, 

Let saints and angels join. 



656 



MISSIONS. 

MISSIONS. 
549 C. M. Gibbons. 

PRAYER FOR MISSIONS. 

1 GREAT God, the nations of the earth 

Are by creation Thine; 
And in Thy works, by all beheld, 
Thy radiant glories shine. 

2 But, Lord, Thy greater love has sent 

Thy gospel to mankind ; 
Unveiling what rich stores of grace 
Are treasured in Thy mind. 

3 Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread 

The spacious earth around ; 
Till every tribe, and every soul, 
Shall hear the joyful sound? 

4 Oh! when shall Afrie's sable sons 

Enjoy the heavenly word, 
And vassals, long enslaved, become 
The freemen of the Lord ? 

5 When shall the untutored Heathen tribes, 

A dark bewildered race, 
Sit down at our Immanuel's feet, 
And learn and see His grace? 

6 Haste, Sovereign Mercy, and transform 

Their cruelty to love; 
Soften the tiger to a lamb, 
The vulture to a dove! 

7 Smile, Lord, on every effort made 

To spread the gospel's rays; 
And build on sin's demolished thrones 
The temples of Thy praise. 

28* 657 



MISSIONS. 

550 C. M. Watts. 

PRAISE FOE SALVATION. 

1 SALTATION! O, the joyful sound; 

'Tis pleasure to our ears; 
A sovereign balm for every wound, 
A cordial for our fears. 

2 Buried in sorrow, and in sin, 

At hell's dark door we lay; 
But we arise by grace divine, 
To see a heavenly day. 

3 Salvation ! let the echo fly 

The spacious earth around, 

"While all the armies of the sky 

Conspire to raise the sound. 

551 -H-- M- Doddridge. 

EFFECTS OF THE GOSPEL. 

1 MARK the soft-falling snow, 

And the descending rain ! 
To heaven from whence it fell, 

It turns not back again; 
But waters earth through every pore, 
And calls forth all her secret store. 

2 Arrayed in beauteous green 

The hills and valleys shine, 
And man and beast are fed 

By providence divine; 
The harvest bows its golden ears, 
The copious seed of future years. 

3 " So," saith the God of grace, 

"My gospel shall descend, 
Almighty to effect 

The purpose I intend : 
Millions of souls shall feel its power, 
And bear it down to millions more." . 

658 



BEAUTY OF THE CHURCH. 

552 C. M. Gibbons. 

BEAUTY AND STRENGTH OF THE CHURCH. 

1 SAY, who is she that looks abroad 

Like the sweet blushing dawn, 
When with her living lights she paints 
The dew-drops of the lawn? 

2 Fair as the moon when in the skies, 
Serene her throne she guides, 

And o'er the twinkling stars supreme 
In full-orbed glory rides; 

3 Clear as the sun, when from the east, 
Without a cloud he springs, 

And scatters boundless light and heat 
From his resplendent wings; 

4 Tremendous as an host that moves 
Majestically slow, 

With banners wide displayed, all armed, 
All ardent for the foe! 

5 This is the church by heaven arrayed 
With strength and grace divine; 

Thus shall she strike her foes with dread, 
And thus her glories shine. 

553 L. M. Yoke. 

PRAYER FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL. 

1 THY people, Lord, who trust Thy word, 
And wait the smilings of Thy face, 

Assemble round Thy mercy-seat, 

And plead the promise of Thy grace. 

2 We consecrate these hours to Thee, 
Thy sovereign mercy to entreat; 

And feel some animating hope, 
We shall divine acceptance meet. 

659 



MISSIONS. 

3 Hast Thou not promised to Thy Son, 

That His dominion shall extend ; 
Till every tongue shall call Him Lord, 
And every knee before Him bend? 

4 Now let the happy time appear, 

The time to favour Zion come; 
Send forth Thy heralds far and near, 
To call Thy banished people home. 

554 ^ s. an< * 6s. Heber. 

REPLY TO THE CALL OF THE HEATHEN. 

1 FROM Greenland's icy mountains, 

From India's coral strand; 
Where Afric's sunny fountains 

Boll down their golden sand ; 
From many an ancient river, 

From many a palmy plain, 
They call us to deliver 

Their land from error's chain. 

2 What though the spicy breezes 

Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, 
Though every prospect pleases, 

And only man is vile? 
In vain with lavish kindness 

The gifts of God are strown; 
The heathen in his blindness 

Bows down to wood and stone. 

3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 

With wisdom from on high, 
Shall we to men benighted 

The lamp of life deny? 
Salvation! O Salvation! 

The joyful sound proclaim, 
Till earth's remotest nation 

Has learned Messiah's name. 

660 



PRAYER FOR. 

4 Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, 

And you, ye waters, roll, 
Till, like a sea of glory, 

It spreads from pole to pole; 
Till o'er our ransomed nature, 

The Lamb for sinners slain, 
Redeemer, King, Creator, 

In bliss returns to reign. 

555 L. M. Shrubsole. 

ARM OF THE LORD, AWAKE. 

1 ARM of the Lord, awake, awake ! 
Put on Thy strength the nations shake, 
And let the world, adoring, see 
Triumphs of mercy wrought by Thee. 

2 Say to the heathen, from Thy throne, 
"I am Jehovah, God alone:" 

Thy voice their idols shall confound, 
And cast their altars to the ground. 

3 No more let human blood be spilled, 
Yain sacrifice for human guilt! 

But to each conscience be applied 
The blood that flowed from Jesus' side. 

4 Almighty God, Thy grace proclaim, 
In every land, of every name; 

Let adverse powers before Thee fall, 
And crown the Saviour — Lord of all. 

556 C. M. Logan. 

THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD. 

1 BEHOLD I the mountain of the Lord, 
In latter days shall rise 
Above the mountains and the hills, 
And draw the wondering eyes. 

661 



MISSIONS. 

2 To this the joyful nations round, 

All tribes and tongues, shall flow: 
"Up to the hill of God," they say, 
"And to His courts we'll go." 

3 The beams that shine on Zion's hill 

Shall lighten every land: 
The King who reigns in Zion's towers, 
Shall all the world command. 

4 ~No longer hosts encountering hosts, 

Their millions slain deplore: 
They hang the trumpet in the hall, 
And study war no more. 

5 Come, then ; oh ! come from every land, 

To worship at His shrine; 
And walking in the light of God, 
With holy beauties shine. 

557 ^ s - an ^ 6s. Montgomery. 

BLESSINGS OF CHRIST'S REIGN. 

1 HAIL to the Lord's anointed! 

Great David's greater Son: 
Hail, in the time appointed, 

His reign on earth begun! 
He comes to break oppression, 

To set the captive free: 
To take away transgression, 

And rule in equity. 

2 He comes, with succour speedy, 

To those who suffer wrong; 
To help the poor and needy, 

And bid the weak be strong; 
To give them songs for sighing, 

Their darkness turn to light, 

Whose souls, condemned and dying, 

Were precious in His sight. 

662 



PRINCE OF PEACE. 

3 He shall come down, like showers 

Upon the fruitful earth, 
And love and joy, like flowers, 

Spring in His path to birth : 
Before Him on the mountains, 

Shall peace the herald go, 
And righteousness in fountains 

From hill to valley flow. 

4 For Him shall prayer unceasing 

And daily vows, ascend ; 
His kingdom, still increasing, 

A kingdom without end : 
The tide of time shall never 

His covenant remove ; 
His name shall stand for ever ; 

That name to us is — Love. 

558 C. M. Bristol Coll 

THE PRINCE OF PEACE. 

1 LET saints on earth their anthems raise, 

Who taste the Saviour's grace: 
Let heathens too proclaim His praise, 
And crown Him " Prince of Peace." 

2 Praise Him who laid his glory by, 

For man's apostate race; 
Praise Him, who stooped to bleed and die, 
And crown Him " Prince of Peace." 

3 Ye nations, lay your weapons down, 

Let war for ever cease; 
Immanuel for your Sovereign own, 
And crown Him "Prince of Peace." 

4- We soon shall reach the heavenly shore, 
To view His lovely face; 
His name for ever to adore, 

And crown Him " Prince of Peace." 

063 



MISSIONS. 

559 Sis-? Ys. and 4s. W. Williams. 

LONGING FOR THE SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL. 

1 O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness, 

Cheered by no celestial ray, 
Sun of righteousness, arising, 

Bring the bright, the glorious day; 

Send the gospel 
To the earth's remotest bound. 

2 Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness, 

Grant them, Lord, the glorious light! 
And from eastern coast to western, 
May the morning chase the night; 

And redemption, 
Freely purchased, win the day. 

3 Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel, 

Win and conquer, never cease; 
May thy lasting, wide dominions 
Multiply and still increase: 

Sway Thy sceptre, 
Saviour, all the world around. 

560 L M ' ^OEL. 

FOR CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES. 

1 MABKED as the purpose of the skies, 
The promise meets our anxious eyes, 
That heathen worlds the Lord shall know, 
And warmed with faith each bosom glow. 

2 E'en now the hallowed scenes appear, 
E'en now unfolds the promised year; 
Lo! distant shores Thy heralds trace, 
And bear the tidings of Thy grace. 

664 



CHARGE TO MISSIONARIES. 

3 'Midst burning climes and frozen plains, 
Where heathen darkness brooding reigns, 
Lord, mark their steps, their fears subdue, 
And nerve their arm, and clear their view. 

4 "When, worn by toil, their spirits fail, 
Bid them the glorious future hail: 
Bid them the crown of life survey, 
And onward urge their conquering way. 

5 So on the Indian's gloomy night, 
The eastern star shall shed her light, 
And Jesus' hallowed reign control 
The stormy passions of the soul. 

6 So shall Messiah's influence cheer 
His humble cot, which still is dear; 
And heavenly hope his soul pervade, 
Though life, and time, and worlds, shall fade. 

561 C. M. P. H. Brown. 

CHARGE TO MISSIONARIES. 

1 GO, messenger of love, and bear, 

Upon Thy gentle wing, 
The song which seraphs love to hear, 
And angels joy to sing. 

2 Go to the heart with sin oppressed, 

And dry the sorrowing tear; 
Extract the thorn that wounds the breast, 
The drooping spirit cheer. 

3 Go, say to Zion, " Jesus reigns ;" 

By His resistless power, 
He binds His enemies with chains; 
They fall to rise no more. 

4 Tell how the Holy Spirit flies, 

As He from heaven descends, 
Arrests His proudest enemies, 
And changes them to friends. 

665 



MIS SIO'NS. 

562 7s. Montgomery. 

THE SONG OF JUBILEE. 

1 IIAEK ! the song of Jubilee, 

Loud as mighty thunders roar, 
Or the fulness of the sea, 

When it breaks upon the shore: 
Hallelujah! for the Lord, 

God omnipotent, shall reign ; 
Hallelujah! let the word 

Echo round the earth and main. 

2 Hallelujah ! hark ! the sound, 

From the depth unto the skies, 
Wakes above, beneath, around, 

All creation's harmonies : 
See Jehovah's banner furled, 

Sheathed His sword : He speaks, 't is done, 
And the kingdoms of this world 

Are the kingdoms of His Son. 

3 He shall reign from pole to pole 

With illimitable sway: 
He shall reign, when like a scroll, 

Yonder heavens have passed away: 
Then the end; beneath His rod, 

Man's last enemy shall fall ; 
Hallelujah! Christ in God, 

God in Christ, is all in all. 

563 8s., Ts. and 4s. Kelly. 

THE TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPEL. 

1 YES ! we trust, the day is breaking ; 
Joyful times are near at hand : 
God, the mighty God, is speaking 
By His word in every land : 

When He chooses, 
Darkness flies at His command. 

66C 



PRAYER FOR. 

2 Let ns hail the joyful season, 

Let us hail the dawning raj; 
When the Lord appears, there's reason 
To expect a glorious day : 

At His presence 
Gloom and darkness flee away. 

3 While the foe becomes more daring, 

While He enters like a flood; 
God, the Saviour, is preparing 

Means to spread His truth abroad; 

Every language 
Soon shall tell the love of God. 

4 God of Jacob, high and glorious, 

Let Thy people see Thy hand ; 
Let the gospel be victorious, 
Through the world in every land: 

And the idols 
Perish, Lord, at Thy command. 

5Q4 H. M. Pratt's Coll. 

ARISE AND SHINE. 

1 EISE, gracious God, and shine 

In all Thy saving might; 
And prosper each design 

To spread Thy glorious light : 
Let healing streams of mercy flow, 
That all the earth Thy truth may know. 

2 Oh ! bring the nations near, 

That they may sing Thy praise; 
Let all the people hear, 
And learn Thy holy ways: 
Reign, mighty God, assert Thy cause, 
And govern by Thy righteous laws. 

667 



MISSIONS. 

3 Put forth Thy glorious power; 

The nations then will see, 
And earth present her store, 

In converts born to Thee. 
God, our own God, His church will bless, 
And earth shall teem with fruitfulness. 

565 9; m. 

THE DAWNING LIGHT. 

1 STRETCH, O iny soul, thy ardent wing, 

And hail the dawning light; 
Behold, what scenes, what visions spring, 
Of infinite delight. 

2 Soon shall the glorious eastern star 

Above the mountains rise; 
And rays celestial, beaming far, 
Uluine e'en polar skies. 

3 If angels in their sphere rejoice, 

One rescued soul to greet, 
How will they raise th' enraptured voice, 
Whole continents to meet! 

4 Siberia spreads her frozen arms, 

Released from sin and chains, 
And Sharon's rose exhales its charms 
On Afric's sultry plains. 

5 From Java to the furthest west 

The heavenly light shall reach ; 
And truth divine its power attest 
In every clime and speech. 

6 Shed, Sun of Righteousness, Thy rays 

On every land of night ; 
Till all the heathen sing Thy praise, 
And hail the cheerful light. 

068 



PRAYER FOR. 

566 L- m. 

PLEADING FOR THE WORLD. 

1 GREAT King of Zion now arise, 

Thy glorious promises fulfil ; 
Behold Thy church in mourning lies, 
Yet waiting for Thy mercy Still. 

2 O God, how long? Thy people cry; 

When shall our prayers acceptance again? 
Look from Thy lofty throne on high, 
And break the prisoners' heavy chain. 

3 Let Asia's millions hear Thy voice, 

Send them Thy heralds to proclaim 
Salvation, bid them soon rejoice 
In Jesus, our Immanuel's name. 

4 Let Africa, with all her tribes, 

Be rescued from the spoiler's hand; 
Nor lust of power, nor golden bribes, 
Draw murderers there to waste her land, 

5 Let every nation under heaven, 

In all their various tongues receive 
The glorious gospel Thou hast given, 
Renounce their idols, and believe. 

567 S.M. Campbell's Coll. 

glory of Christ's kingdom. 

1 JESUS, the King, shall live, 
Shall reign for evermore; 

To Him, her gold, shall Sheba give, 
And all her treasures pour. 

2 For Him the ceaseless prayer. 
Like sweet perfume, shall rise; 

While every day His praise shall bear 
Above the lofty skies. 



MISSIONS. 

3 As seed on mountains shed, 
His rising church shall grow ; 

Like trees on Lebanon's high head, 
Its plenteous harvests show. 

4 Her sons a numerous train, 
In Zion's gates shall spread, 

As grass which fills the verdant plains, 
And clothes the flowery mead. 

568 L. M. Montgomery. 

THE HEATHEN PERISH. 

1 THE heathen perish ; day by day 
Thousands on thousands pass away: 

Christians, to their rescue fly ; 
Preach Jesus to them ere they die. 

2 Wealth, labour, talents, freely give, 
Yea, life itself, that they may live, 
What hath your Saviour done for you, 
And what, for Him, will ye not do? 

3 Thou, Spirit of the Lord, go forth, 
Call in the south, wake up the north ; 
From every clime, from sun to sun, 
Gather God's children into one. 

569 8s -> f s. an d ^s. Wilks. 

GOD WITH US. 

1 GOD is with us in our meeting, 

Here He makes His mercy known ; 
While His praises we're repeating, 
He approves us as His own. 

Hallelujah, 
This is heaven begun below. 

2 God is with us in our labours, 

Forward let us boldly press; 
Heathen nations are our neighbours, 
Let us soften their distress. 

Hallelujah, 
God will hence our efforts bless. 670 






PKAYEK FOR. 

3 In His cause we now assemble, 

All our hearts and aims are one; 
Idol priests begin to tremble, 
Idol Gods are overthrown. 

Hallelujah, 
Let Jehovah reign alone. 

4 Fired with holy expectation, 

Let us spread the gospel wide; 
Soon shall every heathen nation 
Trust in Jesus crucified. 

Hallelujah, 
God is still upon our side. 

570 8s -> ^ s - an( * 4rS - Miss. Psalmist. 

PRAYER FOR THE NATIONS. 

1 AID us, God of love and mercy ; 

Aid us to extend Thy name: 
Aid us, through each heathen nation 
All Thy goodness to proclaim ; 

And to tell them, 
That for them a Saviour came. 

2 May they know their great Redeemer, 

Who for them, though strangers, died; 
May they look with deep repentance, 
To their Saviour crucified ; 

Leave their idols, 
And desire no God beside. 

3 Oh ! be there Thy name extended, 

And Thy love and mercy known ; 
Turn them from their vain inventions ; 
May they live to Thee alone ; 

And Oh ! claim them ; 
Claim them, Saviour, for Thine own. 

671 



MISSIONS. 
571 C. M. Lyte. 

LET THE PEOPLE PRAISE THEE. 

1 BE merciful to us, O God ! 

Upon Thy people shine; 
And spread Thy saving truth abroad, 
Till all that live be Thine. 

2 Give light and comfort to Thine own; 

And let that light extend, 
Till Thy prevailing name be known 
To earth's remotest end. 

3 Let all the people praise Thee, Lord ; 

Let all their homage bring: 

From sea to sea be Thou adored, 

Redeemer, Judge, and King. 

4 Let all the people praise Thee, Lord; 

Then earth her fruits shall give, 
Thy blessing shall on all be poured, 
And all to Thee shall live. 

572 8 s -> 7s. and 4s. Cotterell. 

a light to lighten the gentiles. 

1 O'ER the realms of pagan darkness 

Let the eye of pity gaze; 
See the kindreds of the people 
Lost in sin's bewildering maze; 

Darkness brooding 
On the face of all the earth. 

2 Light of them that sit in darkness, 

Rise and shine, Thy blessings bring; 
Light to lighten all the Gentiles, 
Rise with healing in Thy wing, 
To Thy brightness 



'to' 

Let all kings and nations come. 



672 



PRAYER FOR. 

3 May the heathen, now adoring 

Idol-gods of wood and stone, 
Come, and worshipping before Him, 
Serve the living God alone. 

Let Thy glory 
Fill the earth as floods the sea. 

4 Thou, to whom all power is given, 

Speak the word; at Thy command, 
Let the company of preachers 

Spread Thy name from land to land. 

Lord, be with them, 
Always, to the end of time. 

573 8 s - an d 7s. Kelly. 

SEND OUT THY LIGHT. 

1 KING of Zion, give the order, 

Send Thy light and truth abroad; 
Oh! let Zion stretch her border, 
Zion, favoured of her God. 

2 Thou canst form the zealous preacher, 

Thou canst light and love impart; 
Send Thy word to every creature, 
Send it to the sinner's heart. 

3 Oh! let many now be ready 

To go forth, at Thy command, 

Men of faith, approved and steady, 

Leaving all at Thy command. 

4 Send Thy truth to every region, 

Let the distant people hear; 

Let them turn from false religion, 

And to truth alone give ear. 

29 673 



MISSIONS. 
574 8s. and 7s. 

CALL TO CHRISTIANS. 

1 CHRISTIANS, up ! the day is breaking, 

Gird your ready armour on ; 
Slumbering hosts around are waking, 
House ye! in the Lord be strong. 

2 See; the blessed millennial dawning, 

Bright the beams of Bethlehem's star; 
Eastern lands, behold the morning, 
Lo ! it glimmers from afar. 

3 While ye sleep or idly linger, 

Thousands sink with none to save; 
Hasten ! Time's unerring finger 
Points to many an open grave. 

4 Hark ! unnumbered voices crying, 

"Save us, or we droop and die!" 
Succour bear the faint and dying, 
On the winds of mercy fly. 

5 Lead them to the crystal fountain, 

Gushing with the streams of life; 
Guide them to the sheltering mountain, 
For the gale with death is rife. 

6 O'er the mountain top ascending, 

Soon the scattered light shall rise, 
Till, in radiant glory blending, 

Heaven's high noon shall greet our eyes. 

5*75 8s. and 7s. Kelly. 

PROPHECY FULFILLED. 

1 HARK! a cry among the nations, 
" Come, and let us seek the Lord ; 
Yain our former expectations, 
Yain the idols we adored; 
Zion's King is God alone, 
Let us bow before His throne." 

tf74 



; 



PRAYER FOR. 

2 See ! from every quarter flowing, 

Joyful crowds assemble round; 
Love in every heart is glowing, 

Praise is heard in every sound: 
"While Jehovah shows His face, 
Glory fills the sacred place. 

3 Weapons, meant for mutual slaughter, 

Now are instruments of peace; 
They who taste the living water, 

Learn from war and strife to cease: 
Jesus reigns ! the earth is still ; 
All the nations do His will. 

576 C. P. M. Hastings. 

PRAYER FOR THE HEATHEN. 

1 GOD of the nations, bow thine ear, 
And listen to our fervent prayer, 

Through Thy beloved Son : 
Build up the kingdom of His grace, 
Amid the millions of our race, 

And make Thy wonders known. 

2 Send forth the heralds in His name, 
Bid them a Saviour's love proclaim 

With every fleeting breath; 
Till every land shall hear the sound, 
And send the joyful echoes round, 

Amid the shades of death. 

3 Oh! let the nations rise and bring 
Their offerings to the almighty King, 

And trust in Him alone; 
Kenonnce their idols, and adore 
The God of gods for evermore, 

Upon His lofty throne. 

675 



MISSIONS. 

4 The dying millions then shall prove 
The matchless power of bleeding love, 

And feel their sins forgiven; 
Shall join the convert's joyful throng, 
And raise on high redemption's song, 
Along the path to heaven. 

577 8s -> ^ s - and 4s - Kelly. 

FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATEKS. 

1 SEE, from Zion's sacred mountain, 

Streams of living water flow! 
God has opened there a fountain 
That supplies the plains below: 

They are blessed, 
Who its sovereign virtues know. 

2 Through ten thousand channels flowing, 

Streams of mercy find their way ; 
Life, and health, and joy bestowing, 
Making all around look gay: 

O ye nations! 
Hail the long-expected day. 

3 Gladdened by the flowing treasure 

All enriching as it goes; 
Lo, the desert smiles with pleasure, 
Buds and blossoms as the rose: 

Every object 
Sings for joy where'er it flows. 

4 Trees of life, the banks adorning, 

Yield their fruit to all around ; 
Those who eat are saved from mourning, 
Pleasure comes, and hopes abound; 

Fair their portion, 
Endless life with glory crowned. 



MILLENNIUM. 
578 S. M. Wardlaw's Coll. 

THE TRINITY INVOKED. 

1 O LOKD, our God, arise, 
The cause of truth maintain; 

And wide o'er all the peopled world 
Extend her blessed reign. 

2 Thou Prince of Life, arise, 
!Nor let Thy glory cease; 

Far spread the conquests of Thy grace, 
And bless the earth with peace. 

3 Thou Holy Ghost, arise, 
Extend Thy healing wing, 

kAnd o'er a dark and ruined world 
Let light and order spring. 
4 Let all on earth arise, 
To God the Saviour sing, 
From shore to shore, from earth to heaven, 
Let echoing anthems ring! 

570 lis. and 10s. Hastings. 

MILLENNIUM. 

1 HAIL to the brightness of Zion's glad morning, 

Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain : 
Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning, 
Zion, in triumph, begins her mild reign. 

2 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning, 

Long by the prophets of Israel foretold ; 
Hail to the millions from bondage returning, 
Gentiles and Jews the blessed vision behold. 

3 Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing, 

Streams ever copious are gliding along ; 
Loud from the mountain-top echoes are ringing, 
Wastes rise in verdure and mingle in song. 

677 



MISSIONS. 

4 See from all lands, from the isles of the ocean, 
Praise to Jehovah, ascending on high ; 
Fallen are the engines of war and commotion, 
Shouts of salvation are rending the sky. 

580 ^ s - an d 6s. Hastings. 

THE GOSPEL BANNER. 

1 NOW be the gospel banner 

In every land unfurled; 
And be the shout, Hosanna, 

Re-echoed through the world: 
Till every isle and nation, 

Till every tribe and tongue, 
Receive the great salvation, 

And join the happy throng. 

2 What though th' embattled legions 

Of earth and hell combine? 
His arm throughout their regions 

Shall soon resplendent shine ; 
Ride on, O Lord, victorious, 

Immanuel, Prince of Peace, 
Thy triumph shall be glorious, 

Thy empire still increase. 

3 Yes, Thou shalt reign for ever, 

O Jesus, King of kings, 
Thy light, Thy love, Thy favour, 

Each ransomed captive sings : 
The isles for Thee are waiting, 

The deserts learn Thy praise, 
The hills and valleys greeting, 

The song responsive raise. 



GTS 



DUTY OF THE CHURCH. 

581 ^ s - anc * 6 s - Ferris. 

SEND THE GOSPEL. 

1 SEND, send the gospel message, 

In every language send; 
Give it a speedy passage, 

To gain its glorious end ; 
God, from on high, commands us, 

We may not now delay; 
The heathen, too, implore us, 

They perish day by day. 

2 Freely have come our blessings; 

How freely still bestowed ! 
'Tis love, the soul impressing, 

Would send these gifts abroad; 
We all were outcast aliens, 

Exposed to death and wo ; 
Our distant fathers, pagans, 

Bound to their idols too. 

3 How can we, to the heathen, 

Say, Perish in your sins? 
~Rov labour now to free them, 

And guide to joyful scenes? 
How can our hearts so harden, 

When we deserve to die, 
As not to tell of pardon, 

And help to Jesus fly? 

4 Proclaim aloud the Saviour; 

Far, far let Him be known; 
Let each implore His favour, 

Let prayer besiege the throne: 
In labours, all, assistant, 

Conspire to spread His grace, 
Till lands to us most distant, 

Shall learn to seek His face. 

679 



MISSIONS. 

582 ? S - BoWRING. 

TELL US OF THE NIGHT. 

1 WATCHMAN, tell us of the night, 

What its signs of promise are? 
Traveller, o'er yon mountain's height 

See the glory -b earning star. 
Watchman, does its beauteous ray, 

Aught of hope or joy foretell? 
Traveller, yes, it brings the day, 

Promised day of Israel. 

2 Watchman, tell us of the night: 

Higher yet that star ascends, 
Traveller, blessedness and light, 

Peace and truth its course portends. 
Watchman, will its beams, alone 

Gild the spot that gave them birth ? 
Traveller, ages are its own ; 

See it bursts o'er all the earth. 

3 Watchman, tell us of the night, 

For the morning seems to dawn: 
Traveller, darkness takes its flight: 

Doubt and terror are withdrawn. 
Watchman, let thy wandering cease, 

Hie thee to thy quiet home: 
Traveller, lo! the Prince of Peace, 

Lo ! the Son of God is come. 

583 ^ s - anc * ^ s - Pratt's Coll. 

Christ's reign on earth. 

1 WHEN shall the voice of singing 
Flow joyfully along: 
When hill and valley ringing 
With one triumphant song, 

680 



PRAYER FOR LABOURERS. 

Proclaim the contest ended, 
And Him who once was slain, 

Again to earth descended, 
In righteousness to reign? 

2 Then from the lofty mountains 

The sacred shout shall fly ; 
And shady vales and fountains 

Shall echo the reply : 
High tower and lowly dwelling 

Shall send the chorus round, 
All hallelujah swelling 

In one eternal sound. 

584 k. M. Hastings. 

PRATER FOR LABOURERS. 

1 LORD of the harvest, bend Thine ear, 
For Zion's heritage appear: 

Oh! send forth labourers filled with zeal, 
Swift to obey their Master's will. 

2 Hast Thou not bid us fervent pray 
For help in such a trying day? 
Wilt Thou not listen when we cry, 
And send the blessing from on high? 

3 Our lifted eyes, O Lord, behold 

The ripening harvest tinged with gold ; 
Wide fields are opening to our view, 
The work is great, the labourers few. 

4 Under the guidance of Thy hand, 
Let Zion's sons in many a band 
Arise, to bless the dying race, 
As heralds of redeeming grace. 

5 Bid all their hearts with ardour glow, 
As gospel messengers to go, 

And publish the inspiring sound 
Far as the race of man is found. 
29* 681 



MISSIONS. 

6 Lord of the harvest, bid them rise, 
Trained by the influence of the skies, 
In wisdom, knowledge, grace, to shine, 
Till every kingdom shall be Thine. 

585 H. M. Keed's Coll. 

GLAD TIDINGS. 

1 HAEK ! hark ! the notes of joy 

Roll o'er the heavenly plains, 
And seraphs find employ 

For their sublimest strains. 
Some new delight in heaven is known, 
Loud ring the harps around the throne. 

2 Hark ! hark ! the sounds draw nigh, 

The joyful hosts descend; 
Jesus forsakes the sky, 

To earth His footsteps bend. 
He comes to bless our fallen race, 
He comes with messages of grace. 

3 Bear! bear the tidings round; 

Let every mortal know 
What love in God is found; 

What pity He can show. 
Ye winds that blow, ye waves that roll, 
Bear the glad news from pole to pole. 

4 Strike! strike the harps again, 

To greet Immanuers name; 
Arise, ye sons of men, 

And loud His grace proclaim. 
Angels, and men, wake every string, 
'Tis God the Saviour's praise we sing. 

682 



CHRIST'S REIGN. 

586 I* M. Yoke. 

SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL. 

1 BEHOLD, the heathen waits to know 
The joy the gospel will bestow; 

The exiled captive to receive, 
The freedom Jesus has to give. 

2 Come, let us, with a grateful heart, 
In this blessed labour share a part; 
Our prayers and offerings gladly bring 
To aid the triumphs of our King. 

3 Our hearts exult in songs of praise, 
That we have seen these latter days; 
When our Redeemer shall be known, 
Where Satan long hath held his throne. 

4 Where'er His hand hath spread the skies, 
Sweet incense to His name shall rise; 
And slave and freeman, Greek and Jew, 
By sovereign grace be formed anew. 

587 S. M. Pratt's Coll. 
Christ's reign. 

1 GREAT heir of David's throne! 
Thy royal power assume; 

Come, reign in faithful hearts alone, 
Thou blessed Redeemer come. 

2 Set up Thy throne of grace 
In all the heathen's sight, 

Thy kingdom of true holiness, 
And order it aright. 

3 Now, for Thy promise' sake, 
O'er earth exalted be: 

The kingdom, power, and glory take, 
Which all belong to Thee. 

4 In zeal for God and man, 
Thy full salvation bring : 

The universal Monarch reign, 

The saints' eternal King. 683 



MISSIONS. 

588 L - M - Pratt's Coll. 

THE SONG OF TRIUMPH. 

1 SOON may the last glad song arise, 
Through all the millions of the skies, 
That song of triumph which records 
That all the earth is now the Lord's. 

2 Let thrones, and powers, and kingdoms be 
Obedient, mighty God, to Thee; 

And over land, and stream, and main, 
Now wave the sceptre of Thy reign. 

3 Oh! let that glorious anthem swell; 
Let host to host the triumph tell, 
Till not one rebel heart remains, 
But over all the Saviour reigns. 

589 8 s -> 7s. and 4s. Yil. Hymns. 

SPIRIT SOUGHT. 

1 WHO but Thou, almighty Spirit, 

Can the heathen world reclaim? 
Men may preach, but till Thou favour, 
Heathens will be still the same: 

Mighty Spirit, 
Witness to the Saviour's name. 

2 Thou hast promised, by the prophets, 

Glorious light in latter days: 
Come, and bless bewildered nations. 

Change our prayers and tears to praise: 

Promised Spirit, 
Pound the world diffuse Thy rays. 

3 All our hopes, and prayers, and labours, 

Must be vain without Thine aid : 
But Thou wilt not disappoint us, 
All is true that Thou hast said: 

Faithful Spirit, 
O'er the world Thine influence shed. 

684 



TRUMP OF JUBILEE. 

590 C. M. Vil. Hymns. 

THY WILL BE DONE. 

1 GKEAT Saviour, let Thy power divine, 

O'er all the earth be known ; 
Let all to Thee, their will resign, 
And make Thy will their own. 

2 Perversion marks the guilty way, 

Which heathens madly tread; 
From all Thy laws they go astray, 
And hasten to the dead. 

3 Thou, Saviour-God, hast power alone, 

To turn their wandering feet, 
To bend their souls before Thy throne, 
Low at Thy mercy-seat. 

4 For, all the power, beneath, above, 

Thy wounded hands sustain ; 
Then sway the sceptre of Thy love, 
And let Thy mercy reign. 

591 L. M. Eippon's Coll. 

THE TRUMP OF JUBILEE. 

1 WHEN will the happy trump proclaim 
The judgment of the martyred Lamb? 
When shall the captive troops be free, 
And keep th' eternal jubilee? 

2 Hasten it, Lord, in every land; 

Send thou Thine angels, and command, 
"Go, sound deliverance, loudly blow 
Salvation to the saints below." 

3 We long to have the day appear, 
The promised, great sabbatic year; 
When, far from grief and sin and hell, 
Israel in ceaseless peace shall dwell. 

685 



MISSIONS. 

4 Till then, we will not let Thee rest, 
Thou still shalt hear our strong request; 
And this our daily prayer shall be, 
Lord, sound the trump of jubilee. 

592 £ m. Voke. 

THE TRIUMPHS OF OUR KING. 

1 BEHOLD, th' expected time draw near, 
The shades disperse, the dawn appear ; 
Behold the wilderness assume 

The beauteous tints of Eden's bloom. 

2 Events with prophecies conspire 
To raise our faith, our zeal to fire ; 
The ripening fields, already white, 
Present a harvest t6 the sight. 

3 The untaught heathen waits to know 
The joy the gospel will bestow ; 
The exiled captive, to receive 

The freedom Jesus has to give. 

4 Come, let us, with a grateful heart, 
In the blessed labour share a part; 
Our prayers and offerings gladly bring 
To aid the triumphs of our King. 

593 ^s., 7s. and 4s. Hastings. 

WHAT NOTES OF SADNESS. 

1 WHO can tell what notes of sadness 
From the hills and valleys rise, 
Where no messages of gladness 
Echo from the bending skies; 

Where in darkness, 
Without hope, the sinner dies. 

686 



CALL FOR MISSIONARIES. 

2 Oh! how desolate the dwelling, 

Where our God is not revered; 
Where no song of praise is swelling, 
Nor the voice of prayer is heard ; 

Where religion's 
Cheering rays have ne'er appeared! 

3 Where the seeds of sin are growing, 

And the paths of folly lie ; 
Where the streams of death are flowing, 
With destruction ever nigh ; 

Bid the gospel 
Wave its peaceful banners high. 

594 8s. and 7s. Allen. 

CALL FOR MISSIONARIES. 

1 " GO and preach to every creature !" 

Such the Saviour's last command, 
Not excepting hue or feature, 

Burning clime, or barbarous land. 

2 Look to China's countless millions, 

Look to Afric's dark-hued race; 
Look to Araby's pavilions, 
Nation after nation trace. 

3 They are sinking, they are dying, 

Losing heavenly bliss above; 
Loud to us their voice is crying, 

" Come, and save us, in your love !" 

4 Who is ready now to sever 

Bands that round his heart entwine? 
Who will go, resolving never, 
Under sufferings, to repine? 

687 



MISSIONS. 

595 ^ s - an d 6s. Hastings. 

GO FOR THE MASTER CALLS THEE. 

1 GO, for the Master calls thee, 

Nor shed one bitter tear; 
No bondage hard enthrals thee, 

Nor hast thou aught to fear; 
To Him we now commend thee, 

Who rules above the skies; 
Whose blessings will attend thee, 

Where'er thy pathway lies. 

2 Go, in the midst of dangers, 

Declare a Saviour's love; 
Till distant heathen strangers 

His willing subjects prove; 
Till many a crowd assembling, 

Shall hearken to His voice; 
Confess their guilt with trembling, 

And in His name rejoice. 

3 Go, for the Master calls thee 

Far from thy native home; 
Whatever there befalls thee, 

Whatever ills may come, 
He is thy strong salvation ; 

His presence thou shalt share; 
He'll hear thy supplication, 

And answer every prayer. 

596 ^ s - and 6s - Pratt's Coll. 

PRATER FOR MISSIONARIES AT SEA. 

1 KOLL on, thou mighty ocean, 
And, as thy billows flow, 
Bear messengers of mercy 
To every vale of wo ; 

OSS 



DEPARTURE OF MISSIONARIES. 

Arise, ye gales, and waft them, 
Safe to their destined shore; 

That men may sit in darkness 
And death's black shade no more. 

2 O Thou eternal Kuler, 

Who holdest in Thine arm 
The tempests of the ocean, 

Deliver them from harm; 
Thy presence still be with them 

Wherever they may be; 
Though far from those who love them, 

Let them be nigh to Thee. 

597 C. M. MoRELL. 

MISSIONARIES EXHORTED. 

1 GO, and the Saviour's grace proclaim, 

Ye favoured men of God; 
Go, publish, through Immanuel's name, 
Salvation bought with blood. 

2 What though your arduous track may lie 

Through regions dark as death; 
What though, your faith and zeal to try, 
Perils beset your path; 

3 Yet with determined courage go, 

And armed with power divine: 
Your God will needful strength bestow, 
And on your labours shine. 

4 He who has called you to the war, 

Will recompense your pains; 
Before Messiah's conquering car 
Shall mountains sink to plains. 

5 Shrink not, though earth and hell oppose, 

But plead your Master's cause; 
Assured that e'en your mightiest foes 
Shall bow before His cross. 

689 



MISSIONS. 

598 8 s - > 7s. and 4s. Kelly. 

MISSIONARY CALL. 

1 MEN of God, go, take your stations, 

Darkness broods upon the earth: 
Loud proclaim among the nations 
Joyful news of heavenly birth. 

Bear the tidings 
Of the Saviour's matchless worth. 

2 Go to men in darkness sleeping; 

Tell that Christ is strong to save; 
Go to men in bondage weeping; 
Publish freedom to the slave: 

Tell the dying 
Christ has triumphed o'er the grave. 

3 What, though earth and hell united 

Should oppose the Saviour's reign ; 
Plead His cause to souls benighted; 
Fear ye not the face of men. 

Yain the tumult, 
Earth and hell will rage in vain. 

4 When exposed to fearful dangers, 

Jesus will His own defend ; 
Borne afar 'midst foes and strangers, 
Jesus is your faithful Friend ; 

And His presence 
Shall be with you to the end. 

599 S. M. Yoke. 

MISSIONARIES ENCOURAGED. 

1 YE messengers of Christ, 

His sovereign voice obey ; 
Arise, and follow where He leads, 

And peace attend your way. 

690 






EMBARKING OF MISSIONARIES. 

2 The Master whom you serve 
Will needful strength bestow; 

Depending on His promised aid, 
With sacred courage go. 

3 Mountains shall sink to plains, 
And hell in vain oppose; 

The cause is God's, and will prevail, 
In spite of all His foes. 

4 Go, spread the Saviour's fame, 
And tell His matchless grace 

To the most guilty and depraved 
Of Adam's numerous race. 

5 We wish you in His name, 
The most divine success; 

Assured that He who sends you forth 
Will all your labours bless. 

600 8s - an< i ? s - Miss. Psalmist. 

AT THE EMBARKING OF MISSIONARIES. 

1 SOFTLY blow, ye favouring breezes, 

Winds of heaven, propitious smile, 
Speed the ship across the ocean, 

Safely to her destined isle. 
Now she rides the bounding billow, 

Proudly urging on her way; 
He who holds the storm is with her, 

God, the missionary's stay. 

2 Fathers! faint not; those departing 

To a friendless heathen shore, 
Go to toil 'mid scenes of peril, 
Where Immanuel toiled before. 

691 



MISSIONS. 

Mothers ! weep not ; those your offspring, 
Bound to yonder pagan coast, 

Go to reap the noblest laurel, 
Go to seek the poor and lost. 

Who are these that haste to greet Thee, 

King of men ! in gathering crowds ? 
Who are these that fly to -meet Thee, 

Rapidly as summer's clouds? 
Lo ! the ships of Tarshish, bearing 

Nobler freight than Ophir saw; 
Thither, where the isles are waiting, 

Waiting for Messiah's law. 



(301 ^ s - and 6s - Lyte. 

THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL. 

1 OH ! that the Lord's salvation 

Were out of Zion come, 
To heal His ancient nation, 
To lead His outcasts home. 

2 How long the holy city 

Shall heathen feet profane? 
Return, O Lord, in pity, 
Rebuild her walls again. 

3 Let fall Thy rod of terror, 

Thy saving grace impart; 
Roll back the veil of error, 
Release the fettered heart; 

4 Let Israel, home returning, 

Their lost Messiah see; 
Give oil of joy for mourning, 
And bind Thy church to Thee. 

692 



ZION COMFOKTED. 
602 8s -> ^ s * an(i 4s - Kelly. 

ZION COMFORTED. 

1 ON the mountain's top appearing, 

Lo! the sacred herald stands, 
Welcome news to Zion bearing, 
Zion long in hostile lands; 

Mourning captive, 
God Himself will loose thy bands. 

2 Has thy night been long and mournful? 

Have thy friends unfaithful proved? 
Have thy foes been proud and scornful, 
By thy sighs and tears unmoved? 

Cease thy mourning, 
Zion still is well beloved. 

3 God, thy God, will now restore thee! 

He Himself appears thy Friend ; 
All thy foes shall flee before thee, 
Here their boasts and triumph end; 

Great deliverance 
Zion's King will surely send. 

4 Peace and joy shall now attend thee, 

All thy warfare now be past; 
God thy Saviour will defend thee, 
Yictory is thine at last: 

All thy conflicts 
End in everlasting rest. 

603 l m. 

Israel's restoration. 

1 THE song of Israel is hushed, 

And all their tales of triumph told, 
And mute is every voice that gushed 
In music to their harps of gold. 

693 



MISSIONS. 

2 A cloud is on their father's graves, 

And darkly spreads o'er Zion's hill; 
E'en there, their sons are scorned as slaves, 
Or roam like homeless wanderers still. 

3 Yet 'mid the world's tumultuous roar, 

Floats clear and sweet the solemn word, 
"O, virgin daughter, faint no more, 

Thy tears are seen, thy prayers are heard." 

4 What, though with spirits crushed and broke, 

Thy tribes like desert exiles rove, 
Though Judah feels the strangers' yoke, 
And Ephraim is a heartless dove. 

5 Yet, yet, shall Judah's Lion wake, 

And the bright day of promise come, 
Thy sons their iron bondage break, 

And God shall lead the wanderers home. 



604 Ij- &• Merrick. 



1 ARISE, great God, and let Thy grace 
Shed its glad beams on Jacob's race; 
Restore the long-lost, scattered band, 
And call them to their native land. 

2 Their misery let Thy mercy heal, 
Their trespass hide, their pardon seal, 
O God of Israel, hear our prayer, 

And grant them still Thy love to share, 

3 Thy quickening Spirit now impart, 
And wake to joy each grateful heart, 
While Israel's rescued tribes in Thee 
Their bliss and full salvation see. 

cm 



FOU ISRAEL. 
g05 k. M. Miss. Psalmist. 

HELP FOR ISRAEL. 

1 OH ! why should Israel's sons, once blessed, 

Still roam the scorning world around? 

Disowned of Heaven, by men oppressed, 

Outcasts from Zion's hallowed ground. 

2 O God of Jacob, view their race; 

Back to Thy fold the wanderers bring; 
Teach them to seek Thy slighted grace, 
To hail in Christ their promised King. 

3 While Judah views his birthright gone, 

With contrite shame his bosom move, 
The Saviour he denied, to own, 
The Lord he crucified, to love. 

4 Haste, glorious day, expected long, 

When Jew and Greek one prayer shall pour ; 
With eager feet one temple throng ; 
One God, with grateful praise, adore. 

606 C - P - M - C - Wesley. 

PLEA FOR ISRAEL. 

1 THE promise we for Israel plead, 
Oh ! that the once beloved seed 

Back to their Lord might come! 
Now bid them look on Thee and mourn ; 
Where'er dispersed, collect and turn, 

And bring Thy wanderers home. 

2 To Jews the gospel faith impart, 
And pastors after Thine own heart, 

Thine ancient flock to feed 
With knowledge of the crucified, 
The Lord, who by their malice died, 

And suffered in their stead. 

69o 



MISSIONS. 

607 L - M - Hyde- 
hope FOR ISRAEL. 

1 ISRAEL, Thy mournful night is past, 
Thy bitter cup wrung out at last; 

A day of rest to thee is given, 
The promise is laid up in heaven. 

2 The Lord will not forget the grace 
Reserved for faithful Abram's race; 
His love their wanderings shall restore, 
And guide them, that they stray no more. 

3 Israel! 'tis thine accepted day, 

Thy God, Himself, prepares the way: 
Behold His ensign from afar, 
Behold the light of Jacob's star. 

4 That star, which once o'er Bethlehem rose, 
A token on Thy mountains glows; 

The morn of earth's blessed jubilee 
Sheds its sweet early light on Thee. 

5 And Thou, who once on Israel's ground 
A homeless wanderer wast found, 
Redeemer, on Thy heavenly throne, 
Still call that ancient church Thine own. 

6 Bid her departed light return, 

Thy holy splendour round her burn; 
From prostrate Judah's ruins, raise 
A living temple to Thy praise. 

608 11 s - Fitzgerald's Coll. 
zion encouraged. 

1 DAUGHTER of Zion, awake from Thy sadness ; 
Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee no more, 
Bright o'er thy hills dawns the day-star of gladness ; 
Arise, for the night of thy sorrow is o'er. 

696 



ZION ENLARGED. 

2 Strong were thy foes; but the arm that subdued 

them, 
And scattered their legions, was mightier far ; 
They fled, like the chaff, from the scourge that 

pursued them, 
Yain were their steeds and their chariots of war. 

3 Daughter of Zion, the power that hath saved thee, 

Extolled with the harp and the timbrel should be ; 
Shout ; for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee, 
Th' oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free! 

609 W- Kelly. 

ZION ENLARGED. 

1 "GIVE us room, that we may dwell," 

Zion's children cry aloud ; 
See their numbers, how they swell, 
How they gather like a cloud. 

2 Oh! how bright the morning seems, 

Brighter, from so dark a night; 
Zion is like one that dreams, 
Filled with wonder and delight. 

3 Lo ! thy sun goes down no more, 

God Himself will be thy light; 
All that caused thee grief before 
Buried lies in endless night. 

4 Zion, now arise and shine, 

Lo, thy light from heaven is come; 
These that crowd from far are thine, 
Give thy sons and daughters room. 



30 (\97 



REVIVAL. 

REVIVAL. 

610 8s - and 7 s - Kelly. 

THE LORD'S VINEYARD. 

1 SEE the vineyard lately planted 

By Thy hand, O Lord of hosts! 
Let Thy people's prayer be granted, 

Keep it safe from hostile boasts; 
Hear Oh ! hear ns when we pray, 
Keep Thy vineyard night and day. 

2 Drooping plants revive and nourish ; 

Let them thrive beneath Thy hand ; 
Let the weak grow strong, and nourish, 

Blooming fair at Thy command; 
Let the fruitful yield Thee more, 
Laden with a faithful store. 

3 Further, Lord, be Thou entreated; 

Plant the barren waste around ; 
Let Thy work be thus completed, 

And no fruitless spot be found ; 
Let the earth a vineyard be, 
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee. 

Q21 L. M. Doddridge. 

THE VALLEY OF DRY BONES. 

1 LOOK down, O God, with pitying eye, 
See Adam's race in ruin lie; 

Sin spreads its trophies o'er the ground, 
And scatters slaughtered heaps around. 

2 And can these mouldering corpses live? 
And can these dead, dry bones revive? 
That, mighty God, to Thee is known, 
That wondrous work is all Thine own. 

69S 






NEEDED. 

3 Thy ministers are sent in vain 
To prophesy upon the slain, 

In vain they call, in vain they cry, 
Till Thine almighty aid is nigh. 

4 Oh! let Thy Spirit come and breathe 
New life through all the realms of death! 
Dry bones shall then obey Thy voice, 
Shall move, shall waken, and rejoice. 

5 Loud let the gospel-trumpet blow, 
Let all the isles their Saviour know: 
Oh! call the nations from afar; 
Make earth's remotest ends draw near. 

6 Then shall each age and rank agree 
To raise their shouts of praise to Thee ; 
The church will know, while loud she sings, 
That in her God are all her springs. 

612 8s. and 7s. Kyland. 

DECLENSION OF RELIGION LAMENTED. 

1 ONCE, O Lord, Thy garden flourished, 

Every part looked gay and green; 
Then Thy word our spirits nourished, 
Happy seasons we have seen! 

2 But a drought has since succeeded, 

And a sad decline we see; 
Lord, Thy help is greatly needed, 
Help can only come from Thee. 

3 Some, in whom we once delighted, 

"We shall meet no more below; 

Some, alas! we fear are blighted, 

Scarce a single leaf they show. 

4 Dearest Saviour, hasten hither, 

Thou canst make them bloom again: 
Oh ! permit them not to wither, 
Let not all our hopes be vain ! 

09fl> 



REVIVAL. 

613 8s., 7s. and 4s. Newton. 

PRAYER FOR A REVIVAL. 

1 SAYIOUK, visit Thy plantation; 

Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain! 
All will come to desolation, 
Unless Thou return again. 

Lord, revive us; 
All our help must come from Thee. 

2 Keep no longer at a distance ; 

Shine upon us from on high, 
Lest, for want of Thine assistance, 
Every plant should droop and die. 

3 Let our mutual love be fervent, 

Make us prevalent in prayers; 
Let each one esteemed Thy servant, 
Shun the world's bewitching snares. 

4 Break the tempter's fatal power; 

Turn the stony heart to flesh ; 
And begin from this good hour 
To revive Thy work afresh, 

614 3L- M. Campbell's Coll. 

GIVE HIM NO REST. 

1 O GOD of Zion, from the skies, 

In mercy bow Thy gracious ear ; 
While Zion's watchmen raise their cries, 
Do Thou, almighty Father, hear? 

2 Since Thy remembrancers they are, 

Why should Thy servants give Thee rest, 
Until, in answer to their prayer, 

Thy church is with Thy favour blessed? 

700 



SOUGHT. 

3 For this, O Lord, a suppliant crowd 

Here at Thy sacred footstool wait; 
For this we lift our voices loud, 
And ask and knock at mercy's gate. 

4 Look down with a propitious eye, 

Of those that seek Thee, now be found ; 
Bid unbelief and sorrow fly, 

And make our joy and praise abound. 

615 L. M. E. Scott. 

THE SPIRIT IMPLORED. 

1 FOKEYEK shall my fainting soul, 

O God, Thy just displeasure mourn? 
Thy grieved Spirit, long withdrawn, 
Will He no more to me return? 

2 Once I enjoyed, O happy time! 

The heartfelt visits of His grace; 
!Nor can a thousand varying scenes, 
The sweet remembrance quite efface. 

3 Beneath His warming, quickening beams, 

The icy rock dissolved away; 
New life diffused through all my powers, 
And darkness yielded to the day. 

4 When justice waved his dreadful sword, 

And guilt and fear my soul oppressed, 
He sprinkled o'er a Saviour's blood, 
And whispered pardon to my breast. 

5 Great Source of light and peace, return, 

Nor let me mourn or sigh in vain; 
Come, re-possess this longing heart, 
With all the graces of Thy train. 

6 This temple, hallowed by Thy hands, 

Once more be with Thy presence blessed; 
Here be Thy grace anew displayed, 
And this, Thy everlasting rest. 

T01 



REVIVAL. 

(316 8 s - and 7s. Hastings. 

RETURNING BACKSLIDERS. 

1 LORD, we bow with deep contrition, 

Low before Thy throne of grace; 
Hear us in Thy kind compassion, 
"While we seek Thy smiling face. 

2 Where but to a bleeding Saviour, 

Should we come for life and peace? 
Nothing but Thy boundless favour 
Can our burdened souls release. 

3 Thou hast witnessed our transgression, 

Thou hast seen our load of gnilt ; 
Witness now our deep confession, 
Thou, whose precious blood was spilt. 

4 Ah! this sin of covenant breaking, 

Canst Thou, wilt Thou, Lord, forgive? 
Shall we hear Thy mercy speaking? 
Canst Thou bid us look and live? 

5 Pardon, peace and consolation, 

At Thy bleeding cross we see; 
There we take an humble station, 
Lord, we look alone to Thee. 

QYJf 8s. and 7s. Waterbury 

SEEKING REVIVAL. 

1 MET, O God, to ask Thy presence, 

Join our souls to seek Thy grace; 
Oh ! deny us not, nor spurn us, 
Guilty rebels, from Thy face. 

2 May Thy people wake from slumber, 

Ere their lamps shall fail and die; 
Bridegroom of the church, awake them, 
Rouse them by the midnight crv. 

702 



SOUGHT. 

3 Let conviction seize the careless, 

Through their souls Thine arrows dart; 
Let Thy truth, so long neglected, 
Break and melt the flinty heart. 

4 O thou kind, forgiving Spirit, 

Comforter, on Thee we call; 
Cheer the saint, alarm the sinner, 
Oh ! revive, revive us all. 

(318 C. M. Campbell's Coll. 

SEEKING REVIVAL. 

1 WE now, O Lord, approach Thy throne, 

To open all our grief: 
Now send Thy promised mercy down, 
And grant us quick relief. 

2 Thou never saidst to Jacob's seed, 

"Seek ye my face," in vain; 
And canst Thou now deny Thine aid, 
When burdened souls complain? 

3 The same Thy power, Thy love the same, 

Unmoved the promise shines; 

Eternal truth surrounds Thy name, 

And guards the precious lines. 

4 Though Satan rage, and flesh rebel, 

And unbelief arise, 
We'll wait around Thy footstool still, 
For Thou wilt hear our cries. 

(319 8s. and 7s. Madan's Coll. 

LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 

1 LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling 
Borders on the shades of death ; 
Come, and by Thy love revealing, 
Dissipate the clouds beneath : 

70S 



REVIVAL. 

The new heaven and earth's Creator, 

In our deepest darkness rise, 
Scattering all the night of nature, 

Pouring light upon our eyes. 

2 Still we wait for Thine appearing; 

Life and joy Thy beams impart, 
Chasing all our fears, and cheering 

Every poor, benighted heart ; 
Come, and manifest Thy favour 

To the ransomed, helpless race; 
Come, Thou glorious God and Saviour, 

Come, and bring the gospel-grace. 

3 Save us, in Thy great compassion, 

O thou mild, pacific Prince; 
Give the knowledge of salvation, 

Give the pardon of our sins ; 
By Thine all-sufficient merit, 

Every burdened soul release; 
Every weary, wandering spirit, 

Guide into Thy perfect peace. 

620 L - M - Kingsbury, 

ministers' and people's prayer. 

1 GEEAT Lord of all Thy churches, hear 
Thy ministers' and people's prayer; 
Perfumed by Thee, O may it rise, 
Like fragrant incense to the skies. 

2 May every pastor from above 

Be new inspired with zeal and love, 
To watch Thy flock, Thy flock to feed, 
And sow with care the precious seed. 

3 Revive Thy churches with Thy grace, 
Heal all our breaches, grant us peace; 
Rouse us from sloth, our souls inflame 
With ardent zeal for Jesus' name. 

704 



SOUGHT. 

4 May young and old Thy word receive, 
Dead sinners hear Thy voice and live, 
The wounded conscience healing find, 
And joy refresh each drooping mind. 

5 May aged saints, matured with grace, 
Abound in fruits of holiness; 

And when transplanted to the skies, 
May younger in their stead arise. 

6 Thus we our suppliant voices raise; 
And weeping sow the seed of praise, 
In humble hope that Thou wilt hear 
Thy ministers' and people's prayer. 

621 °- M - Bathurst. 

SPIRIT OF HOLINESS. 

1 SPIEIT of holiness, look down, 

Our fainting hearts to cheer; 
And when we tremble at Thy frown, 
Oh! bring Thy comforts near. 

2 The fear which Thy convictions wrought, 

Oh! let Thy grace remove; 
And may the souls, which Thou hast taught 
To weep, now learn to love. 

3 Now let Thy saving mercy heal 

The wounds.it made before; 
Now on our hearts impress Thy seal, 
That we may doubt no more. 

4 Complete the work Thou hast begun, 

And make our darkness light, 
That we a globus race may run, 
Till faith be lost in sight. 

30* 705 



REVIVAL. 

5 Then, as our wandering eyes discern 
The Lord's unclouded face, 
In fitter language we shall learn 
To sing triumphant grace. 

622 S: M. P. H. Brown. 

PRAYER FOR A REVIVAL. 

1 O LOED, Thy work revive, 
In Zion's gloomy hour, 

And let our dying graces live 
By Thy restoring power. 

2 Oh ! let Thy chosen few 
Awake to earnest prayer; 

Their covenant again renew, 
And walk in filial fear. 

3 Thy Spirit then will speak 
Through lips of humble clay, 

Till hearts of adamant shall break, 
Till rebels shall obey. 

4 Now lend Thy gracious ear; 
Now listen to our cry: 

Oh ! come and bring salvation near ; 
Our souls on Thee rely. 

623 S - M - Bethune. 

SPIRIT SOUGHT. 

1 OH ! for the happy hour 
When God will hear our cry, 

And send, with a reviving power, 
His Spirit from on high. 

2 We meet, we sing, we pray; 
We listen to the word 

In vain ; we see no cheering ray, 
No cheering voice is heard. 

706 



SOWING IN TEARS. 

3 Our prayers are faint and dull, 
And languid all our songs; 

When once with joy our hearts were full, 
And rapture tuned our tongues. 

4 While many crowd Thy house, 
How few around Thy board 

Meet to record their solemn vows, 
And bless Thee as their Lord! 

5 Thou, Thou alone canst give 
Thy gospel sure success; 

Canst bid the dying sinner live 
Anew in holiness. 

6 Come, then, with power divine, 
Spirit of life and love; 

Then shall our people all be Thine, 
Our church, like that above. 

QQ4: 8s. and 7s. Hastings. 

SPIRITUAL HARVEST. 

1 HE that goeth forth with weeping, 

Bearing still the precious seed, 
Never tiring, never sleeping, 

All his labour shall succeed. 
Then will fall the rain of heaven, 

Then the sun of mercy shine; 
Precious fruits will then be given, 

Through an influence all divine. 

2 Sow thy seed, be never weary, 

Nor let fears thy mind employ, 
Be the prospect ne'er so dreary, 

Thou shalt reap the fruits of joy. 
Lo! the scene of verdure brightening, 

See the rising grain appear; 
Look again, the fields are whitening; 

Sure the harvest time is near. 

707 



REVIVAL. 

625 JL- M. Newton. 

HOPING FOR A REVIVAL. 

1 WHILE I to grief my soul gave way 

To see the work of God decline, 
Methought I heard the Saviour say, 
" Dismiss thy fears, the ark is Mine 

2 Though for a time I hid My face, 

Rely upon My love and power; 
Still wrestle at the throne of grace, 
And wait for a reviving hour. 

3 Take down thy long-neglected harp, 

I've seen thy tears and heard thy prayer: 
The winter season has been sharp, 

But spring shall all its wastes repair." 

4 Lord, I obey, my hopes revive: 

Come, join with me, ye saints, and sing; 
Our foes in vain against us strive, 

For God will help and triumph bring. 

626 7s. C. Wesley. 

CONVERTS MULTIPLIED. 

1 WHO are these that come from far, 

Swifter than a flying cloud? 
Thick as flocking doves they are, 

Eager in pursuit of God ; 
Trembling as the storm draws nigh, 

Hastening to the place of rest; 
See them to their windows fly, 

To the ark of Jesus' breast. 

2 Who are these but sinners poor, 

Conscious of their low estate; 

Sin-sick souls, who for their cure 

On the good Physician wait; 

708 



CONVERTS MULTIPLIED. 

Fallen, who bewail their fall, 
Proffered mercy who embrace, 

Listening to the gospel-call, 
Longing to be saved by grace. 

For his mate the turtle moans, 

For his God the sinner sighs; 
Hark ! the music of his groans, 

Humble groans that pierce the skies; 
Surely God their sorrows hears, 

Every accent, every look ; 
Treasures up their gracious tears; 

Notes their sufferings in His book. 

He, who hath their cure begun, 

"Will He now despise their pain? 
Can He leave His work undone; 

Bring them to the birth in vain? 
No; we all, who seek, shall find; 

"We, who ask, shall all receive; 
Be to Christ in spirit joined ; 

With Him ever, ever live. 



DEDICATIONS. 
627 H. M. Francis. 

ON OPENING A PLACE OF WORSHIP. 

1 IN sweet exalted strains, 

The King of glory praise; 

O'er heaven and earth He reigns, 

Through everlasting days : 

He, with a nod, the world controls, 

Sustains or sinks the distant poles. 

709 



DEDICATIONS. 

2 To earth He bends His throne, 

His throne of grace divine; 
"Wide is His bounty known. 

And wide His glories shine: 
Fair Salem, still His chosen rest, 
Is with His smiles and presence blessed. 

3 Then, King of glory, come, 

And with Thy favour crown 
This temple as Thy dome, 

This people as Thine own: 
Beneath this roof, oh! deign to show 
How God can dwell with men below. 

4 Here may Thine ears attend 

Our interceding cries; 
And grateful praise ascend 

All fragrant to the skies! 
Here may Thy word melodious sound, 
And spread the joys of heaven around ! 

5 Here, may th' attentive throng 

Imbibe Thy truth and love! 
And converts join the song 

Of seraphim above! 
And willing crowds surround the board 
With sacred joy, and sweet accord. 

6 Here, may our unborn sons 

And daughters sound Thy praise; 
And shine, like polished stones, 

Through long succeeding days! 
Here, Lord, display Thy saving power, 
"While temples stand and men adore! 



10 



LAYING OF A CORNER STONE. 

628 k. M. Montgomery. 

Solomon's prayer. 

1 HERE, in Thy Name, eternal God, 

We build this earthly house for Thee : 
Oh! make it now Thy fixed abode, 
And guard it long from error free. 

2 Here, when Thy people seek Thy face, 

And dying sinners pray to live, 
Hear Thou, in heaven, Thy dwelling-place, 
And when Thou nearest, Lord, forgive. 

3 Here, when Thy messengers proclaim 

The blessed gospel of Thy Son ; 
Still by the power of His great name, 
Be mighty signs and wonders done. 

4 When children's voices raise the song, 

Hosanna to their heavenly King; 
Let heaven, with earth, the strain prolong, 
Hosanna, let the angels sing. 

5 But will, indeed, Jehovah deign 

Here to abide, no transient guest? 
Here will our great Redeemer reign, 
And here the Holy Spirit rest ? 

6 Thy glory never hence depart: 

Yet choose not, Lord, this house alone; 
Thy kingdom come in every heart, 
In every bosom fix thy throne. 

629 7s. Montgomery. 

LAYING A CORNER-STONE. 

1 LORD of hosts, to Thee we raise 
Here a house of prayer and praise ; 
Thou Thy people's hearts prepare 
Here to meet for praise and prayer. 



11 



DEDICATION. 

2 Let tlie living here be fed 

With Thy word, the heavenly bread; 
Here, in hope of glory blessed, 
May the dead be laid to rest. 

3 Here to Thee a temple stand, 
While the sea shall gird the land; 
Here reveal Thy mercy sure, 
While the sun and moon endure. 

4 Hallelujah! earth and sky 
To the joyful sound reply; 
Hallelujah! hence ascend 

Prayer and praise till time shall end. 

630 6. m. Keed. 

THE SPIRIT INVOKED. 

1 SPIRIT divine, attend our prayer, 

And make this house Thy home; 
Descend with all Thy gracious power, 
Oh! come, Great Spirit, come! 

2 Come as the light: to us reveal 

Our sinfulness and wo, 
And lead us in the paths of life, 
Where all the righteous go. 

3 Come as the fire: and purge our hearts, 

Like sacrificial flame; 
Let our whole soul an offering be, 
To our Redeemer's name. 

4 Come as the dew: and sweetly bless 

This consecrated hour; 
May barrenness rejoice to own 
Thy fructifying power. 

712 



ERECTION OF A CHURCH. 

5 Come as a dove: and spread Thy wings, 

The wings of peaceful love : 
And let the church on earth become 
Blessed as the church above. . 

6 Come as the wind with " rushing sound," 

And Pentecostal grace, 
That all of women born may see 
The glory of Thy face. 

7 Spirit divine, attend our prayer, 

And make this house Thy home; 
Descend with all Thy gracious powers, 
Oh! come, Great Spirit, come! 

631 L - M. Doddridge. 

BIRTH PLACE OF SAINTS. 

1 THIS house, O Lord, for Thee we raise, 
Long may it echo with Thy praise; 
And Thou, descending, fill the place 
With choicest tokens of Thy grace. 

2 Here let the great .Redeemer reign, 
With all the glories of His train ; 
While power divine His word attends, 
To conquer foes and cheer His friends. 

3 And in the great decisive day, 
When Thou the nations shalt survey, 
May it before the world appear, 
That crowds were born to glory here. 

632 c - M - Pbatt's Coll. 

DEDICATION. 

1 WITHLN" this house, O Lord our God, 
In glory now appear ; 
Make it a place of Thine abode, 
And shed Thy blessings here. 

713 



DEDICATION. 

2 When we Thine awful seat surround, 

Thy Spirit, Lord, impart; 
And let Thy gospel's joyful sound 
With power reach every heart. 

3 Here let the Mind their sight obtain, 

Here give the mourners rest; 
Let Jesus here triumphant reign, 
Enthroned in every breast. 

4 Here let the voice of sacred joy 

And humble prayer arise; 
Till higher strains our tongues employ, 
In realms beyond the skies. 

633 C. M. Newton. 

OPENING A HOUSE OF WORSHIP. 

1 OH ! Shepherd of Thy people, hear ; 

Thy presence now display: 
Thou that hast given a house of prayer, 
Now give us hearts to pray. 

2 "Within these walls, let holy peace 

And love and concord dwell ; 
Here give the troubled conscience ease; 
The wounded spirit heal. 

3 May we in faith receive Thy word, 

In faith present our prayers; 
And in the presence of the Lord 
Unbosom all our cares. 

4 And may the gospel's joyful sound, 

By Thine almighty grace, 
Awaken slumbering sinners round 
To come and fill the place. 

714 



MORNING 



MORNING- AND EVENING-. 

634 L. M. Kenn. 

MORNING THANKSGIVING. 

1 WAKE and lift up thyself, my heart, 
And with the angels bear thy part, 
Who all night long unwearied sing 
High praises to th' eternal King. 

2 All praise to Thee, who safe hast kept, 
And hast refreshed me while I slept; 
Grant Lord, when I from death shall wake, 
I may of endless life partake. 

3 Lord! I my vows to Thee renew, 
Scatter my sins as morning dew; 

Guard my first springs of thought and will, 
And with Thyself my spirit fill. 

4: Direct, control, suggest, this day, 
All I design, or do, or say; 
That all my powers, with all their might, 
In Thy sole glory may unite. 

635 S. M. E. Scott. 

A MORNING HYMN. 

1 SEE how the mounting sun 

Pursues his shining way; 
And wide proclaims his Maker's praise, 

With every brightening ray. 



2 Thus would my rising soul 

Her heavenly Parent sing; 
And to her great Original, 

Her humbler tribute bring. 

715 



MORNING AND EVENING. 

3 Serene I laid me down 
Beneath His guardian care ; 

I slept, and I awoke and found 
My kind Preserver near ! 

4 Thus doth Thine arm support 
This weak defenceless frame; 

But whence such favours, Lord, to me, 
All worthless as I am? 

5 Oh! how shall I repay 
The bounties of my God? 

This feeble spirit pants beneath 
The pleasing, painful load. 

6 Dear Saviour, to Thy cross 
I bring my sacrifice ; 

Cleansed by Thy blood, it shall ascend 
"With fragrance to the skies. 

7 My life I would anew 
Devote, O Lord, to Thee: 

And in Thy service wish to spend 
A long eternity. 

636 c - M - Watts. 

A MORNING SONG. 

1 ONCE more, my soul, the rising day 

Salutes thy waking eyes ; 
Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay, 
To Him that rules the skies. 

2 Night unto night His name repeats, 

The day renews the sound ; 
Wide as the heaven on which He sits, 
To turn the seasons round. 

3 T'is He supports my mortal frame; 

My tongue shall speak His praise: 

My sins would rouse His wrath to flame, 

And yet His wrath delays. 

716 



MORNING. 

4 On a poor worm Thy power might tread, 

And I could ne'er withstand ; 
Thy justice might have crushed me dead, 
But mercy held Thine hand. 

5 A thousand wretched souls are fled, 

Since the last setting sun, 
And yet Thou lengthenest out my thread, 
And yet my moments run. 

6 Great God, let all my hours he Thine, 

Whilst I enjoy the light; 
Then shall my sun in smiles decline, 
And hring a pleasant night. 

637 C. M. Watts. 

FOR MORNING AND EVENING. 

1 HOSANNA, with a cheerful sound, 

To God's upholding hand, 
Ten thousand snares attend us round, 
And yet secure we stand. 

2 That was a most amazing Power 

That raised us with a word ; 
And every day, and every hour, 
We lean upon the Lord. 

3 The evening rests our weary head, 

And angels guard the room ; 

We wake, and we admire the hed 

That was not made our tomh. 

4 The rising morning can't assure 

That we shall end the day; 
For death stands ready at the door 
To take our lives away. 

5 Our hreath is forfeited "by sin, 

To God's avenging law ; 
We own Thy grace, immortal King! 
In every gasp we draw. 

717 



MORNING AND EVENING. 

6 God is our sun, whose daily light 
Our joy and safety brings ; 
Our feeble flesh lies safe at night, 
Beneath His shady wings. 

638 L. M. Edmeston. 

SABBATH EVENING. 

1 ANOTHER day has passed along, 

And we are nearer to the tomb : 
Nearer to join the heavenly song, 
Or hear the last eternal doom. 

2 Sweet is the light of Sabbath eve, 

And soft the sunbeams lingering there; 
For these blessed hours the world I leave, 
Wafted on wings of faith and prayer. 

3 The time, how lovely and how still; 

Peace shines and smiles on all below ; 
The plain, the stream, the wood, the hill, 
All fair with evening's setting glow. 

4 Season of rest ; the tranquil soul 

Eeels the sweet calm, and melts in love; 
And while these sacred moments roll, 
Faith sees a smiling heaven above. 

5 Nor will our days of toil be long; 

Our pilgrimage will soon be trod, 
And we shall join the ceaseless song; 
The endless Sabbath of our God. 

639 ? s - Hastings. 

EVENING HYMN. 

1 NOW from labour and from care, 
Evening shades have set me free; 
In the work of praise and prayer, 

Lord, I would converse with Thee: 
Oh ! behold me from above ; 
Fill me with a Saviour's love. 

frlS 



EVENING. 

2 Sin and sorrow, guilt and woe, 

Wither all my earthly joys: 
Naught can charm me here below 

But my Saviour's melting voice: 
Lord, forgive > Thy grace restore, 
Make me Thine for evermore. 

3 For the blessings of this day, 

For the mercies of this hour, 
For the gospel's cheering ray, 

For the Spirit's quickening power 
Grateful notes to Thee I raise, 
Oh ! accept my song of praise. 

640 t ?k Steele. 

AN EVENING SONG. 

1 GREAT God, to Thee my evening song 

With hnmble gratitude I raise; 
Oh ! let Thy mercy tune my tongue, 
And fill my heart with lively praise! 

2 My days nnclouded as they pass, 

And every gentle rolling hour 
Are monuments of wondrous grace, 
And witness to Thy love and power. 

3 And yet this thoughtless, wretched heart, 

Too oft regardless of Thy love, 
Ungrateful, can from Thee depart, 
And, fond of trifles, vainly rove. 

4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood 

Of Jesus: His dear name alone 
I plead for pardon, gracious God, 
And kind acceptance at Thy throne. 

719 



MORNING AND EVENING. 

5 Let this blessed hope mine eyelids close, 
With sleep refresh my feeble frame ; 
Safe in Thy care may I repose, 

And wake with praises to Thy name. 

641 CM. Mason. 

THE EVENING SACRIFICE. 

1 NOW, from the altar of onr hearts, 

Let flames of love arise ; 
Assist us, Lord, to offer up, 
Our evening sacrifice. 

2 Minutes and mercies multiplied, 

Have made up all this day; 
Minutes came quick, but mercies were 
More swift and free than they. 

3 New time, new favour, and new joys, 

Do a new song require: 
Till we shall praise Thee as we would, 
Accept our hearts' desire. 

4 Lord of our days, whose hand hath set 

New time upon our score; 
Thee may we praise for all our time, 
When time shall be no more. 

642 c - M- Kikk White. 

EVENING WORSHIP. 

1 O LORD, another day has flown, 

And we, a lonely band, 
Are met once more before Thy throne, 
To bless Thy fostering hand. 

2 And wilt Thou bend a listening ear, 

To praises low as ours? 
Thou wilt! for Thou dost love to hear 

The sons; which meekness pours. 

720 



SATURDAY EVENING. 

3 And Jesus, Thou Thy smiles wilt deign, 

As we before Thee pray; 
For Thou didst bless the infant train, 
And we are less than they. 

4 Oh! let Thy grace perform its part, 

And let contention cease; 
And shed abroad in every heart 
Thine everlasting peace! 

5 Thus chastened, cleansed, entirely Thine, 

A flock by Jesus led; 
The sun of holiness shall shine 
In glory on our head. 

6 And Thou wilt turn our wandering feet, 

And Thou wilt bless our way; 
Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet 
The dawn of lasting day. 

^43 ^ s - Newton. 

SATURDAY EVENING. 

1 SAFELY through another week, 

God has brought us on our way; 
Let us now a blessing seek 

On th' approaching Sabbath-day : 
Day of all the week best, 
Emblem of eternal rest. 

2 Mercies multiplied each hour, 

Through the week, our praise demand: 
Guarded by Almighty power, 

Fed, and guided by His hand: 
Though ungrateful we have been, 
Only made returns of sin. 

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THE YEAR. 

3 "While we pray for pardoning grace, 

Through the dear .Redeemer's name, 
Show Thy reconciled face, 

Shine away our sin and shame: 
From our worldly cares set free, 
May we rest this night with Thee. 

4 When the morn shall bid us rise, 

May we feel Thy presence near; 
May Thy glory meet our eyes, 

When we in Thy house appear: 
There afford us, Lord, a taste 
Of our everlasting feast. 

5 May Thy gospel's joyful sound, 

Conquer sinners, comfort saints; 
Make the fruits of grace abound, 

Bring relief for all complaints: 
Thus may all our Sabbaths prove, 
Till we join the church above. 



THE YEAR 
644 C. M. Watts. 

FRAIL LIFE AND SUCCEEDING ETERNITY 

1 THEE we adore, eternal Name! 

And humbly own to Thee 
How feeble is our mortal frame 
What dying worms are we! 

2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still, 

As months and days increase; 
And every beating pulse we tell 

Leaves the small number less. 

- $2 



NEW YEAR. 

3 The year rolls round, and steals away 
The breath at first it gave; 
Whate'er we do, where'er we go, 
We 're travelling to the grave. 
4: Dangers stand thick through all the ground 
To push us to the tomb ; 
And fierce diseases wait around, 
To hurry mortals home. 

5 Great God ! on what a slender thread 

Hang everlasting things! 
Th' eternal state of all the dead 
Upon life's feeble strings! 

6 Infinite joy or endless woe 

Attends on every breath ; 
And yet how unconcerned we go, 
Upon the brink of death! 

7 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense, 

To walk this dangerous road ; 
And if our souls are hurried hence, 
May they be found with God. 

645 I* M. Doddridge. 

NEW YEAR. 

1 GOD of our lives, Thy constant care 
With blessings crowns each opening year; 
Our guilty lives Thou dost prolong, 
Awake anew our annual song. 

2 How many precious souls are fled 
To the vast regions of the dead, 
Since from this day the changing sun, 
Through his last yearly period run ! 

3 Our breath is Thine, eternal God ; 
'Tis Thine to fix our soul's abode; 
We hold our lives from Thee alone, 
On earth, or in the world unknown. 

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THE YEAR. 

4 To Thee onr spirits we resign ; 

Make them and own them still as Thine ; 
So shall they smile secure from fear, 
Though death should blast the rising year. 

646 ^* $L Shoveller. 

PRAYER FOR THE NEW TEAR. 

1 BLESSED be th' eternal Infinite! 

Whose skill conducts this rolling sphere; 
Who rules our day, who guards our night, 
And guides the swift, revolving year! 

2 Our race are falling every hour, 

While we distinguished yet appear; 
'Tis of Thy matchless love and power, 
That we are spared another year. 

3 Oh ! for a sweet refreshing time ; 

Saviour ! Thy people wish Thee near ; 
Come, and our joys shall be sublime, 
While we begin another year. 

4 May Thy good Spirit be our guide, 

While thus we stay as pilgrims here; 
Nor let us from our God backslide, 
As we have done the former year. 

5 Strengthen our faith, increase our love 

Fill us with godly, filial fear, 
And to Thy waiting children prove 

Thy grace through every fleeting year. 

6 This truth impress on every soul, 

That vast eternity is near; 
That time's swift moments onward roll, 
To bring the last, the closing year. 

7 When nature in a blaze shall die, 

Or death conclude our being here; 

Then to our Jesus may we fly, 

To spend a never-ending year. 

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NEW YEAR. 
(34*7 L. M. Doddridge. 

COMMITTING THE NEW TEAR TO GOD. 

1 GREAT God, we sing that mighty hand, 
By which supported, still we stand; 
The opening year Thy mercy shows, 

Let mercy crown it till it close. 

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad, 
Still we are guarded by our God; 
By His incessant bounty fed, 

By His unerring counsel led. 

3 With grateful hearts the past we own ; 
The future, all to us unknown, 

We to Thy guardian care commit, 
And peaceful leave before Thy feet. 

4 In scenes exalted or depressed, 

Be Thou our joy and ThoU our rest; 
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise, 
Adored through all our changing days. 

5 When death shall interrupt our songs, 
And silence these our mortal tongues, 
Our helper, God, in whom we trust, 
In better worlds, our souls shall boast 

648 ^ s - Newton. 

WE SPEND OUR YEARS AS A TALE. 

1 WHILE with ceaseless course the snn 

Hasted through the former year, 
Many souls their race have run, 
Never more to meet us here. 

2 Fixed in an eternal state, 

They have done with all below ; 
We a little longer wait, 

But how little, none can know. 

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THE YEAR. 

3 As the winged arrow flies, 

Speedily the mark to find; 
As the lightning from the skies, 
Darts and leaves no trace behind: 

4 Swiftly thus our fleeting days 

Bear us down life's rapid stream 
Upwards, Lord, our spirits raise, 
All below is but a dream. 

5 Thanks for mercies past receive, 

Pardon of our sins renew; 
Teach us henceforth how to live 
With eternity in view. 

6 Bless Thy word to young and old; 

Fill us with a Saviour's love; 
And when life's short tale is told, 
May we dwell with Thee above. 

049 $s., 7s. and 4s. Bulmer. 

NEW YEAR. 

1 THROUGH another year conducted, 

Unto Thee our song we raise; 
For Thy rich unbounded kindness 
Thee we humbly join to praise: 

Lord, assist us 
Still to walk in wisdom's ways. 

2 While again we bow before Thee, 

Using here the means of grace; 
While in worship we adore Thee, 
In this oft-frequented place, 

Oh ! permit us 
To behold the Saviour's face. 

3 While the word of life is preach 

May Thy Spirit now descend ; 



SEASONS. 

Thus enlivened, thus distinguished, 
May this year in mercy end; 

And Jehovah 
Be our everlasting Friend. 

650 k M. Dobell's Coll. 

THE SEASONS. 

1 THY providence, great God, we praise; 
How good and great are all Thy ways! 
Thy bounty crowns our passing years, 
And dissipates our anxious fears. 

2 Thy promise stands for ever fast, 

While sun, and moon, and earth shall last; 

The laws of seasons shall endure 

Till time and stars are known no more. 

3 Summer and winter, cold and heat, 
And night and day in order meet; 
Seed-time and harvest, each succeed, 
To prove Thy love, supply our need. 

4 "When years are past, and seasons o'er, 
We still shall prove Thy covenant sure* 
And in the shining realms above 
Adore Thy goodness and Thy love. 

651 C. M. Steele. 

SPRING. 

1 WHEN beauty clothes the fertile vale, 

And birds their chorus sing, 
And fragrance breathes in every gale, 
How sweet the day of spring! 

2 Oh! let my inmost heart confess, 

With grateful joy and love, 
The bounteous hand that deigns to bless 
The garden, field and grove. 

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THE YEAR. 

3 Inspired to praise, my soul would join 

Glad nature's cheerful song : 
While love and gratitude combine 
To tune my joyful tongue. 

4 And faith exults, that yet the spring 

Of righteousness and praise, 
Our Saviour, God, will surely bring, 
And in all nations raise. 

652 C. M. ISTeedham. 

THE JOY OF THE HARVEST. 

1 TO praise the ever-bounteous Lord, 

My soul wake all thy powers : 
He calls, and at His voice come forth 
The smiling harvest-hours. 

2 His covenant with the earth He keeps, 

My tongue His kindness sing; 
Summer and winter know their time, 
His harvest crowns the spring. 

3 Well pleased, the toiling swains behold 

The waving yellow crop ; 
With joy they bear the sheaves away, 
And sow again in hope. 

4 Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow 

The seeds of righteousness ; 
Smile on my soul, and with Thy beams 
The ripening harvest bless. 

5 Then in the last great harvest, I 

Shall reap a glorious crop ; 
The harvest shall by far exceed 
What I have sowed in hope. 

728 



HARVEST. 
653 L. M. Dobell's Coll. 

HARVEST SONG. 

1 GREAT God, as seasons disappear, 
And changes mark the rolling year; 
Thy favour still has crowned our days, 
And we would celebrate Thy praise. 

2 The harvest song would we repeat ; 
Thou givest us the finest wheat ; 
The joys of harvest we have known : 
The praise, O Lord, is all Thine own. 

3 Our tables spread, our garners stored, 
Oh ! give us hearts to bless Thee, Lord ; 
Forbid it, Source of light and love, 

That hearts and lives should barren prove. 

4 Another harvest comes apace ; 
Ripen our spirits by Thy grace, 
That we may calmly meet the blow, 
The sickle gives to lay us low. 

5 That so, when angel reapers come 

To gather sheaves to Thy blessed home, 
Our spirits may be borne on high, 
To Thy safe garner in the sky. 

QQ4: ^. M. Beddome. 

HARVEST IMPROVED. 

1 LIFT up your joyful eyes, and see, 

A plenteous harvest all around, 
The crop matured and not a grain 
Shall useless fall upon the ground. 

2 A harvest of immortal souls, 

Prepared by sovereign grace and power; 
Nor heat, nor cold, nor winds, nor storms, 

Shall hurt, nor birds of prey devour. 
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THE YEAR. 

3 An arm divine protects the saints, 

Omniscience rests on their abode; 
Christ will conduct them safely home, 
Their kind Protector and their God. 

4 O happy day, when every sheaf, 

Ripened for glory shall be found ; 
When all the saints are gathered in, 
The joy of harvest shall resound! 

655 %' M* Doddridge. 

THE SEASONS CROWNED WITH GOODNESS. 

1 ETERNAL Source of every joy ! 
Thy praise shall every voice employ, 
While in Thy temple we appear 

To hail Thee sovereign of the year. 

2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll, 

Thy hand supports and guides the whole; 
The sun is taught by Thee to rise, 
And darkness when to veil the skies. 

3 The flowery spring at Thy command, 
Perfumes the air, and paints the land ; 
The summer rays with vigour shine, 
To raise the corn and cheer the vine. 

4 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours 
Through all our coasts redundant stores ; 
While winters, softened by Thy care, 
No face of want or horror wear. 

5 Seasons, and months, and weeks and days, 
Demand successive songs of praise ; 

And be the grateful homage paid, 
With morning light and evening shade. 

6 Here in Thy house let incense rise, 
And circling Sabbaths bless our eyes, 
Till to those brighter courts we soar 
Where days and years revolve no more. 

730 



AUTUMN. 

656 8 s * and 7s. Bishop Horne. 

autumn. 

1 SEE the leaves around us falling, 

Dry and withered, to the ground; 
Thus to thoughtless mortals calling, 
In a sad and solemn sound. 

2 Sons of Adam, once in Eden, 

Where, like us, he blighted fell, 
Hear the lesson we are reading; 
Mark the awful truth we tell. 

3 Youth, on length of days presuming, 

Who the paths of pleasure tread, 
View us, late in beauty blooming, 
Numbered now among the dead. 

4 What though yet no losses grieve you, 

Gay with health and many a grace, 
Let not cloudless skies deceive you; 
Summer gives to autumn place. 

5 Yearly in our course returning, 

Messengers of shortest stay, 
Thus we preach this truth concerning 
Heaven and earth shall pass away. 

fi On the tree of life eternal, 

Oh! let all our hopes be laid! 
This alone, for ever vernal, 

Bears a leaf that shall not fade. 

667 C. M. Steele. 

WINTER. 

1 STEKN winter throws his icy chains, 
Encircling nature round; 
How bleak, how comfortless the plains, 
Late with gay verdure crowned! 

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THE YEAK. 

2 The sun withdraws his vital beams, 

And light and warmth depart; 
And drooping, lifeless, nature seems 
An emblem of my heart. 

3 My heart, where mental winter reigns, 

In night's dark mantle clad, 
Confined in cold inactive chains, 
How desolate and sad! 

4 Return, O blissful Sun, and bring 

Thy soul reviving ray; 
This mental winter shall be spring, 
This darkness, cheerful day. 

5 Oh! happy state, divine abode, 

Where spring eternal reigns; 
And perfect day, the smile of God, 
Fills all the heavenly plains! 

6 Great Source of light, Thy beams display, 

My drooping joys restore, 
And guide me to the seat of day, 
Where winter frowns no more. 



YOUTH AND AGE. 
658 S. M. Pratt's Coll. 

PRAYER FOR GUIDANCE. 

1 FKOM earliest dawn of life, 
Thy goodness we have shared ; 

And still we live to sing Thy praise, 
By sovereign mercy spared. 

2 To learn and do Thy will, 
O Lord, our hearts incline. 

And o'er the paths of future life 
Command Thy light to shine. 

732 



YOUTH. 

3 While taught Thy word of truth, 
May we that word receive; 

And when we hear of Jesus' name, 
In that blessed name believe. 

4 Oh! let us never tread, 
The broad destructive road, 

But trace those holy paths which lead 
To glory, and to God. 

659 S. M. Yil. Hymns. 

CALL TO YOUTH. 

1 MY son, know thou the Lord, 
Thy father's God obey; 

Seek His protecting care by night, 
His guardian hand by day. 

2 Call, while He may be found, 
Oh! seek Him while He's near; 

Serve Him with all thy heart and mind, 
And worship Him with fear. 

3 If thou wilt seek His face, 
His ear will hear thy cry; 

Then shalt thou find His mercy sure, 
His grace for ever nigh. 

4 But if thou leave thy God, 
Nor choose the path to heaven ; 

Then shalt thou perish in thy sins, 
And never be forgiven. 

660 C. M. Beddome. 

DISCRETION. 

1 FKAIL youth are in a slippery path, 
Beset with mighty foes; 
Surrounded with disease and death, 
Unnumbered sins and woes. 

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YOUTH AND AGE. 

2 Their passions war against the soul, 

And lead their feet astray ; 
Submitting to the world's control, 
They shun the narrow way. 

3 To vanities of time and sense, 

Their youthful hearts are prone ; 
ow difficult to draw them thence, 
To seek a heavenly crown! 

4 Great God, the work is wholly Thine, 

To guide our erring youth ; 
Do Thou their wandering hearts incline 
To seek the ways of truth. 

5 Restrain impetuous passions, Lord ; 

Upward direct their eyes; 
Give them a heart to know Thy word, 
And all Thy counsels prize. 

661 C. M. Doddridge. 

YOUNG INVITED TO CHRIST. 

1 YE hearts, with youthful vigour warm, 

In smiling crowds draw near, 
And turn from every mortal charm, 
A Saviour's voice to hear. 

2 He, Lord of all the worlds on high, 

Stoops to converse with you ; 
And lays His radiant glories by, 
Your friendship to pursue. 

3 "The soul that longs to see My face, 

Is sure My love to gain ; 
And those that early seek My grace 
Shall never seek in vain." 

4 What object Lord, my soul should move, 

If once compared with Thee? 
What beauty should command my love 
Like what in Christ I see? 

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YOUTH. 

5 Away, ye false, delusive toys, 
Yain tempters of the mind; 
'Tis here I fix my lasting choice, 
And here true bliss I find. 

662 C - M - Logan. 

IMPORTANCE OF THE SEASON OF YOUTH. 

1 OH ! in the morn of life, when youth, 

With vital ardour glows, 
And shines in all the fairest charms, 
That beauty can disclose; 

2 Deep in thy soul, before its powers 

Are yet by vice enslaved, 
Be thy Creator's glorious name 
And character engraved. 

3 Ere yet the shades of sorrow cloud 

The sunshine of thy days; 
And cares and toils, in endless round, 
Encompass all thy ways : 

4 Ere yet thy heart the woes of age, 

"With vain regret, deplore, 
And sadly muse on former joys, 
That now return no more. 

5 True wisdom, early sought and gained, 

In age will give thee rest : 
Oh! then improve the morn of life, 
To make its evening blessed! 

663 s. M. 

SWEETNESS OF EARLY PIETY. 

1 SWEET is the time of Spring, 

When nature's charms appear; 
The birds with ceaseless pleasure sing, 

And hail the opening year. 

735 



YOUTH AND AGE. 

2 But sweeter far the spring 
Of wisdom, and of grace, 

When children bless and praise their King, 
Who loves the youthful race. 

3 Sweet is the dawn of day, 
When light just streaks the sky, 

When shades and darkness pass away, 
And morning beams are nigh. 

4 But sweeter far the dawn 
Of piety in youth ; 

When doubt and darkness are withdrawn, 
Before the light of truth. 

5 Sweet is the early dew, 
Which gilds the mountain tops; 

And decks each plant and flower we view, 
With pearly, glittering drops. 

6 But sweeter far the scene, 
On Zion's holy hill; 

When there the dew of youth is seen, 
Its freshness to distil. 

7 Sweet is the opening flower, 
Which just begins to bloom, 

Which, every day and every hour, 
Fresh beauties will assume. 

8 But sweeter that young heart, 
Where faith, and love, and peace, 

Blossom and bloom in every part, 
With sweet and varied grace. 

9 Oh ! may life's early spring, 
And morning, ere they flee, 

Youth's dew, and its fair blossoming, 
Be given, my God, to Thee. 

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YOUTH. 
(564 L. M. Yil. Hymns. 

YOUTH WARNED. 

1 YE lovely bands of blooming youth, 
"Warned by the voice of heavenly truth, 
Now yield to Christ your youthful prime, 
With all your talents and your time. 

2 Think on your end, nor thoughtless say, 
"I'll put far off the evil day;" 

Ah ! not a moment 's in your power, 
And death stands ready at the door. 

3 Eternity! how near it rolls, 

Count the vast value of your souls ; 

Beware! and count the awful cost, 

"What they have gained whose souls are lost. 

4 Pride, sinful pleasures, lusts and snares, 
Beset your hearts, your eyes, your ears, 
Take the alarm, the danger fly, 

Lord, save me, be your earnest cry. 

665 C - M - C - Lesley. 

MIDDLE AGE. 

1 AND have I measured half my days, 

And half my journey run, 
Nor tasted the Redeemer's grace, 
Nor yet my work begun? 

2 The morning of my life is past: 

The noon is almost o'er: 
The night of death approaches fast, 
When I can work no more. 



YOUTH AND AGE 

3 O Thou, who seest and knowest my grief, 

Thyself unseen, unknown, 
In mercy help my unbelief, 
And melt my heart of stone. 

4 Regard me with a gracious eye, 

The long-sought blessing give; 
And bid me, at the point to die, 
Behold Thy face, and live. 

666 Q* M. William's Coll. 

PRAYER OF THE AGED. 

1 ETERNAL God! enthroned on high! 

Whom angel hosts adore: 
Who yet to suppliant dust art nigh, 
Thy presence I implore. 

2 Oh ! guide me down the steep of age, 

And keep my passions cool; 
Teach me to scan the sacred page, 
And practise every rule. 

3 My flying years time urges on, 

What's human must decay: 
My friends, my young companions, gone> 
Can I expect to stay? 

4 Ah ! no, then soothe the mortal hour, 

On Thee my hope depends; 
Support me with almighty power, 
While dust to dust descends. 

667 c - M - Logan. 

THE AGED RESTING ON GOD. 

1 ALMIGHTY Father of mankind, 
On Thee my hopes remain; 
And when the day of trouble comes, 
I shall not trust in vain. 

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MARINERS. 

2 In early years Thou wast my guide, 

And of my youth the Friend ; 

And as my days began with Thee, 

With Thee my days shall end. 

3 Thou wilt not cast me off, when age 

And evil days descend; 
Thou wilt not leave me in despair, 
To mourn my latter end. 

4 Therefore in life I'll trust to Thee, 

In death I will adore; 
And after death will sing Thy praise, 
When time shall be no more. 



MARINERS 
668 $s., 7s. and 4s. Seamen's Hymns. 

FAR, FAB AT SEA. 

1 STAR of peace to wanderers weary, 

Bright the beams that smile on me, 
Cheer the pilot's vision dreary, 
Far, far at sea. 

2 Star of hope, gleam on the billow, 

Bless the soul that sighs for Thee, 
Bless the sailor's lonely pillow, 
Far, far at sea. 

3 Star of faith, when winds are mocking 

All his toil, he flies to Thee; 
Save him, on the billows rocking, 
Far, far at sea. 

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MARINERS. 

4 Star Divine, oh! safely guide him, 
Bring the wanderer home to Thee; 
Sore temptations long have tried him, 
Far, far at sea. 

669 C. M. Sel. Hymns. 

PKAYER FOR SEAMEN. 

1 WE come, O Lord, before Thy throne, 

And, with united pleas, 
We meet and pray for those who roam 
Far off upon the seas. 

2 Oh! may the Holy Spirit bow 

The sailor's heart to Thee, 
Till tears of deep repentance flow 
Like rain-drops in the sea. 

3 Then may a Saviour's dying love 

Pour peace into his breast, 
And waft him to the port above, 
Of everlasting rest. 

670 L. M. Watts. 

THE SEAMAN'S SONG. 

1 WOULD you behold the works of God, 
His wonders in the world abroad ? 
With hardy mariners survey 

The unknown regions of the sea. 

2 They leave their native shores behind, 
And seize the favour of the wind ; 
Till God command, and tempests rise, 
That heave the ocean to the skies. 

3 When land is far, and death is nigh, 
Bereaved of hope, to God they cry ; 
His mercy hears their loud address, 
And sends salvation in distress. 

740 



CHRISTIAN'S VOYAGE. 

4 He bids the winds their wrath assuage, 
And stormy tempests cease to rage; 
The grateful band their fears give o'er, 
And hail with joy their native shore. 

5 Oh ! may the sons of men record 
The wondrous goodness of the Lord ; 
Let them their purest offerings bring, 
And in His church His glory sing. 

671 H. M. Toplady's Coll. 

THE CHRISTIAN'S VOYAGE. 

1 JESUS, at Thy command, 

I launch into the deep, 
And leave my native land, 
Where sin lulls all asleep; 
For Thee I fain would all resign, 
And sail to heaven with Thee and Thine. 

2 What though the seas are broad? 

What though the waves are strong? 
What though tempestuous storms 
Distress me all along? 
Yet what are seas or stormy wind? 
Compared to Christ; the sinner's Friend? 

3 Christ is my Pilot wise, 

My compass is His word, 
My soul each storm defies, 

While I have such a Lord : 
I trust His faithfulness and power, 
To save me in the trying hour. 

4 Though rocks and quicksands deep 

Through all my passage lie; 
Yet Christ will safely keep 
And guide me with His eye; 
How can I sink with such a prop, 
That bears the world and all things up ? 

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NATIONAL. 

5 Come, heavenly wind, and blow 
A prosperous gale of grace, 
To waft me from below, 

To heaven, my destined place: 
Then, in full sail, my port I'll find, 
And leave the world and sin behind. 



NATIONAL. 
672 L. M. Davies. 

ON A NATIONAL FAST IN WAR. 

1 WHILE o'er our guilty land, O Lord, 
We view the terrors of the sword, 
Oh! whither shall the helpless fly? 
To whom, but Thee, direct their cry? 

2 The suffering sinner's cries and tears 
Are grown familiar to Thine ears: 
Oft has Thy mercy sent relief, 
When all was fear and hopeless grief. 

3 On Thee, our guardian God, we call, 
Before Thy throne of grace we fall; 
And is there no deliverance there? 
And must we perish in despair? 

4 See, we repent, we weep, we mourn, 
To our forsaken God we turn; 

Oh! spare our guilty country, spare 

The church, which Thou hast planted here. 

5 We plead Thy grace, indulgent God, 
We plead Thy Son's atoning blood, 
We plead Thy gracious promises: 
And are they unavailing pleas? 

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FAST DAY. 

6 These pleas, presented at Thy throne, 

Have brought ten thousand blessings down, 
On guilty lands in helpless woe ; 
Let them prevail to save us too. 

673 ^- M- Bedpome. 

A PRAYER FOR PEACE. 

1 WAR, horrid war, deep stained in blood, 

Still pours its havoc through our land; 
Almighty God, restrain the flood ; 

Say "'tis enough!" and stay Thine hand. 

2 Let peace descend with balmy wing, 

And all her blessings round us shed; 
Our liberties be well secured, 

And commerce lift its fainting head. 

3 Let the loud cannon cease to roar, 

The warlike trump no longer sound; 
The din of arms be heard no more, 
Nor human blood pollute the ground. 

4 Let hostile troops drop from their hands, 

The useless sword, the glittering spear; 
And join in friendship's sacred bands, 
Nor one dissentient voice be there. 

5 Thus save, O Lord, a sinking land ; 

Millions of tongnes shall then adore, 
Resound the honours of Thy name, 

And spread Thy praise from shore to shore. 

674 Q; M- Steele. 

HUMILIATION FOR NATIONAL SINS. 

1 SEE, gracious Lord, before Thy throne, 
Thy mourning people bend ! 
is on Thy sovereign grace alone 
Our humble hopes depend. 

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NATIONAL. 

2 Tremendous judgments from Thy hand 

Thy dreadful power display; 
Yet mercy spares this guilty land, 
And still we live to pray. 

3 How changed, alas! For truths divine, 

See error, guilt and shame! 
What impious numbers, bold in sin, 
Disgrace the Christian name! 

4 Oh! turn us, turn us, mighty Lord, 

By Thy resistless grace ; 
Then shall our hearts obey Thy word, 
And humbly seek Thy face. 

5 Then, should insulting foes invade, 

We shall not sink in fear; 
Secure of never-failing aid, 
Since God, our God, is near. 

675 c - M- Leech : Watts. 

A PRATER DURING GENERAL SICKNESS. 

1 DEATH, with his dread commission sealed 

Now hasten to his arms; 
In awful state he takes the field, 
And sounds his dire alarms. 

2 Attendant plagues around him throng, 

And w T ait his high command ; 
And pains, and dying groans, obey 
The signal of his hand. 

3 With cruel force he scatters round 

His shafts of deadly power ; 
While the grave waits his destined prey, 
Impatient to devour. 

4 Diseases are Thy servants, Lord, 

They come at Thy command: 
We'll not attempt a murmuring word, 
Against Thy chastening hand. 

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THANKSGIVING. 

5 Yet, may we plead with humble cries, 

Remove Thy sharp rebukes: 
Our strength consumes, our spirit dies, 
Through Thy repeated strokes. 

6 In anger, Lord, rebuke us not, 

Withdraw these dreadful storms: 
Nor let Thy fury grow so hot, 
Against poor feeble worms. 

7 Oh! hear when dust and ashes speak, 

And pity all our pain; 
Oh! save us, for Thy mercy's sake, 
And send us health again. 

676 C. M. Gibbons. 

THANKSGIVING FOR VICTORY. 

1 TO Thee, who reignest supreme above, 

And reignest supreme below, 
Thou God of wisdom, power, and love, 
We our successes owe. 

2 The thundering horse, the martial band, 

Without Thine aid were vain; 

And victory flies at Thy command 

To crown the bright campaign. 

3 Thy mighty arm, unseen, was nigh, 

When we our foes assailed ; 
'Tis Thou hast raised our honours high, 
And o'er their hosts prevailed. 
4- Their mounds, their camps, their lofty towers 
Into our hands are given; 
Not from desert nor strength of ours, 
But through the grace of heaven. 
5 The Lord of hosts, our Helper, lives; 
His name be ever blessed : 
'Tis His own arm the victory gives; 
He grants His people rest. 
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NATIONAL. 
677 L. M. Steele. 

THANKSGIVING FOR NATIONAL PEACE. 

1 GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies, 

A word of Thine almighty breath 
Can sink the world, or bid it rise: 
Thy smile is life, Thy frown is death. 

2 When angry nations rush to arms, 

And rage, and noise, and tumult reign; 
And war resounds its dire alarms, 

And slaughter spreads the hostile plain; 

3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down, 

And marks their course, and bounds their power; 
Thy word the angry nations own, 

And noise and war are heard no more. 

4 Then peace returns with balmy wing, 

Sweet peace! with her what blessings fled! 
Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing, 
Reviving commerce lifts her head. 

5 Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord, 

All move subservient to Thy will; 
And peace and war await Thy word, 
And Thy sublime decrees fulfil. 

6 To Thee we pay our grateful songs, 

Thy kind protection still implore; 
Oh! may our hearts, and lives, and tongues, 
Confess Thy goodness, and adore. 

678 C. M. Doddridge. 

THANKSGIVING FOR HEALTH AFTER PESTILENCE. 

1 SOVEREIGN of life, we own Thy hand, 
In this late chastening stroke; 
And, since we've smarted by Thy rod, 
Thy presence we invoke. 

740 



THANKSGIVING. 

2 To Thee in our distress we cried, 

And Thou hast bowed Thine ear; 
The pestilence Thou hast removed, 
And brought deliverance near. 

3 Unfold, ye gates of righteousness; 

That, with the pious throng, 
We may record our solemn Vows, 
And tune our grateful song. 

4 Praise to the Lord ! who stayed the sword, 

And said, "it is enough ;" 
Praise to the Lord ! who makes His saints 
Triumphant e'en in death. 

5 Our God, in Thine appointed hour 

Those heavenly gates display; 
Where pain and sickness, fear and death, 
For ever flee away. 

6 There, while the nations of the blessed, 

With raptures, bow around ; 
Our anthems to delivering grace, 
In sweeter strains shall sound. 

679 8s. Hastings. 

THANKSGIVING. 

1 LET gratitude waken the song, 

And swell the harmonious lyre, 
Let praise the sweet anthem prolong, 

And joy every bosom inspire! 
What favours around us have flowed, 

Unmeasured, unspeakably great, 
By Heaven in rich mercy bestowed 

On man in his fallen estate! 

2 The earth with rich verdure is crowned, 

The fruits in their fulness appear, 
The songs of the reapers resound. 
And plenty encircled the year : 

747 



NATIONAL. 

The blessings of freedom are ours, 
And knowledge and virtue increase, 

No foe is invading our shores, 

We live with the nations at peace. 

3 The sound of the gospel is heard; 

The Scriptures their treasures unfold, 
While thousands believe in the word, 

More precious than silver or gold: 
No fierce persecutions arise, 

The heart and the conscience to bind ; 
That wisdom which heaven supplies, 

The weakest believer may find. 

4 Let gratitude waken the song, 

And swell the harmonious lyre, 
Let praise the sweet anthem prolong, 

And joy every bosom inspire: 
A nation so favoured of God, 

Should ever acknowledge His hand; 
Should send His salvation abroad, 

His gospel to every land. 

680 ^ s - Hartford Sel, 

SWELL THE ANTHEM. 

1 SWELL the anthem, raise the song, 
Praises to our God belong; 

Saints and angels join to sing 
Praises to our heavenly King. 

2 Blessings from His liberal hand, 
Flow around this happy land ; 
Guarded by His watchful eye, 
Peace and freedom we enjoy. 

3 Here, beneath a virtuous sway, 
May we cheerfully obey ; 
Never feel oppression's rod, 

Ever own and worship God. 

748 



1 



INDEPENDENCE ODE. 
QS1 ^s. and 4s. Strong. 

INDEPENDENCE ODE. 

1 FKEEMEN, awake the song! 
Gladly the strain prolong, 

Welcome this day! 
It tells of glory won, 
By deeds of valour done; 
Shout till the setting sun 

Sheds its last ray. 

2 Our happy land we sing, 
Your joyful tribute bring, 

The song to swell; 
Sing of our country's worth. 
The place of freedom's birth, 
The noblest spot on earth; 

Her blessings tell. 

3 Tell how Jehovah's care, 
Guarded our blessings rare, 

Till this bright hour: 
And still secure from harm, 
Held by His mighty arm, 
And free from all alarm, 

We trust His power. 

4 Science her power exerts, 
And treasures rich imparts: 

Ennobling truth, 
Whence holy influence springs, 
Upon her heaven-plumed wings, 
Bright burnished armour brings, 

To guard our youth. 

5 Our youth, our country's gems, 
Their lustre brightly beams 

For coming days: 

749 



MARRIAGE. 

Let virtue's wreath be twined 
Hound each : and every mind, 
The lamp of knowledge find, 
To gild their ways. 

6 May blessed religion's light, 
Unfading, changeless, bright, 

Their guide-star be: 
And, as to age they move, 
Our Father's arm of love 
Guide them to realms above, 

Where all are free. 



MARRIAGE. 
682 c - M - Bekkidge. 

A WEDDING HYMN. 

1 SIN; CE Jesus freery did appear 

To grace a marriage feast; 
Dear Lord, we ask Thy presence here, 
To make a wedding guest. 

2 Upon the bridal pair look down, 

"Who now have plighted hands; 
Their union with Thy favour crown, 
And bless the nuptial bands. 

3 With gifts of grace their hearts endow, 

Of all rich dowries best; 
Their substance bless; and peace bestow, 
To sweeten all the rest. 

4 In purest love their souls unite, 

That they, with christian care, 

May make domestic burdens light, 

By taking mutual share. 

750 



MARRIAGE. 

5 Oh ! may each soul assembled here, 
Be married, Lord, to Thee, 
Clad in Thy robes, made white and fair, 
To spend eternity. 

683 L. M. Proud. 

THEY SHALL BE ONE. 

1 WITH cheerful voices rise and sing 
The praises of our God and King; 
For He alone can minds unite 

In mutual love and pure delight. 

2 Oh! may this pair increasing find 
Substantial pleasures of the mind; 
Happy in all things may they be, 
And both united, Lord, to Thee. 

3 So may they live, as truly one, 

And, when their work on earth is done, 
Rise hand in hand to heaven, and share 
The joys of love for ever there. 



MISCELLANEOUS, 
684: ^s. Newton. 

A PRAYER AT PARTING. 

1 FOR a season called to part, 

Let us now ourselves commend 
To the gracious eye and heart 
Of our ever-present Friend. 

2 Jesus, hear our humble prayer, 

Tender Shepherd of Thy sheep ; 
Let Thy mercy and Thy care 
All our souls in safety keep. 

751 



PARTING OF FKIENDS. 

3 In Thy strength may we be strong, 

Sweeten every cross and pain; 
And our wasting lives prolong, 
In Thy peace to meet again. 

4 Then if Thou Thy help afford, 

Ebenezers shall be reared; 
And our souls shall praise the Lord, 
Who our poor petitions heard. 

685 C - W- Campbell's Coll. 

PARTING OF FKIENDS. 

1 THROUGH Christ, when we together came 

In singleness of heart, 
"We met, O Jesus, in Thy name, 
And in Thy name we part. 

2 We part in body, not in mind, 

Our minds continue one; 
And each to each, in Jesus joined, 
We happily go on. 

3 Oh! may Thy Spirit, gracious Lord, 

In all our travels still 
Direct, and be our constant guard 
To Zion's holy hill. 

4 Oh! what a joyful meeting there, 

Beyond these changing shades; 
White are the robes we then shall wear, 
And crowns upon our heads. 

5 Hasten, O Lord, and bring the day 

When we shall dwell at home; 
Come, O Redeemer, come away; 
O Jesus, quickly come! 

752 



REUNION OF FRIENDS. 

686 c - M - Reed - 

RE-UNION OF FRIENDS. 

1 COME, let us strike our harps afresh, 

To great Jehovah's name; 
Sweet be the accents of our tongues, 
When we His love proclaim. 

2 'T was by His bidding we were called 

In pain awhile to part; 
'Tis by His care we meet again, 
And gladness fills our heart. 

3 Blessed be the hand that has preserved 

Our feet from every snare; 
And blessed the goodness of the Lord, 
Which to this hour we share. 

4 Oh ! may the Spirit's quickening power 

Now sanctify our joy, 
And warm our zeal in works of love, 
Our talents to employ. 

5 Fast, fast our moments fly away, 

Soon shall our wanderings cease; 
And with our Father we shall dwell, 
A family of peace. 

687 H. M. O. Wesley. 

BIRTH-DAY DEDICATION. 

1 GOD of my life, to Thee 
My cheerful soul I raise, 
Thy goodness bade me be, 
And still prolongs my days: 

1 see my natal hour return, 

And bless the day that I was born. 

2 A clod of living earth, 

I glorify Thy name; 

32* 753 



BIRTH BAY. 

From whom alone my birth 
And all my blessings came; 
Creating and preserving grace, 
Let all that is within me praise. 

3 My soul and all its powers, 

Thine, wholly Thine, shall be; 
All, all my happy hours 

I consecrate to Thee; 
Whate'er I have, whate'er I am, 
Shall magnify my Maker's name. 

4 Long as I live on earth, 

To Thee, Oh! let me live; 
To Thee my every breath 

In thanks and blessings give; 
Me to Thine image now restore, 
And I shall praise Thee evermore. 

688 C. M. Mothers' H. B. 

A BIRTH DAY PRAYER. 

1 SWIFT as the winged arrow flies, 

My time is hastening on ; 
Quick as the lightning from the skies, 
My wasting moments run. 

2 My follies past, O God, forgive, 

My every sin subdue; 
And teach me, henceforth, how to live 
With glory in my view. 

3 'Twere better I had not been born, 

Than live without Thy fear; 
For they are wretched and forlorn 
Who have their portion here. 

4 But thanks to Thine unbounded grace, 

That in my early youth 
I have been taught to seek Thy face, 
And know the way of truth'. 

754 



SONG OF DELIVERANCE. 

5 Oh! let Thy Spirit lead me still 

Along the happy road ; 
Conform me to Thy holy will, 
My Father and my God. 

6 Another year of life is past; 

My heart to Thee incline, 
That if this year should be my last, 
It may be wholly Thine. 

689 8 s - and 6s. Hastings. 

SONG OF DELIVERANCE. 

1 I LOVE the Lord, whose gracious ear 

Was open to my cry; 
He bade me, in the time of fear, 

Upon His grace rely. 
Long as I live I'll trust His care, 
To Him address my fervent prayer. 

2 Death's sorrows had encompassed me, 

I felt the pains of hell ; 
On every side was misery, 

My woes no tongue could tell. 
Then I broke forth without control, 
"Lord, I beseech Thee, save my soul." 

3 Tender and gracious is His name; 

Our God is ever kind; 
The meek shall His protection claim, 

The humble, mercy find; 
Unto Thy rest, my soul, return, 
The bounties of Thy God discern. 

4 The Lord hath kept my soul from death, 

Preserved my eyes from tears; 
My feet from falling, where beneath 

Were spread the fowler's snares; 
Living I'll walk before the Lord;: 
His name for ever be adored. 

755 



PRAYERS OF HANNAH. 
690 H. M. Xewton. 



1 WHEN Hannah, pressed with grief, 

Poured forth her soul in prayers: 
She quickly found relief, 

And songs succeeded tears ; 
Like her, in every trying case, 
Let us approach the throne of grace. 

2 "When she began to pray, 

Her heart was pained and sad ; 
But ere she went away 

Was comforted and glad: 
In trouble, what a resting-place, 
Have they who know the throne of grace ! 

3 Eli her case mistook; 

How was her spirit moved 
By his unkind rebuke !■ 

But God her cause approved. 
"We need not fear a creature's face, 
While welcome at a throne of grace. 

4 Men have not power nor skill 

"With troubled souls to bear; 
Though they express good will, 

Poor comforters they are: 
But swelling sorrows sink apace, 
When we approach the throne of grace. 

5 Thousands have often tried, 

And with success were crowned; 
Not one has been denied, 
But all an answer found. 
Let us by faith their footsteps trace, 
And hasten to the throne of grace. 

756 



SIMEON'S SONG. 

691 C. M. Watts. 

THE SONG OF SIMEON. 

1 LORD, in Thy temple we appear, 

As happy Simeon came, 
And hope to meet our Saviour here; 
Oh ! make our joys the same ! 

2 With what divine and vast delight 

The good old man was filled, 
When fondly in his withered arms 
He clasped the holy child ! 

3 "Now I can leave this world," he cried, 

"Behold, Thy servant dies! 
I've seen Thy great salvation, Lord, 
And close my peaceful eyes. 

4 This is the light prepared to shine 

Upon the Gentile lands; 
Thine Israel's glory, and their hope, 
To break their slavish bands." 

5 Jesus! the vision of Thy face 

Hath overpowering charms! 
Scarce shall I feel death's cold embrace, 
If Christ be in my arms. 

6 When flesh shall fail, and heart-strings break, 

Sweet will the minutes roll; 
A mortal paleness on my cheek, 
But glory in my soul. 

692 P. M. Watts. 

THE SONG OF HEZEKIAH. 

1 WHEN we are raised from deep distress, 
Our God deserves a song; 
We take the pattern of our praise 
From Hezekiah's tongue. 

757 



SONG OF MARY. 

2 The gates of the devouring grave 

Are opened wide in vain, 
If He, who holds the keys of death 
Commands them fast again. 

3 Pains of the flesh are wont t' abuse 

Our minds with slavish fears; 
Our days are past, and we shall lose 
The remnant of our years. 

4 We chatter with a swallow's voice, 

Or like a dove we mourn : 
With bitterness instead of joys, 
Afflicted and forlorn. 

5 Jehovah speaks the healing word, 

And no disease withstands; 
Fevers and plagues obey the Lord, 
And fly at His commands. 

6 If half the strings of life should break, 

He can our frame restore: 
He casts our sins behind His back, 
And they are found no more. 

693 L. M. Watis 

THE SONG OF MARY. 

1 OUR souls shall magnify the Lord, 

In God the Saviour we rejoice; 
While we repeat the Virgin's song, 
May the same Spirit tune our voice! 

2 The Highest saw her low estate, 

And mighty things His hand hath done ; 
His overshadowing power and grace 
Makes her the mother of His Son. 

3 Let every nation call her blessed, 

And endless years prolong her fame: 
But God alone must be adored; 
Holv and reverend is His name. 

* 758 



THREE MOUNTAINS. 

4 To those that fear and trust the Lord 

His mercy stands for ever sure; 

From age to age His promise lives, 

And the performance is secure. 

5 He spake to Abram and his seed, 

"In thee shall all the earth be blessed;" 
The memory of that ancient word 
Lay long in His eternal breast. 

6 But now, no more shall Israel wait, 

No more the Gentiles lie forlorn : 
Lo, the desire of nations comes! 
Behold, the promised Seed is born! 

694 7s. Montgomery. 

THE THREE MOUNTAINS. 

1 WHE1ST on Sinai's top I see 
God descend in majesty, 

To proclaim His holy law, 
All my spirit sinks with awe. 

2 "When in ecstasy sublime, 
Tabor's glorious steep I climb, 
At the too transporting light, 
Darkness rushes o'er my sight. 

3 When on Calvary I rest, 
God, in flesh made manifest, 
Shines in my Redeemer's face, 
Full of beauty, truth, and grace 

4 Here I would for ever stay, 
Weep, and gaze my soul away; 
Thou art heaven on earth to me, 
Lovely, mournful Calvary. 

759 



TRAVELLERS HYMN. 

695 £• M. DODDRIDGE. 
FAMILY RELIGION. 

1 FATHER of all, Thy care we bless, 
Which crowns our families with peace ; 
From Thee they spring, and by Thy hand 
They have been, and are still sustained. 

2 To God, most worthy to be praised, 
Be our domestic altars raised ; 

Who, Lord of heaven, scorns not to dwell 
With saints in their obscurest cell. 

3 To Thee may each united house, 
Morning and night, present its vows; 
Our servants there, and rising race, 

Be taught Thy precepts and Thy grace. 

4: Oh! may each future age proclaim 
The honours of Thy glorious name ; 
While, pleased and thankful, we remove 
To join the family above. 

696 C. M. Addison. 

THE TRAVELLER'S HYMN. 

1 HOW are Thy servants blessed, O Lord, 

How sure is their defence ! 
Eternal wisdom is their guide, 
Their help. Omnipotence! 

2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, 

Supported by Thy care; 
Through burning climes they pass unhurt, 
And breathe in tainted air. 

3 When, by the dreadful tempests borne, 

High on the broken wave, 
They know Thou art not slow to hear, 
Nor impotent to save. 

760 






CALL OF SAMUEL. 

4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, 

Obedient to Thy will : 
The sea, that roars at Thy command, 
At Thy command is still. 

5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, 

Thy goodness we'll adore; 
We'll praise Thee for Thy mercies past, 
And humbly hope for more. 

697 L. M. Cawood. 

CALL OF SAMUEL. 

1 IN God's own house, by silent night, 
The lamp of God was burning bright; 
And there, by viewless angels kept, 
Samuel, the child, securely slept. 

2 A voice unknown the stillness broke, 
"Samuel!" it called, and thrice it spoke; 
He rose, he asked whence came the word: 
From Eli? No; it was the Lord. 

3 Thus early called to serve his God, 
In paths of righteousness he trod ; 
Prophetic visions fired his breast, 
And all the chosen tribes were blessed. 

4 Speak, Lord! and from our earliest days 
Incline our hearts to love Thy ways ; 
Thy wakening voice has reached our ear, 
Speak, Lord, to us; Thy servants hear. 

5 And ye, who know the Saviour's love, 
And richly all His mercies prove, 
Your timely, friendly aid afford, 
That we may early serve the Lord. 

761 



THE CREED. 

698 c. m. 

THE APOSTLE'S CREED. 

1 IN God the Father I believe, 

Who heaven and earth did frame, 
By His almighty Word; His praise 
And glory to proclaim. 

2 I do believe in Jesus Christ, 

God's only Son, our Lord, 
Begotten from eternity, 
The everlasting Word. 

3 I in the Holy Ghost believe, 

A Person true, aud One, 
In essence, power, eternity, 
With Father and with Son. 

4 An holy catholic Church I own, 

The heirs of heaven designed; 
By union all to Christ their head, 
And one another joined. 

5 Redemption through the blood of Christ, 

I heartily embrace; 
A full forgiveness of my sins, 
The gift of sovereign grace. 

6 The Resurrection of the dead, 

Sincerely I maintain; 
My soul and body glorified, 

With Christ shall live and reign. 

7 The hopes of everlasting Life 

My fainting soul sustain : 
To this I set my solemn seal, 
And say, in truth, Amen! 

8 To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom we adore, 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 

And shall be evermore. 

702 



PUBLIC PROFESSION. 
699 C. M. Beddome. 

PUBLIC PROFESSION. 

1 YE men and angels, witness now, 

Before the Lord we speak; 
To Him we make our solemn vow, 
A vow we dare not break. 

2 That, long as life itself shall last, 

Ourselves to Christ we yield; 
Nor, from His cause will we depart, 
Nor ever quit the field. 

3 We trust not in our native strength, 

But on His grace rely; 
May He, with our returning wants, 
All needful aid supply. 

4 Oh! guide our doubtful feet aright, 

And keep us in Thy ways; 
And, while we turn our vows to prayers, 
Turn Thou our prayers to praise. 



DEATH. 


CM. 


TIME IS SHORT. 



700 c - M - HosKms. 

TIME IS SHORT. 

1 THE time is short ! the season near, 

When death will us remove; 
To leave our friends, however dear, 
And all we fondly love. 

2 The time is short! sinners, beware, 

Nor trifle time away ; 
The word of great salvation hear, 
While it is called to-day. 

76S 



DEATH. 

3 The time is short! ye rebels, now 

To Christ the Lord submit; 
To mercy's golden sceptre bow, 
And fall at Jesus' feet. 

4 The time is short! ye saints, rejoice; 

The Lord will quickly come: 
Soon shall ye hear the Bridegroom's voice, 
To call you to your home. 

5 The time is short! it swiftly flies, 

The hour is just at hand, 
When we shall mount above the skies 
And reach the wished-for land, 

6 The time is short! the moment near 

When we shall dwell above; 
And be for ever happy there, 
With Jesus, whom we love. 

701 ^ s - ano - ^ s - Burton, 

how short my time is. 

1 TIME is winging us away, 

To our eternal home; 
Life is but a winter's day, 

A journey to the tomb; 
Youth and vigour soon will flee, 

Blooming beauty lose its charms; 
All that's mortal soon will be 

Enclosed in death's cold arms. 

2 Time is winging us away 

To our eternal home; 
Life is but a winter's day, 

A journey to the tomb : 
But the Christian shall enjoy 

Health and beauty soon above; 
Far beyond the world's alloy, 

Secure in Jesus' love. 

764 



SPEEDY. 

702 L - M - Steele. 

TO-DAY. 

1 THAT awful hour will soon appear; 

Swift on the wings of time it flies ; 
When all that pains or pleases here 
Will vanish from my closing eyes. 

2 Death calls my friends, my neighbours hence 

None can resist the fatal dart: 
Continual warnings strike my sense, 
And shall they fail to reach my heart? 

3 Think, O my soul, how much depends 

On the short period of to-day ; 
Shall time, which heaven in mercy lends, 
Be negligently thrown away! 

4 Lord of my life, inspire my heart 

With heavenly ardour, grace divine; 
Nor let Thy presence e'er depart ; 

For strength, and life, and death, are Thine. 

703 C. M. Bulmer. 

MAN'S DATS ARE AS GRASS. 

1 DEATH! what a solemn word to all! 
What mortal things are men ! 

We just arise, and soon we fall, 
To mix with earth again. 

2 'Twas sin that brought in all our wo, 
And gave to death his power; 

Hence all our painful sorrows flow, 
Till life's departing hour. 

3 'Tis God that fixes each event 
Of varying life or death; 

By Him revolving years are lent, 
Or He arrests our breath. 

765 



DEATH. 

4 Thankful we own Thy goodness past, 

Thou sovereign Lord of all, 
Watching may each be found at last, 
To hear the bridegroom's call. 

5 Oh! fit us for Thy righteous will, 

Thy mercy, Lord, impart; 
Help us Thy pleasure to fulfil, 
And yield Thee all our heart. 

*704: S. M. Bulmer's Coll. 

OTJR DAYS, A HAND-BREADTH. 

1 BEFOKE us to the grave 
How many hence have gone! 

Nor could a friend, a brother, save, 
Or ransom, even one. 

2 We followed their remains, 
As some will follow ours, 

Where mortals rest from all their pains, 
ISTor count the tedious hours. 

3 Since in their house below 
Our bodies soon must lie, 

Our latter end, Lord, make us know, 
And teach us how to die. 

4 By faith may we receive 

Our pardon through Thy blood, 
A righteousness, which Thou canst give, 
A hope, divinely good. 

5 Our triumph in Thy name, 
Shall thus be rendered sure; 

And we shall celebrate Thy fame 
While endless years endure. 

766 



THE TOLLING BELL. 

705 J* -Mt Newton. 

THE TOLLING BELL. 

1 OFT as the bell, with solemn toll, 
Speaks the departure of a soul, 
Let each one ask himself, "Am I 
Prepared, should I be call to die?" 

2 Only this frail and fleeting breath 
Preserves me from the jaws of death; 
Soon as it fails, at onee I'm gone, 
And plunged into a world unknown. 

3 Then leaving all I loved below, 
To God's tribunal I must go; 

Must hear the Judge pronounce my fate 
And fix my everlasting state. 

4 Lord Jesus! help me now to flee, 
And seek my hope alone in Thee; 
Apply Thy blood, Thy Spirit give, 
Subdue my sin, and let me live. 

5 Then, when the solemn bell I hear, 
If saved from guilt, I need not fear ; 
Nor would the thought distressing be, 
"Perhaps it next may toll for me." 

6 Rather my spirit would rejoice, 

And long, and wish to hear Thy voice; 
Glad when it bids me earth resign, 
Secure of heaven, if Thou art mine. 

706 ? s - Hastings. 

PREPARATION FOR DEATH. 

1 SINNER, is thy soul prepared 
For the solemn hour of death? 
Couldst thou, if no longer spared, 
Calmly yield thy fleeting breath? 

767 



DEATH. 

Couldst thou meet thy God in peace, 

"With thy follies unforgiven; 
Or obtain one moment's bliss, 

If admitted into heaven? 

2 Art thou ready to depart? 

Would the heavenly prize be sure 
To an unbelieving heart, 

To a soul by sin impure? 
Can a sinner, unrenewed, 

Ever plead atoning blood? 
Can a rebel, unsubdued, 

Ever reach heaven's blessed abode? 

3 Ready, in thy guilt to die! 

Heady, evermore to dwell 
In a world of misery, 

In the burning depths of hell ! 
They alone can look, with joy, 

For a glorious reward, 
Who on earth their souls employ 

In the service of the Loi*4- 

707 C. P. M. C. Wesley. 

THE TWO WORLDS. 

1 LO ! on a narrow neck of land, 
'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, 

Yet how insensible! 
A point of time, a moment's space, 
Removes me to yon heavenly place, 

Or, shuts me up in hell. 

2 O God, my inmost soul convert, 
And deeply on my thoughtful heart 

Eternal things impress; 
Give me to feel their solemn weight, 
And save me ere it be too late; 

Wake me to righteousness. 

768 



ETERNITY. 

3 Before me place, in bright array, 
The pomp of that tremendous day, 

"When Thou with clouds shalt come 
To judge the nations at Thy bar: 
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there, 

To meet a joyful doom? 

4 Be this my one great business here, 
"With holy trembling, holy fear, 

To make my calling sure! 
Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, 
And suffer all Thy righteous will, 

And to the end endure! 

5 Then Saviour, then my soul receive, 
Transported from this vale, to live, 

And reign with Thee above; 
"Where faith is sweetly lost in sight 
And hope in full supreme delight 

And everlasting love. 

*708 L. M. Medley. 

ETERNITY. 

1 ETEBKITY! stupendous theme! 
Compared herewith, our life's a dream: 
Eternity ! O awful sound ; 

A deep, where all our thoughts are drowned ! 

2 Eternity! the dread abode, 
And habitation of our God; 
His glory fills the vast expanse 
Beyond the reach of mortal sense. 

3 But an eternity there is 

Of dreadful woe, or joyful bliss: 

And, swift as time fulfils its round, 

"We to eternity are bound. 

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DEATH. 

4 What countless millions of mankind 
Have left this fleeting world behind ! 
They're gone; but where? ah! pause and see: 
Gone to a long eternity! 

5 Sinner, canst thou for ever dwell 
In all the fiery deeps of hell? 

And is death nothing, then, to thee, 
Death, and a dread eternity? 

6 Ye gracious souls, with joy look up; 
In Christ rejoice, your glorious hope; 
This everlasting bliss secures; 

God and eternity are yours. 

ryr\(\ L. M. Montgomery. 

THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. 

1 WHEKE are the dead? In heaven or hell 
Their disembodied spirits dwell; 

Their perished forms, in bonds of clay, 
Keserved until the judgment day. 

2 Who are the dead? The sons of time, 
In every age, and state, and clime; 
Eenowned, dishonoured, or forgot, 

The place that knew them knows them not. 

3 Where are the living? On the ground 
Where prayer is heard and mercy found; 
Where, in the compass of a span, 

The mortal makes th' immortal man. 

4 Who are the living? They whose breath 
Draws every moment nigh to death; 
Of endless bliss or woe the heirs: 

Oh! what an awful lot is theirs! 

5 Then, timely warned, let us begin 
To follow Christ and flee from sin; 
Daily grow up in Him our head, 

Lord of the living and the dead. 

770 






ITS ISSUES. 

710 S. M. Montgomery. 

ISSUES OF LIFE AND DEATH. 

1 OH! where shall rest be found, 
Rest for the weary soul! 

'Twere vain the ocean — depths to sound, 
Or pierce to either pole. 

2 The world can never give 
The bliss for which we sigh; 

'Tis not the whole of life to live. 
Nor all of death to die. 

3 Beyond this vale of tears 
There is a life above; 

Unmeasured by the flight of years, 
And all that life is love. 

4 There is a death whose pang 
Outlasts the fleeting breath: 

Oh ! what eternal horrors hang 
Around the second death! 

5 Lord, God of truth and grace, 
Teach us that death to shun; 

Lest we be driven from Thy face, 
And evermore undone. 

6 Here would we end our quest, 
Alone are found in Thee, 

The life of perfect love, the rest 
Of immortality. 

711 C. M. Watts. 

DEATH DREADFUL OR DELIGHTFUL. 

1 DEATH! 'tis a melancholy day* 
To those that have no God ; 
When the poor soul is forced away, 
To seek her last abode. 

771 



DEATH, 

2 In vain to heaven she lifts her eyes ; 

For guilt, a heavy chain, „ 
Still drags her downward from the skies, 
To darkness, fire and pain. 

3 Awake and mourn, ye heirs of hell, 

Ye stubborn sinners fear; 
Lest ye be driven from earth, and dwell 
A long for ever there. 

4 See how the pit gapes wide for you, 

And flashes in your face; 
And thou, my soul, look downward too, 
And sing recovering grace. 

5 He is a God of sovereign love, 

That promised heaven to me; 
And taught my thoughts to soar above, 
"Where happy spirits be. 

6 Prepare me, Lord, for Thy right hand, 

Then come the joyful day ; 
Come, death, and some celestial band, 
To bear my soul away. 

171 o C. M. Watts. 

DEATH AND ETERNITY. 

1 STOOP down, my thoughts that use to rise, 

Converse awhile with death; 

Think how a gasping mortal lies, 

And pants away his breath. 

2 His quivering lip hangs feebly down, 

His pulses faint and few, 
Then, speechless, with a doleful groan, 
He bids the world adieu. 

3 But Oh! the soul that never dies, 

At once it leaves the clay! 
Ye thoughts, pursue it where it flies, 

And trace its wondrous way. 

772 



VOICE FROM THE TOMB. 

4 Up to the courts where angels dwell, 

It mounts triumphant there; 
Or devils plunge it down to hell, 
In infinite despair. 

5 And must my body faint and die? 

And must this soul remove? 
Oh! for some guardian angel nigh, 
To bear it safe above. 

6 Jesus, to Thy dear faithful hand 

My naked soul I trust; 
My flesh shall wait for Thy command, 
To drop into my dust. 

713 C. M. Watts. 

A VOICE FROM THE TOMBS. 

1 HARK! from the tombs a doleful sound; 

My ears attend the cry: 
"Ye living men, come view the ground, 
"Where you must shortly lie. 

2 Princes, this clay must be your bed, 

In spite of all your towers! 
The tall, the wise, the reverend head 
Must lie as low as ours." 

3 Great God! is this our certain doom? 

And are we still secure? 
Still walking downward to the tomb, 
And yet prepare no more? 

4 Grant us the power of quickening grace, 

To fit our souls to fly, 
Then, when we drop this dying flesh, 
We'll rise above the sky. 

773 



DEATH. 

714 C. M. Cruden. 

IMPATIENCE FOE DEATH SINFUL. 

1 WHY thus impatient to be gone? 

Such wishes breathe no more; 

Let Him who locked thy spirit in, 

When meet, unbolt the door. 

2 Why wouldst thou snatch the victor's palm, 

Before the conquest's won? 
Or wish to seize th' immortal prize, 
Ere yet the race is run? 

3 Inglorious wish, to haste away, 

And leave thy work undone! 
To serve thy Lord will please no less 
Than praising round the throne. 

4 While thou art standing in the field, 

For bliss thou 'It riper grow, 
Then wait the Lord's appointed time, 
Till He shall bid thee go. 

715 L. M. H. M. Williams. 

TO DEPART IS FAR BETTER. 

1 WHILE on the verge of life I stand, 
And view the scene on either hand, 
My spirit struggles with my clay, 
And longs to wing its flight away. 

2 Where Jesus dwells my soul would be, 
And faints my much-loved Lord to see; 
Earth, twine no more about my heart, 
For 'tis far better to depart. 

3 Come, ye angelic envoys, come, 
And lead the willing pilgrim home; 
Ye know the way to Jesus' throne, 
Source of my joys, and of your own. 

774 



OF A PASTOR. 

4 That blissful interview, how sweet! 
To fall transported at His feet; 
Raised in His arms to view His face 
Through the full beamings of His grace: 

5 As with a seraph voice to sing; 
To fly as on a cherub's wing; 
Performing with unwearied hands, 
The present Saviour's high commands. 

6 Yet with these prospects full in sight, 
"We'll wait Thy signal for the flight; 
For while Thy service we pursue, 
"We find a heaven in all we do. 

716 I- M. Evans' Coll. 

PRAYING FOR A SICK MINISTER. 

1 O THOU, before whose gracious throne 
"We bow our suppliant spirits down; 
Avert Thy swift descending stroke, 
Nor smite the shepherd of the flock. 

2 Restore him, sinking to the grave, 
Stretch out Thine arm, make haste to save; 
Back to our hopes and wishes give, 
And bid our friend and father live. 

3 Bound to each soul by tenderest ties, 
In every breast his image lies: 
Thy pitying aid, O God, impart, 
Nor rend him from each bleeding heart. 

4 Yet, if our supplications fail, 
And prayers and tears cannot prevail; 
Be Thou his strength, be Thou his stay, 
And guide him safe to endless day. 

775 



DEATH. 

717 CJ. M. Doddridge. 

COMFORT UNDER THE LOSS OF MINISTERS. 

1 WHAT though the arm of conquering death 

Does God's own house invade; 
What though the Prophet and the Priest 
Be numbered with the dead! 

2 Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust, 

The aged and the young; 
The watchful eye in darkness closed, 
And mute th' instructive tongue; 

3 Th' eternal Shepherd still survives, 

New comforts to impart; 
His eye still guides us, and His voice 
Still animates our heart. 

4 Then let our drooping hearts revive, 

And all our tears be dry; 
Why should those eyes be drowned in grief, 
Which view a Saviour nigh! 

718 C - ^- Doddridge. 

DEATH OF A MINISTER. 

1 TO Thee, O God, when creatures fail, 

Thy flock deserted flies; 
And on th' eternal Shepherd's care 
Our steadfast hope relies. 

2 When o'er Thy faithful servant's dust, 

Thy saints assembled mourn, 
In speedy tokens of Thy grace, 
O Zion's God, return. 

3 The powers of nature all are Thine, 

And Thine the aids of grace; 
Thine arm has borne Thy churches up, 

Through each succeeding race. 

776 



OF PASTORS. 

4 Display Thy sacred influence here, 

And here Thy suppliants bless; 
And change to strains of thankful praise 
Our accents of distress. 

5 "With faithful heart, with skilful hand, 

May this Thy flock be fed ; 
And, persevering in Thy ways, 
To Zion's mount be led. 

719 C. M. Conder's Coll. 

DEATH OF PASTORS. 

1 WHY should our tears in sorrow flow, 

When God recalls His own; 
And bids them leave a world of wo, 
For an immortal crown? 

2 Is not e'en death a gain to those 

Whose life to God was given? 
Gladly to earth their eyes they close, 
To open them in heaven. 

3 Their toils are past, their work is done, 
And they are fully blessed; 

They fought the fight, the victory won, 
And entered into rest. 

4 The flock must feel the shepherd's loss, 
And miss his tender care; 

But they who bear with joy the cross, 
The crown shall brightest wear. 

5 And is not He who called them home, 
Still to His church most nigh, 

To bid successive labourers come, 
And all her need supply? 

6 Then let our sorrows cease to flow; 
God has recalled His own; 

But let our hearts in every wo, 
Still say, "Thy will be done." 
33* 777 



DEATH. 
720 C. M. Knight. 

DEATH OF A YOUNG CHILD. 

1 ALAS ! how changed that lovely flower, 

Which bloomed and cheered my heart! 
Fair fleeting comfort of an hour, 
How soon we're called to part! 

2 And shall my bleeding heart arraign 

That God, whose ways are love? 
Or vainly cherish anxious pain 
For {££} who rests above? 

3 No! let me rather humbly pay 

Obedience to His will, 
And with my inmost spirit say, 
"The Lord is righteous still." 

4 From adverse blasts, and lowering storms, 

{!£[ favoured soul He bore; 
And with yon bright, angelic forms 
{she} lives, to die no more. 

5 Why should I vex my heart, or fast? 

No more J &>'!{, | visit me; 
My soul will mount to {£!? { at last, 
And there my child I '11 see. 

6 Prepare me, blessed Lord, to share 

The bliss Thy people prove; 
Who round Thy glorious throne appear, 
And dwell in perfect love. 

*721 ^- ^- Doddridge, 

comfort for bereaved parents. 

1 YE mourning saints, whose streaming tears 
Flow o'er your children dead ; 
Say not, in transports of despair, 
That all your hopes are fled. 

778 



OF A CHILD. 

2 If, cleaving to that darling dust, 

In fond distress ye lie, 
Rise, and with joy and reverence view 
A heavenly parent nigh. 

3 Though, your young branches torn away, 

Like withered trunks ye stand; 
With fairer verdure shall ye bloom, 
Touched by the Almighty's hand. 

4 "I'll give the mourner," saith the Lord, 

"In My own house a place; 
No names of daughters nor of sons 
Could yield so high a grace. 

5 Transient and vain is every hope 

A rising race can give: 
In endless honour and delight 
My children all shall live." 

6 We welcome, Lord, those rising tears, 

Through which Thy face we see; 
And bless those wounds, which through our hearts 
Prepare a way for Thee. 

722 C. M. Steele. 

DEATH OF A YOUTH. 

1 WHEN blooming youth is snatched away 

By death's resistless hand, 
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay, 
Which pity must demand. 

2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, 

Oh! may this truth, impressed 
With awful power; — I too must die; — 
Sink deep in every breast. 

Y79 



DEATH. 

3 Let this vain world engage no more: 

Behold the gaping tomb! 
It bids us seize the present hour! 
To-morrow, death, may come. 

4 The voice of this alarming scene 

May every heart obey; 
Nor be the heavenly warning vain, 
Which calls to watch and pray! 

5 Oh! let us fly, to Jesus fly, 

Whose powerful arm can save; 
Then shall our hopes ascend on high, 
And triumph o'er the grave. 

723 C. M. Steele. 

THE FLOWER FADETH. 

1 LIFE is a span, a fleeting hour, 

How soon the vapour flies! 
Man is a tender transient flower, 
That e'en in blooming dies. 

2 Death spreads his withering, wintry arms, 

And beauty smiles no more: 
Ah! where are now those rising charms, 
Which pleased our eyes before? 

3 That once-loved form, now cold and dead, 

Each mournful thought employs; 
We weep, our earthly comforts fled, 
And withered all our joys. 

4 Hope looks beyond the bounds of time, 

When what we now deplore, 

Shall rise in full immortal prime, 

And bloom to fade no more. 

5 Cease then, fond nature, cease thy tears; 

The Saviour dwells on high: 
There everlasting spring appears, 
There joys shall never die. 

780 



OF A CHILD. 
724 & ^. S. Stennett. 

OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 

1 'TIS Jesus speaks, — I fold, says He, 

These lambs within My breast: 
Protection they shall find in Me, 
In Me be ever blessed. 

2 Death may the bands of life unloose, 

But can't dissolve My love; 
Millions of infant souls compose 
The family above. 

3 Their feeble frames. My power shall raise, 

And mould with heavenly skill: 
I'll give them tongues to sing My praise, 
And hands to do My will. 

4 His words the happy parents hear, 

And shout with joy divine, 
u O Saviour, all we have and are 
Shall be for ever Thine." 

725 7s. 

EARLY LOST EARLY SAVED. 

1 MOUKN not ye, whose child hath found 
Purer skies and holier ground ; 
Flowers of bright and pleasant hue, 
Free from thorns, and fresh with dew. 

2 Mourn not ye, whose child hath fled 
From this region of the dead, 

To yon winged angel-band, 
To a better, fairer land. 

3 Knowledge in that clime doth grow 
Free from weeds of toil and wo, 
Joys which mortals may not share; 
Mourn ye not, your child is there. 

781 



DEATH. 

726 s. m. 

DEATH OF A PIOUS CHILD. 

1 WHEN sickness, pain, and death 
Come o'er a godly child, 

How sweetly, then, departs the breath! 
The dying pang, how mild! 

2 It gently sinks to rest, 
As once it used to do 

Upon its tender mother's breast, 
And as securely too. 

3 The spirit is not dead, 
Though low the body lies; 

But, freed from sin and sorrow, fled 
To dwell beyond the skies. 

4 That death is but a sleep 
Beneath a Saviour's care; 

And He will surely safely keep 
The body resting there. 

727 C. M. Watts. 

THE VOICE FROM HEAVEN. 

1 HEAR what the voice from heaven proclaims, 

For all the pious dead ; 
Sweet is the savour of their names, 
And soft their sleeping bed. 

2 They die in Jesus, and are blessed ; 

How kind their slumbers are! 
From sufferings and from sin released, 
And freed from every snare. 

3 Far from this world of toil and strife, 

They're present with the Lord: 
The labours of their mortal life 
End in a large reward. 

782 



OF CHRISTIANS. 

728 L - M - Medley. 

THEY BEST FROM THEIR LABOURS. 

1 SAINTS in their graves lie down in peace, 

No more by sin or hell oppressed ; 
The wicked there from troubling cease, 
And there the weary are at rest. 

2 Thrice happy souls, who 're gone before 

To that inheritance divine! 
They labour, sorrow, sigh no more, 
But bright in endless glory shine. 

3 There shall we join the blissful throng, 

And meet our dearest friends again; 
And, all eternity, our song 

To Jesus raise, and with Him reign. 

729 S. M. Watts. 

TRIUMPH OVER DEATH. 

1 AND must this body die? 
This mortal frame decay? 

And must these active limbs of mine 
Lie mouldering in the clay? 

2 Corruption, earth, and worms, 
Shall but refine this flesh ; 

Till my triumphant spirit comes, 
To put it on afresh. 

3 God, my Redeemer, lives, 
And often from the skies 

Looks down, and watches o'er my dust, 
Till He shall bid me rise. 

4 Arrayed in glorious grace, 
Shall these vile hodies shine; 

And every shape, and every face, 
Look heavenly and divine. 

783 



DEATH. 

5 These lively hopes we owe 
To Jesus' dying love ; 

We would adore His grace below, 
And sing His power above. 

6 Dear Lord! accept the praise 
Of these our humble songs, 

Till tunes of nobler sound we raise, 
With our immortal tongues. 

730 C. M. Watts. 

THE HEAVENLY CANAAN. 

1 THEEE is a land of pure delight, 

Where saints immortal reign : 
Infinite day excludes the night, 
And pleasures banish pain. 

2 There, everlasting spring abides, 

And never withering flowers: 
Death, like a narrow sea, divides 
This heavenly land from ours. 

3 Sweet fields be} r ond the swelling flood 

Stand dressed in living green ; 
So to the Jews old Canaan stood 
While Jordan rolled between. 

4 But timorous mortals start and shrink, 

To cross this narrow sea; 
And linger, shivering on the brink, 
And fear to launch away. 

5 Oh! could we make our doubts remove, 

These gloomy doubts that rise, 
And see the Canaan that we love, 
With unbeclouded eyes ! 

784 



OF CHRISTIANS. 
6 Could we but climb where Moses stood 



And view the landscape o'er, 
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, 
Should fright us from the shore. 



o 



731 h M- Barbauld. 

THE DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS. 

1 HOW blessed the righteous when he dies! 

When sinks a weary soul to rest, 
How mildly beam the closing eyes, 

How gently heaves th' expiring breast ! 

2 So fades a summer cloud away, 

So sinks the gale, when storms are o'er; 
So gently shuts the eye of day, 
So dies a wave along the shore. 

3 A holy quiet reigns around, 

A calm, which life, nor death, destroys; 
Nothing disturbs that peace profound 
Which his unfettered souls enjoys. 

4 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, 

Where lights and shades alternate dwell! 
How bright th' unchanging morn appears! 
Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 

5 Life's duty done, as sinks the clay, 

Light from its load the spirit flies, 
While heaven and earth combine to say, 
How blessed the righteous when he dies! 

732 C. M. Watts. 

A CROWN LAID TTP FOR ME. 

1 DEATH may dissolve my body now, 
And bear my spirit home; 
Why do my minutes move so slow, 
Nor my salvation come? 

785 



DEATH. 

2 With heavenly weapons, I have fought 

The battles of the Lord ; 
Finished nay course, and kept the faith, 
And wait the sure reward. 

3 God hath laid up in heaven for me 

A crown which cannot fade; 
The righteous Judge, at that great day, 
Shall place it on my head. 

4 Nor hath the King of grace decreed 

This prize for me alone ; 
But all that love and long to see 
Th' appearance of His Son. 

5 Jesus, the Lord, shall guard me safe 

From every ill design; 
And to His heavenly kingdom take 
This feeble soul of mine. 

6 God is my everlasting aid, 

And hell shall rage in vain; 
To Him be highest glory paid, 
And endless praise — Amen. 

733 C. M. Waits. 

FUNERAL CONSOLATIONS. 

1 HEAR what the voice from heaven declares 

To those in Christ who die! 
Released from all their earthly cares, 
They reign with Him on high. 

2 Then, why lament departed friends, 

Or shake at death's alarms! 
Death 's but the servant Jesus sends 
To call us to His arms. 

3 If sin be pardoned, we're secure; 

Death has no sting beside ; 
The law gave sin its strength and power; 
But Christ, our ransom, died ! 

780 



OF CHRISTIANS. 

4 The graves of all His saints He blessed, 

When in the grave He lay; 
And rising thence, their hopes He raised 
To everlasting day ! 

5 Then joyfully, while life we have, 

To Christ, our life, we'll sing; 
Where is thy victory, O grave? 
And where, O death, thy sting? 

734 C. M. Watts. 

DYING LIKE MOSES IN THE EMBRACES OF GOD. 

1 DEATH cannot make our souls afraid, 

If God be with us there; 
We may walk through its darkest shade, 
And never yield to fear. 

2 I could renounce my all below, 

If my Creator bid ; 
And run, if I were called to go 
And die as Moses did. 

3 Might I but climb to Pisgah's top, 

And view the promised land ; 
My flesh itself would long to drop 
And pray for the command. 

4 Clasped in my heavenly Father's arms, 

I would forget my breath ; 
And lose my life amid the charms 
Of so divine a death. 

735 C. M. Steele. 

I COMMIT MY SOUL TO THEE. 

1 WHEN death appears before my sight, 
In all his dire array ; 
Unequal to the dreadful fight, 
My courage dies away. 

787 



DEATH. 

2 But see, my glorious Friend is nigh! 

My Lord, my Saviour lives: 
Before Him death's pale terrors fly, 
And my faint heart revives. 

3 He left His dazzling throne above, 

To meet the tyrant's dart; 
And Oh! amazing pow'r of love! 
Received it in His heart! 

4 Now for the eye of faith divine, 

To pierce beyond the grave! 
To see that Friend, and call Him mine, 
Whose arm is strong to save. 

5 Lord, I commit my soul to Thee; 

Accept the sacred trust; 
Receive this nobler part of me, 
And watch my sleeping dust: 

6 Till that illustrious morning come, 

"When all Thy saints shall rise, 
And clothed in full, immortal bloom, 
Attend Thee to the skies. 

7 When Thy triumphant armies sing 

The honour of Thy name; 
And heaven's eternal arches ring 
With glory to the Lamb: 

8 Oh! let me join th ? enraptured lays, 

And with the blissful throng 
Resound salvation, power, and praise, 
In everlasting song! 

736 C. M. Newton. 

PRESENT WITH THE LORD. 

1 IN vain our fancy strives to paint 
The moment after death, 
The glories that surround the saint 
When he resigns his breath. 

788 



OF CHRISTIANS. 

2 One gentle sigh his fetters breaks ; 

We scarce can say, "He's gone," 
Before the willing spirit takes 
Its mansion near the throne. 

3 Faith strives, bnt all its efforts fail, 

To trace her heavenward night; 
No eye can pierce within the veil 
Which hides that world of light. 

4 Thus much, and this is all, we know, 

They are supremely blessed, 
Have done with sin, and care, and wo, 
And with the Saviour rest. 

5 On harps of gold His name they praise, 

His presence always view; 
And, if we here their footsteps trace, 
There we shall praise Him too. 

737 $ s - and 7s. Collyee. 

CONSOLATION. 

1 O YE mourners, cease to languish 

O'er the grave of those ye love; 
Pain and death, and night and anguish, 

Enter not the world above: 
While in darkness ye are straying, 

Lonely in the deepening shade, 
Glory's brightest beams are playing 

Round th' immortal spirit's head. 

2 O, ye mourners, cease to languish 

O'er the grave of those ye love ; 
Far removed from pain and anguish, 

They are chanting hymns above ; 
Light and peace at once deriving 

From the hand of God most high; 
In His glorious presence living, 

They shall never, never die. 

789 



DEATH. 

738 ^ S - MONTGOMERY. 
ANGELIC WELCOME. 

1 "SPIRIT, leave thy house of clay; 

Lingering dust, resign thy breath; 
Spirit, cast thy chains away, 

Dust, be thou dissolved in death:" 
Thus th' almighty Saviour speaks, 

While the faithful Christian dies; 
Thus the bonds of life He breaks, 

And the ransomed captive flies. 

2 "Prisoner, long detained below, 

Prisoner, now with freedom blessed, 
Welcome from a world of wb, 

Welcome to a land of rest!" 
Thus the choir of angels sing, 

As they bear the soul on high; 
While with hallelujahs ring 

All the regions of the sky. 

3 Grave, the guardian of our dust; 

Grave, the treasury of the skies; 
Every atom of thy trust 

Rests in hope again to rise. 
Hark ! the judgment trumpet calls, 

"Soul, rebuild thy house of clay; 
Immortality thy walls, 

And eternity thy day!" 

739 8s. Cowper. 

LONGING TO BE WITH CHRIST. 

1 TO Jesus, the crown of my hope, 
My soul is in haste to be gone; 
Oh! bear me, ye cherubim, up, 
And waft me away to His throne. 



OF CHRISTIANS. 

2 My Saviour, whom absent I love; 

Whom, not having seen, I adore; 
Whose name is exalted above 
All glory, dominion, and power: 

3 Dissolve Thou these bonds that detain 

My soul from her portion in Thee; 
Oh ! strike off this adamant chain, 
And make me eternally free. 

4 When that happy era begins, 

When arrayed in Thy glories I shine, 
Nor grieve any more, by my sins, 
The bosom on which I recline : 

5 Oh! then shall the veil be removed, 

And round me Thy brightness be poured; 
I shall see Him whom absent I loved, 
Whom not having seen, I adored. 

740 C. M. Watts. 

DEATH SWALLOWED TJP IN VICTORY. 

1 OH ! for an overcoming faith, 

To cheer my dying hours! 
To triumph o'er the monster death, 
And all his frightful powers. 

2 Joyful with all the strength I have, 

My quivering lips shall sing, 
Where is thy boasted victory, Grave ? 
And where, O Death, thy sting? 

3 If sin be pardoned, I 'm secure, 

Death has no sting beside? 
The law is sin's condemning power, 
But Christ my ransom died. 

791 



DEATH, 

4 Now to the God of victory, 
Immortal thanks be paid, 
Who makes us conquerors while we die, 
Through Christ, our living Head. 

741 C. M. Smb. Songs. 

CONSOLATION. 

1 WHILE here I sit at Jesus' feet, 

Amid the vale of tears; 
I'll trust His grace, and sing His praise, 
Nor yield to doubts and fears. 

2 And can it be that I shall see 

My Saviour face to face? 
For ever prove His boundless love, 
And endless anthems raise? 

3 The thought shall still my musings fill, 

By cares and sorrows pressed; 
The blessed hope shall lift me up, 
The hope of endless rest. 

4 When God appears to wipe the tears 

From every pilgrim's eye, 
What tongue can tell the joys they '11 feel, 
Throughout eternity? 

742 C. M. ToPLADY. 

MY FLESH SHALL BEST IN HOPE. 

1 'TIS sweet to rest in lively hope, 

That when my change shall come, 
Angels will hover round my bed, 
And waft my spirit home. 

2 There shall my disimprisoned soul 

Behold Him and adore; 
Be with His likeness satisfied, 

And grieve and sin no more: 

792 



OF CHRISTIANS. 

3 Shall see Him wear that very flesh 

On which my guilt was lain; 
His love intense, His merit fresh, 
As though but newly slain. 

4 Soon, too, my slumbering dust shall hear 

The trumpet's quickening sound; 
And by my Saviour's power rebuilt, 
At His right hand be found. 

5 Oh! may the unction of these truths 

For ever with me stay, 
Till from her sinful cage dismissed, 
My spirit flies away. 

•743 S. M. Washbourne. 

HOPE IN DEATH. 

1 THIS world of sin and death 
Is not to be our home; 

No; by the light of precious faith, 
We seek a world to come. 

2 Jesus is gone before, 

And shows our feet the way; 
His death has made an open door 
To everlasting day. 

3 Our load of earthly care, 
Temptation, grief, and pain, 

Will never find admittance there, 
Or break our peace again. 

4 We may behold the tomb, 
And songs of victory sing; 

For death itself has lost its gloom, 
Since Christ destroyed its sting. 

84 793 



DEATH. 

5 Oh I may we walk by faith, 

Till hence our souls remove; 
Then, by its light, rejoice in death, 

And find our home above. 

74:4 S - M. Bethttne. 

IT IS NOT DEATH TO DIE. 

1 IT is not death to die, 
To leave this weary road, 

And, 'midst the brotherhood on high, 
To be at home with God. 

2 It is not death to close 

The eye long dimmed by tears, 
And wake in glorious repose, 
To spend eternal years. 

3 It is not death to bear 

The wrench that sets us free 
From dungeon chain, to breathe the air 
Of boundless liberty. 

4 It is not death to fling 
Aside this sinful dust, 

And rise, on strong, exulting wing, 
To live among the just. 

5 Jesus, Thou Prince of Life! 
Thy chosen cannot die; 

Like Thee, they conquer in the strife, 
To reign with Thee on high. 

74:5 8s - anc * ^ s. & Wesley. 

THE DYING CHRISTIAN. 

1 HAPPY soul! thy days are ended, 

All thy mourning days below; 

Go, by angel guards attended, 

To the sight of Jesus go. 

Y94 



OF CHRISTIANS. 

Waiting to receive thy spirit, 
Lo! the Saviour stands above, 

Shows the purchase of His merit, 
Reaches out the crown of love. 

2 Struggle through thy latest passion, 

To thy dear Redeemer's breast, 
To His uttermost salvation, 

To His everlasting rest. 
For the joy He sets before thee, 

Bear a momentary pain; 
Die, to live the life of glory, 

Suffer, with thy Lord to reign. 

746 C. M. Logan. 

THE REST OF THE GRAVE. 

1 HOW still and peaceful is the grave! 

Where, life's vain tumults past, 
Th' appointed house, by heaven's decree, 
Receives us all at last. 

2 The wicked there from troubling cease, 

Their passions rage no more; 
And there the weary pilgrim rests 
From all the toils he bore. 

3 There rest the prisoners, now released 

From slavery's sad abode; 
No more they hear th' oppressor's voice, 
Or dread the tyrant's rod. 

4 There servants, masters, small and great, 

Partake the same repose; 
And there, in peace, the ashes mix, 
Of those who once were foes. 



'95 



DEATH. 

All, levelled, by the hand of death, 

Lie sleeping in the tomb ; 
Till God in judgment calls them forth, 

To meet their final doom. 



747 Irreg. Milman. 

BURIAL ANTHEM. 

1 BKOTHEK, thou art gone before us, 

And thy saintly soul is flown, 
"Where tears are wiped from every eye, 

And sorrow is unknown. 
From the burden of the flesh,. 

And from care and fear released, 
Where the wicked cease from troubling, 

And the weary are at rest. 

2 The toilsome way thou 'st travelled o'er, 

And borne the heavy load ; 
But Christ hath taught thy languid feet 

To reach His blessed abode, 
Thou 'rt sleeping now, like Lazarus 

Upon His Father's breast, 
Where the wicked cease from troubling, 

And the weary are at rest. 

3 Sin can never taint thee now, 

Nor doubt thy faith assail, 
Nor thy meek trust in Jesus Christ, 

And the Holy Spirit, fail ; 
And there thou'rt sure to meet the good, 

Whom on earth thou lovedst best, 
Where the wicked cease from troubling, 

And the weary are at rest. 



79<i 



OF CHRISTIANS. 
*748 12 s - and lis. Heber. 

FUNERAL HYMN. 

1 THOU art gone to the grave ! but we will not de- 

plore thee, 
Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomh; 
Thy Saviour has passed through its portals before 

thee. 
And the lamp of His love is thy guide through 

the gloom. 

2 Thou art gone to the grave! we no longer behold 

thee, 
Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side, 
But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold 

thee, 
And sinners may die — for the sinless has died. 

3 Thou art gone to the grave! and its mansion for- 

saking, 
Perchance thy weak spirit in fear lingered long ; 
But the mild rays of paradise beamed on thy waking, 
And the sound which thou heardst was the 

seraphim's song. 

4 Thou art gone to the grave ! but we will not deplore 

thee, 
Whose God was thy Ransom, thy Guardian, and 

Guide ; 
He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore 

thee, 
And death has no sting, for the Saviour has died. 

749 8s. and 7s. S. F. Smith. 

DEATH OF A SISTER. 

1 SISTER, thou wast mild and lovely, 
Gentle as the summer breeze, 
Pleasant as the air of evening, 
When it floats among the trees. 

797 



DEATH. 

2 Peaceful be thy silent slumber, 

Peaceful in the grave so low ; 
Thou no more wilt join our number, 
Thou no more our songs shalt know. 

3 Dearest sister, thou hast left us; 

Here thy loss we deeply feel ; 

But t'is God that hath bereft us, 

He can all our sorrows heal. 

4 Yet again we hope to meet thee, 

"When the day of life is fled ; 
Then in heaven with joy to greet thee, 
Where no farewell tear is shed. 

750 L. M. Mackay. 

SLEEPING EST JESUS. 

1 ASLEEP in Jesus! blessed sleep, 
From which none ever wakes to weep; 
A calm and undisturbed repose, 
Unbroken by the last of foes. 

2 Asleep in Jesus ! Oh ! how sweet, 
To be for such a slumber meet! 
With holy confidence to sing, 
That death has lost his cruel sting. 

3 Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest, 
Whose waking is supremely blessed; 
No fear, no wo shall dim that hour 
That manifests the Saviour's power. 

4 Asleep in Jesus! Oh! for me 
May such a blissful refuge be; 
Securely shall my ashes lie, 
Waiting the summons from on high. 

5 Asleep in Jesus ! far from thee 

Thy kindred and their graves may be; 
But there is still a blessed sleep 
From which none ever wakes to weep. 

798 






RESURRECTION 



RESURRECTION. 

751 I*. M. Doddridge. 

COMFORT FROM THE RESURRECTION. 

1 BLESSED Jesus, source of every grace, 
From far to view Thy smiling face, 
While absent thus by faith we live, 
Exceeds all joys that earth can give. 

2 But Oh! what ecstasy unknown 

Fills the wide circle round Thy throne, 
"Where every rapturous hour appears 
Nobler than millions of our years! 

3 Millions by millions multiplied 

Shall ne'er Thy saints from Thee divide; 
But the bright legions live and praise 
Through all Thy own immortal days. 

4 O happy dead, in Thee that sleep, 
Though o'er their mouldering dust we weep! 

faithful Saviour, who shalt come 
That dust to ransom from the tomb! 

5 While Thine unerring word imparts 
So rich a cordial to our hearts, 
Through tears our triumphs shall be shown, 
Though round their graves, and near our own. 

752 C. M. Watts. 

THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST. 

1 HOW long shall death, the tyrant, reign, 

And triumph o'er the just ; 
While the rich blood of martyrs slain 
Lies mingled with the dust? 

799 



RESURRECTION. 

2 Faith sees the Lord of Glory come, 

With flaming guards around; 
The skies divide to make Him room, 
The trumpet shakes the ground. 

3 Faith hears the voice, "Ye dead, arise!" 

And lo ! the graves obey ; 
And waking saints with joyful eyes 
Salute th' expected day. 

4 They leave the dust, and on the wing 

Rise to the midway air; 
In shining garments meet their King, 
And low adore Him there. 

5 Oh ! may our humble spirits stand 

Among them clothed in white! 
The meanest place at His right hand 
Is infinite delight. 

6 How will our joy and wonder rise, 

When our returning King 
Shall bear us homeward through the skies, 
On love's triumphant wing! 

753 L. M. Watts. 

HOPE IN THE RESURRECTION. 

1 UNYEIL thy bosom, faithful tomb, 

Take this new treasure to thy trust; 
And give these sacred relics room, 
To seek a slumber in the dust. 

2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear 

Invade thy bounds; no mortal woes 
Can reach the peaceful sleeper here, 
While angels watch the soft repose. 

800 






PROSPECT OF 

3 So Jesus slept;- — God's dying Son 

Passed through the grave and blessed the bed ; 
Rest here, blessed saint, till from His throne 
The morning break, and pierce the shade. 

4 Break from His throne, illustrious morn; 

Attend, O earth ! His sovereign word ; 
Restore thy trust, a glorious form, 
Called to ascend and meet the Lord. 

754 C. M. Kirk White. 

PEOSPECT OF THE RESURRECTION. 

1 THROUGH sorrow's night and danger's path, 
Amid the deepening gloom, 
We, soldiers of an injured King, 
Are marching to the tomb. 



2 There, when the turmoil is no more, 

And all our powers decay, 
Our cold remains, in solitude, 
Shall sleep the years away. 

3 Our labours done, securely laid 

In this our last retreat, 
Unheeded, o'er our silent dust, 
The storms of life shall beat. 

4 These ashes poor, this little dust, 

Our Father's care shall keep, 
Till the last angel rise, and break 
The long and dreary sleep. 

5 Tli en love's soft dew o'er every eye 

Shall shed its mildest rays, 
And the long silent dust shall burst 
With shouts of endless praise. 

34* 801 



JUDGMENT. 

JUDGMENT 

755 8 s - 5 7s. and 4s. Newton. 

DAT OF JUDGMENT. 

1 DAY of judgment, day of wonders ! 

Hark! the trumpet's awful sound, 
Louder than a thousand thunders, 
Shakes the vast creation round. 

How the summons 
Will the sinner's heart confound! 

2 See the Judge our nature wearing, 

Clothed in majesty divine! 
You, who long for His appearing, 
Then shall say, "This God is mine! 

Gracious Saviour, 
Own me in that day for Thine !" 

3 At His call the dead awaken, 

Rise to life from earth and sea: 
All the powers of nature, shaken 
By His looks, prepare to flee: 

Careless sinner, 
What will then become of thee? 

4 Horrors past imagination 

Will surprise your trembling heart, 
When you hear your condemnation, 
" Hence, accursed wretch, depart ! 

Thou with Satan 
And his angels have thy part!" 

5 But to those who have confessed, 

Loved and served the Lord, below; 
He will say, " Come near, ye blessed, 
See the kingdom I bestow : 

You for ever 
Shall my love and glory know." 

802 






CHRIST'S COMING. 

6 Under sorrows and reproaches, 

May this thought our courage raise! 
Swiftly God's great day approaches, 
Sighs shall then be changed to praise: 

May we triumph 
When the world is in a blaze. 

756 L. M. Hebee. 

THE LORD SHALL COME. 

1 THE Lord shall come! the earth shall quake, 
The mountains to their centre shake; 

And withering from the vault of night, 
The stars shall pale their feeble light. 

2 The Lord shall come! but not the same 
As once in lowliness He came; 

A silent lamb before His foes, 
A weary man, and full of woes. 

3 The Lord shall come! a dreadful form, 
"With wreath of flame, and robe of storm, 
On cherub wings, and wings of wind, 
Appointed Judge of all mankind. 

4 Can this be He, who wont to stray 
A pilgrim on the world's highway, 
Oppressed by power, and mocked by pride, 
The ^Tazarene, the crucified? 

5 While sinners in despair shall call, 
"Rocks hide us, mountains on us fall!" 
The saints, ascending from the tomb, 
Shall joyful sing, "The Lord is come!" 

757 C. ^- Doddridge. 

THE FINAL DAY. 

1 THE day approaches, O my soul, 
The great decisive day, 
Which from the verge of mortal life 
Shall bear thee far away. 

803 



JUDGMENT. 

2 Another day more awful dawns; 

And, lo! the Judge appears; 
Ye heavens, retire before His face, 
And sink, ye darkened stars. 

3 Yet does one short preparing honr, 

One precious hour remain ; 
Awake, my soul, with all thy power, 
'Nor let it pass in vain. 

4 We one and all must shortly die, 

And at Thy bar appear; 
]S"ow be our intercourse improved 
To mutual profit here. 

5 For this, Thy temple, Lord, we throng, 

For this Thy board surround ; 

Here may our service be approved, 

And in thy presence crowned. 

758 L. M. W: Scott. 

THAT DAT OF WRATH. 

1 THAT day of wrath, that dreadful day, 
When heaven and earth shall pass away, 
What power shall be the sinner's stay? 
How shall he meet that dreadful day? 

2 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, 
The flaming heavens together roll; 
When louder yet, and yet more dread, 
Swells the high trump that wakes the dead. 

3 Oh ! on that day, that wrathful day, 
When man to judgment wakes from clay, 
Be thou the trembling sinner's stay, 
Though heaven and earth shall pass away. 

804 



ANTICIPATED. 

759 s - V? Beddome. 

BEHOLD ! HE COMETH. 

1 BEHOLD the day is come. 
The righteous Judge is near, 

And sinners, trembling at their doom, 
Shall soon their sentence hear. 

2 Angels in bright attire 
Conduct Him through the skies ; 

Darkness and tempests, smoke and fire, 
Attend Him as He flies. 

3 How awful is the sight, 
How loud the thunders roar! 

The sun forbears to give his light, 
And stars are seen no more. 

4 The whole creation groans, 
But saints arise and sing, 

They are the ransomed of the Lord, 
And He their God and King. 

760 0. M. Watts. 

ANTICIPATED JUDGMENT. 

1 THAT awful day will surely come, 

Th' appointed hour make haste, 
When 1 must stand before my Judge, 
And pass the solemn test. 

2 Thou lovely chief of all my joys, 

Thou Sovereign of my heart, 
How could I bear to hear Thy voice 
Pronounce the word, Depart! 

3 Oh! wretched state of deep despair, 

To see my God remove, 
And fix my doleful station where 

I must not taste His love. 

805 



JUDGMENT. 

4 Jesus, I throw my arms around, 

I hang upon Thy breast; 
Without a gracious smile from Thee, 
My spirit cannot rest. 

5 Oh! tell me that my worthless name 

Is graven on Thy hands; 
Show me some promise in Thy word, 
Where my salvation stands. 

761 S. M. Doddridge. 

THE TERROR OF THE LORD. 

1 AND will the Judge descend? 
And must the dead arise? 

And not a single soul escape 
His all-discerning eyes? 

2 How will my heart endure 
The terrors of that day, 

When earth and heaven before His face 
Astonished, shrink away? 

3 But ere that trumpet shakes 
The mansions of the dead, 

Hark! from the gospel's cheering sound 
What joyful tidings spread. 

4 Ye sinners, seek His grace, 
His wrath ye cannot bear; 

Fly to the shelter of His cross, 
And find salvation there. 

5 So shall that curse remove, 
By which the Saviour bled; 

And the last awful day shall pour 
His blessings on your head. 

SOCy 



ANNOUNCED. 

762 8s -> ? s - and 6s - Irr - Spib. Songs. 

A VISION OF JUDGMENT. 

1 DARK brood the heavens o'er thee, 

Black clouds are gathering fast; 
In awful power thy God has come. 
Thy days of mirth are past. 

2 Dark brood the heavens o'er thee, 

Eed flames are bursting round ; 
Bright lightnings flash, loud thunders roar ; 
How shakes the trembling ground! 

3 Dark brood the heavens o'er thee, 

Behold the Judge appears ; 
Unnumbered millions throng around, 
Raised from the dust of years. 

4 Dark brood the heavens o'er thee, 

Soon thou wilt hear thy doom ; 
Destruction opens wide for thee, 
Thy chosen, final home. 

5 Yet stay, the vision lingers; 

Why, sinner, wilt thou die? 
Dark brood the heavens, but mercy waits, 
This hour to Jesus fly! 

763 7s. Kelly. 
Christ's second advent. 

1 HARK ! that shout of rapturous joy, 

Bursting forth from yonder cloud; 
Jesus comes, and through the sky 
Angels tell their joy aloud. 

2 Hark ! the trumpet's awful voice 

Sounds abroad through sea and land: 
Let His people now rejoice, 
Their redemption is at hand. 

807 



JUDGMENT. 

3 See, the Lord appears in view, 

Heaven and earth before Him fly; 
Rise, ye saints, He comes for you, 
Rise to meet Him in the sky. 

4 Go, and dwell with Him above, 

Where no foe can e'er molest; 
Happy in a Saviour's love, 
Ever blessing, ever blessed. 

764 10 s - R. Montgomery. 

RESURRECTION AND JUDGMENT. 

1 HARK ! from the deep of heaven a trumpet sound 
Thunders the dizzy universe around ; 

From north to south, from east to west it rolls, 
A blast that summons all created souls. 

2 And swift as ripples rise upon the deep, 
The dead awaken from their dismal sleep ; 
The sea has heard it ; coiling up, with dread, 
Myriads of mortals rush from out her bed. 

3 The graves fly open, and with awful strife 
The dust of ages startles into life ; 

All who have breathed, or moved, or seen, or felt, 
All they around whose cradles kingdoms knelt ; 

4 Tyrants and warriors, who were throned in blood, 
The great and mean, the glorious and the good, 
Are raised, from every isle, and land, and tomb, 
To hear the changeless and eternal doom. 



808 



DESCRIBED. 
765 L.M. Davies. 

END OF THE WORLD. 

1 HOW great, how terrible that God, 
Who shakes creation with His nod ! 

He frowns, and earth's foundations quake, 
And all the wheels of nature break. 

2 Crushed under guilt's oppressive weight, 
This globe now totters to its fate; 
Trembles beneath her guilty sons, 

And for deliverance heaves and groans. 



3 And see, the glorious, dreadful day 
That takes th' enormous load away; 
See skies, and stars, and earth, and seas 
Sink in one universal blaze. 






4 Where now, ah! where shall sinners seek 
For shelter in the general wreck? 

Can falling rocks conceal them now, 
When rocks dissolve like melting snow? 

5 In vain for pity now they cry, 
In lakes of liquid fire they lie; 
There on the burning billows tossed, 
For ever, ever, ever lost. 

6 But saints, undaunted and serene, 
Your eyes shall view the dreadful scene; 
Your Saviour lives, though worlds expire, 
And earth and skies dissolve in fire. 



809 



JUDGMENT. 

*766 8s. and 7s., Irr. Collyer. 

THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME. 

1 GEE AT God, what do I see and hear! 

The end of things created; 
The Judge of man I see appear, 

On clouds of glory seated ; 
The trumpet sounds, the graves restore 
The dead which they contained before; 

Prepare, my soul, to meet Him. 

2 The dead in Christ shall first arise, 

At the last trumpet's sounding; 
Caught up to meet Him in the skies, 

With joy their Lord surrounding: 
No gloomy fears their souls dismay, 
His presence sheds eternal day 

On those prepared to meet Him. 

3 But sinners, filled with guilty fears, 

Behold His wrath prevailing; 
For they shall rise, and find their tears 

And sighs are unavailing: 
The day of grace is past and gone; 
Trembling they stand before the throne. 

All unprepared to meet Him. 

4 Great God, what do I see and hear! 

The end of things created ; 
The Judge of man I see appear. 

On clouds of glory seated ; 
Beneath His cross I view the day 
When heaven and earth shall pass away, 

And thus prepare to meet Him. 



810 



HEAVEN. 

HEAVEN. 
7 (3*7 CM. Steele. 

NO SIN IN HEAVEN. 

1 FAR from these gloomy scenes of night, 
Unbounded glories rise; 

And realms of infinite delight, 
Unknown to mortal eyes. 

2 Fair, distant land! could mortal eyes 
But half its charms explore, 

How would our spirits long to rise, 
And dwell on earth no more. 

3 There, pain and sickness never come, 
And grief no more complains; 

Health triumphs in immortal bloom, 
And endless pleasure reigns. 

4 No clouds these blissful regions know, 
Realms ever bright and fair, . 

For sin, the source of mortal wo, 
Can never enter there. 

5 There, all the millions of His saints 
Shall in one song unite; 

And each the bliss of all shall view 
With infinite delight. 

6 Prepare us, Lord, by grace divine, 
For Thy bright courts on high; 

Then bid our spirits rise, and join 
The chorus of the sky. 

768 L - K. Gibbons. 

ETERNAL LIFE. 

1 ETERNAL life! how sweet the sound 
To sinners, who deserve to die! 
Proclaim the bliss the world around, 
And shout the joys, ye worlds on high. 

811 



HEAVEN. 

2 Eternallife! how will it reign, 

When, mounting from this breathless clod, 
The soul, discharged from sin and pain, 
Ascends t' enjoy its Father, God ! 

3 Eternal life! how will it bloom 

In beauty on that blissful day, 
When, rescued from th' imprisoning tomb, 
A glory clothes our rising clay ! 

4 Eternal life ! Oh ! how refined 

The joy! the triumph how divine! 
When saints, in body and in mind, 
Shall in the Saviour's image shine! 

5 Holy and heavenly be that soul, 

Where dwells a hope so high as this ; 
How should we long to reach the goal, 
And seize the prize of endless bliss! 

769 C. M. Beddome. 

THE WORLD OF BLISS. 

1 THERE is a world of perfect bliss, 

Above the starry skies; 
Fatigued with sorrows and with sins, 
I thither lift mine eyes. 

2 'Tis there the weary are at rest, 

And all is peace within ; 
The mind with guilt no more oppressed, 
The conscience calm and clean. 

3 Farewell to earth and earthly things, 

In vain they tempt my stay; 
Come, angels, spread your downy wings, 
And bear me swift away. 

4 I long to see my Father's face, 

And love and sing like you ; 

Adieu, adieu, my dearest friends; 

Yain world, once more adieu ! 

812 



OUR REST. 

770 C. P. M. Toplady's Coll. 

THE HEAVENLY PROSPECT. 

1 REJOICING now in glorious hope, 
We stand, and from the mountain top, 

Yiew all the land below ; 
Rivers of milk and honey rise, 
And all the fruits of Paradise 

In endless plenty grow. 

2 A land where sin shall ne'er invade, 
Nor doubts shall cast a gloomy shade, 

With every blessing crowned ; 
There dwells the Lord our righteousness, 
And keeps His own in perfect peace, 

And all His praise resound. 

3 May we this better land possess, 
When in this howling wilderness, 

No longer we shall rove; 
Lord, help us humbly to rejoice, 
In hope we there shall hear Thy voice, 

And sing redeeming love. 

771 8s - and 6s - Irr - Tappan. 

A HOME FOR WEARY SOULS. 

1 THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, 

To mourning wanderers given; 
There is a joy for souls distressed, 
A balm for every wounded breast, 

'Tis found above in heaven. 

2 There is a home for weary souls 

By sin and sorrow driven ; 
When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, 
Where storms arise and ocean rolls, 

And all is drear but heaven. 

813 



HEAVEN. 

3 There faith lifts up her tearful eye, 

To brighter prospects given; 
And views the tempest passing by, 
The evening shadows quickly fly, 

And all serene in heaven. 

4 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom, 

And joys supreme are given: 
There rays divine disperse the gloom; 
Beyond the confines of the tomb 

Appears the dawn of heaven. 

772 11 s - MlJHLENBERGH. 

I WOULD NOT LIVE ALWAY. 

1 I WOULD not live alway : I ask not to stay 
Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way ; 
The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here, 
Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 

2 I would not live alway, thus fettered by sin ; 
Temptation without and corruption within ; 
E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears, 
And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. 

3 I would not live alway : no, welcome the tomb ; 
Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom : 
There sweet be my rest, till He bid me arise 

To hail Him in triumph descending the skies. 

4 Who, who would live alway, away from his God ; 
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 
Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright 

plains, 
And the noontide of glory eternally reigns: 

5 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, 
Their Saviour, and brethren, transported to greet : 
While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, 
And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul ? 

814 






HOPE OF. 
773 C. M. Mason, 

HOPE OF HEAVEN. 

1 WHAT have I in this barren land? 

My Jesus is not here; 
Mine eyes will ne'er be blessed, until 
My Jesus doth appear. 

2 My Jesus is gone up to heaven, 

To get a place for me ; 
For, 'tis His will, that where He is 
His followers should be. 

3 Canaan I view from Pisgah's top ; 
Of Canaan's grapes I taste; 

My Lord, who sends them to me here, 
Will send for me at last. 

4 I have a God that changeth not; 
Why should I be perplexed? 

My God, who owns me in this world, 
Will own me in the next. 

5 My dearest friends, they dwell above; 
Them will I go to see; 

And all my friends in Christ below 
Will soon come after me. 

774 C. M. Tappan. 

HEAVENLY REST. 

1 THERE is an hour of hallowed peace, 

For those with cares oppressed, 
When sighs and sorrowing tears shall cease, 
And all be hushed to rest. 

2 'Tis then the soul is freed from fears 

And doubts which here annoy ; 
Then they, who oft have sown in tears, 
Shall reap again in joy. 

815 



HEAVEN. 

3 There is a home of sweet repose, 

Where storms assail no more; 
The stream of endless pleasure flows 
On that celestial shore. 

4 There, purity with love appears, 

And bliss without alloy ; 
There, they, who oft had sown in tears, 
Shall reap again in joy. 

775 C. M. Watts. 

THE HOPE OF HEAVEN SUPPORTING. 

1 WHEN I can read my title clear 

To mansions in the skies, 
I'll bid farewell to every fear, 
And wipe my weeping eyes. 

2 Should earth against my soul engage, 

And hellish darts be hurled, 

Then I can smile at Satan's rage, 

And face a frowning world. 

3 Let cares, like a wild deluge, come, 

And storms of sorrow fall ; 
May I but safely reach my home, 
My God, my heaven, my all! 

4 There shall I bathe my weary soul 

In seas of heavenly rest ; 
And not a wave of trouble roll 
Across my peaceful breast. 

776 C. M. Dickson 

THE NEW JERUSALEM. 

1 JEEUSALEM, my happy home, 
Name ever dear to me! 
When shall my labours have an end, 
In joy and peace, and thee? 

816 






NEW JERUSALEM. 

2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls 

And pearly gates behold ? 
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, 
And streets of shining gold? 

3 Oh ! when, thou city of my God, 

Shall I thy courts ascend ; 
Where congregations ne'er break up, 
And sabbaths have no end? 

4 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom, 

Nor sin, nor sorrow, know ; 
Blessed seats ! through wild and stormy scenes, 
I onward press to you. 

5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there 

Around my Saviour stand ; 
And soon my friends in Christ below 
Will join the glorious band. 

6 Jerusalem, my happy home! 

My soul still pants for thee; 
Then shall my labours have an end, 
When I thy joy shall see. 



7*77 ? s - Raffles. 

ALL TEARS WIPED AWAY. 

1 HIGH in yonder realms of light, 

Dwell the raptured saints above, 
Far beyond our feeble sight, 

Happy in Immanuel's love. 
Pilgrims in this vale of tears, 

Once they knew, like us below, 
Gloomy doubts, distressing fears, 

Torturing pain, and heavy woe. 

35 817 



HEAVEN. 

2 Oft the big unbidden tear, 

Stealing down the furrowed cheek, 
Told in eloquence sincere, 

Tales of woe they could not speak. 
But these days of weeping o'er, 

Past this scene of toil and pain, 
They shall feel distress no more, 

Never, never weep again! 

3 'Mid the chorus of the skies, 

'Mid th' angelic lyres above, 
Hark! their songs melodious rise, 

Songs of praise to Jesus' love! 
Happy spirits! ye are fled, 

Where no grief can entrance find ; 
Lulled to rest the aching head, 

Soothed the anguish of the mind! 

4 All is tranquil and serene, 

Calm and undisturbed repose; 
There no cloud can intervene, 

There no angry tempest blows! 
Every tear is wiped away, 

Sighs no more shall heave the breast! 
Night is lost in endless day, 

Sorrows, in eternal rest! 

•778 -k -M-* Duncan: Kknt.| 

THE SONG OF THE REDEEMED IN HEAVEN. 

1 BEHOLD the saints beloved of God ! 
Washed are their robes in Jesus' blood; 
Brighter than angels, lo, they shine, 
Their glories splendid and sublime! 

2 Through tribulation great they came, 
They bore the cross, and scorned the shame;! 
Now in the living temple blessed, 
With God thev dwell, on Him they rest. 

818 



SAINTS IN. 

3 Hunger they ne'er shall feel again, 
Nor pain, nor thirst shall they sustain; 
To wells of living water led, 

By God the Lamb for ever fed. 

4 While everlasting ages roll, 
Eternal love shall feast the soul ; 
And scenes of bliss, for ever new, 
Rise in succession to their view. 

5 Here, all who suffered sword or flame, 
For truth, or Jesus' lovely name, 
Shout victory now, and hail the Lamb, 
And bow before the great I AM. 

6 Jesus, the Saviour, is their theme; 
They sing the wonders of His name; 
To Him ascribing power and grace, 
Dominion and eternal praise. 

7 To Him who loved them to the end, 
Their surety, sacrifice, and friend ; 

To Him who washed them in His blood, 
And made them kings and priests to God! 

8 "Amen," they cry, "'tis He alone, 
Who rightly fills His Father's throne, 
To Him be glory;" and again 
Repeat His praise, and say, "Amen !" 

9 Oh ! sweet employ, to sing and trace 

Th' amazing heights and depths of grace! 
To spend, from sin and sorrow free, 
A blissful, vast eternity ! 

10 Oh ! what a grand, exalted song, 
When every tribe and every tongue, 
Redeemed by blood, with Christ appear, 
And join in one full chorus there. 

819 



HEAVEN. 

11 My soul anticipates the day; 

Would stretch her wings and soar away, 
To aid the song, the palm to bear, 
And how, the chief of sinners, there. 

779 lis. Denham. 

THE CHRISTIAN'S HOME. 

1 'MID scenes of confusion and creature complaints, 
How sweet to my soul is communion with saints ; 
To find at the banquet of mercy there 's room, 
And feel in the presence of Jesus at home! 

2 Sweet bonds that unite all the children of peace ! 
And thrice-precious Jesus, whose love cannot cease! 
Though oft from Thy presence in sadness I roam, 

I long to behold Thee, in glory at home. 

3 I sigh from this body of sin to be free, 

Which hinders my joy and communion with The 
Though now my temptations like billows may foam, 
All, all will be peace, when I 'm with Thcc at home. 

4 While here in the valley of conflict I stay, 

Oh! give me submission and strength as my day 
In all my affictions to Thee would I come, 
Rejoicing in hope of my glorious home. 

5 Whate'er Thou deniest, Oh! give me Thy grace, 
The Spirit's sure witness, and smiles of Thy face; 
Indulge me with patience to wait at Thy throne, 
And find even now a sweet foretaste of home. 

(> I long, dearest Lord, in Thy beauties to shine, 
ISTo more as an exile in sorrow to pine, 
And in Thy dear image arise from the tomb, 
With glorified millions, to praise Thee at home. 

820 



:e: 



A WORLD OF JOY. 
780 8s - ancl ^ s - Kelly. 

YONDER WORLD OF JOY. 

1 WHAT is life! 'tis all a vapour; 

Soon it vanishes away; 
Life is but a dying taper; 

Oh ! my soul, why wish to stay ? 
Why not spread thy wings, and fly 
Straight to yonder world of joy ! 

2 See that glory how resplendent, 

Brighter far than fancy paints ; 
There, in majesty transcendent, 

Jesus reigns, the King of saints. 
Spread thy wings, my soul, and fly 
Straight to yonder world of joy. 

3 Joyful crowds His throne surrounding, 

Sing with rapture of His love, 
Through the heavens His praises sounding, 

Filling all the courts above. 
Spread thy wings, my soul, and fly 
Straight to yonder world of joy. 

4 Go, and share His people's glory ; 

'Mid the ransomed crowd appear; 
Thine, a joyful, wondrous story, 

One that angels love to hear. 
Spread thy wings, my soul, and fly 
Straight to yonder world of joy. 

781 k. M. Beddome. 

BLISS OF HEAVEN. 

1 IN heaven the heart o'erflows with love, 
And every eye beholds its God; 
The passions now no longer rove, 
The soul is washed in Jesus' blood. 

821 



HEAVEN. 

2 Sin is for ever banished thence, 

Ecstatic raptures fill the mind ; 
The low delights of flesh and sense, 
Are changed for pleasures all refined. 

3 Oceans of bliss incessant roll, 

Nor Satan tempts, nor tyrants frown; 
No transient clouds o'erspread the soul, 
And guilt and grief are never known. 

4 Oh ! could we drop this cumbrous clay, 

Soon would we climb the upper road ; 
On wings of love fly swift away, 

Till we shall reach the throne of God. 

782 c - M - Beddomk. 

SAINTS ABOVE. 

1 YIEW the bright ranks in order stand, 

And round the throne appear ; 
Now free from each polluting sin, 
And each distracting care. 

2 They know no grief, nor suffer pain, 

Their sighs are turned to songs; 
Celestial love inflames their souls. 
And praise employs their tongues. 

3 In Jesus' righteousness arrayed, 

How beautiful and fair! 
Rich the enjoyments they partake, 
And bright the crowns thev wear. 

4 Could I but hope at length to join 

The spirits of the just, 
I'd trample on this empty world, 
Nor cleave to earth and dust. 

C99 



PURE. 

783 C. M. Watts. 

HOLINESS OF HEAVEN. 

1 NOR eye has seen, nor ear has heard, 

Nor sense, nor reason known, 
What joys the Father has prepared 
For those that love His Son. 

2 But the good Spirit of the Lord 

Reveals a heaven to come; 
The beams of glory in His word 
Allure and guide us home. 

3 Pure are the joys above the sky, 

And all the region peace; 

No lying lips, nor envious eye, 

Can taste or see the bliss. 

4 Those holy gates for ever bar 

Pollution, sin, and shame; 
None shall obtain admittance there 
But followers of the Lamb. 

5 He keeps the Father's book of life, 

Where all their names are found; 
The hypocrite in vain shall strive 
To tread the heavenly ground. 

784 C. M. Topladt. 

HAPPINESS OF DEPARTED SAINTS. 

1 HOW happy are the souls above, 

From sin and sorrow free! 
With Jesus they are now at rest, 
And all His glory see! 

2 "Worthy the Lamb," aloud they cry, 

"That brought us here to God:" 
In ceaseless hymns of praise, they shout 
The virtue of His blood. 

823 



HEAVEN. 

3 Sweet gratitude inspires their songs, 

Ambitious to proclaim, 
Before the Father's awful throne, 
The honours of the Lamb. 

4 With wondering joy they recollect 

Their fears and dangers past; 
And bless the wisdom, power, and love, 
Which brought them safe at last. 

5 Lord, let the merit of Thy death 

To me be likewise given; 
And I, with them, will shout Thy praise 
Eternally in heaven. 

785 ^ s - Montgomery. 

WHAT ARE THESE IN WHITE ROBES ? 

1 WHAT are these in bright array? 

This innumerable throng, 
Round the altar night and day, 

Tuning their triumphant song : 
" Worthy is the Lamb once slain, 

Blessing, honour, glory, power, 
Wisdom, riches, to obtain, 

New dominion every hour." 

2 These through fiery trials trod, 

These from great affliction came, 
Now, before the throne of God, 

Sealed with His eternal name; 
Clad in raiment pure and white, 

Victor palms in every hand, 
Through their great Redeemer's might, 

More than conquerors they stand. 



824 



HAPPINESS OF. 

3 Hunger, thirst, disease unknown, 

On immortal fruits they feed ; 
Them, the Lamb amidst the throne 

Shall to living fountains lead. 
Joy and gladness banish sighs ; 

Perfect love dispels all fear; 
And for ever from their eyes 

God shall wipe away the tear. 

786 7s. 

RISING SAINTS. 

1 FROM the roaring surge they come, 

From the darksome depths of wo, 
Peril, weariness, and shame, 
Marked their chosen lot below. 

2 Sinking in the ocean brine, 

Jesus caught them from the flood ; 
Lo ! how bright their garments shine, 
Blanched in their Redeemer's blood. 

3 "Where is now the streaming tear? 

Where the pang, the secret groan % 
Sin nor sorrow mingle here, 

Shadeless splendour gilds the throne. 

4 Like the rush of ocean storm, 

High the thundering chorus blends ; 
Rich with life, with rapture warm, 
Low the adoring circle bends. 

5 One their Lord, and one their song, 

Saint and seraph there combine; 
Christian, be thy faith as strong, 
Rest as glorious shall be thine. 

So* 825 



HEAVEN. 

787 8s - an d ?s. Kelly. 

JOY W JESUS' REIGN. 

1 HARK! ten thousand harps and voices 

Sound the note of praise above; 
Jesus reigns, and heaven rejoices, 

Jesus reigns, the God of love: 
See, He sits on yonder throne, 
Jesus, rules the world alone. 

2 Jesus hail! whose glory brightens, 

All above, and gives it worth; 
Lord of life, Thy smile enlightens, 

Cheers, and charms Thy saints on earth. 
When we think of love like Thine, 
Lord, we own it, love divine. 

3 King of glory, reign for ever, 

Thine an everlasting crown; 
Nothing from Thy love shall sever 

Those whom Thou hast made Thine own. 
Happy objects of Thy grace, 
Destined to behold Thy face. 

4 Saviour, hasten Thine appearing; 

Bring, Oh! bring the glorious day, 
"When, the awful summons hearing, 

Heaven and earth shall pass away ; 
Then with golden harps we'll sing, 
" Glory, glory to our King." 

788 lls - c - Wesley. 

GLORY TO THE LAMB. 

1 YE servants of God, your master proclaim, 
And publish abroad His wonderful name; 
The name all- victorious of Jesus extol; 
His kingdom is glorious, and rules over all. 

826 



HEAVEN. 

2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save; 
Yet still He is nigh, His presence we have : 
The great congregation His triumph shall sing, 
Ascribing salvation to Jesus, our King. 

3 Salvation to God, who sits on His throne ; 
Let all cry aloud, and honour the Son ; 
ImmanuePs praises the angels proclaim, 

Fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb. 

4 Then let us adore, and give Him His right ; 
All glory and power, all wisdom and might ; 
All honour and blessing, with angels above, 
And thanks never ceasing, and infinite love. 



827 



DOXOLOGIES. 



DOXOLOG-IES 



L. M. "Watts. 

TO God the Father, God the Son, 
And God the Spirit; Three in One, 
Be honour, praise, and glory given, 
By all on earth and all in heaven. 

L. M. Kenn. 

PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow, 
Praise Him all creatures here below, 
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, 
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

C. M. Tate and Brady. 

TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God whom we adore; 
Be glory, as it was, is now, 

And shall be evermore. 

C. M. Watts. 

TO praise the Father and the Son, 

And Spirit all divine, 
The One in Three, and Three in One, 

Let saints and angels join. 

S. M. Beddome. 

TO the eternal Three, 
In will and essence One; 
To Father, Son, and Spirit be 
Co-equal honours done. 

828 



BOXOLOGIES. 

Q H. M. Watts. 

TO God the Father's throne 

Perpetual honours raise, 
Glory to God the Son, 
And to the Spirit praise: 
"With all our powers, Thy name we sing. 
Eternal King, While faith adores. 

7 L. P. M. Watts. 
NOW to the great, and sacred Three, 

The Father, Son, and Spirit, be 

Eternal praise and glory given, 
Through all the worlds where God is known, 
By all the angels near the throne, 

And all the saints in earth and heaven. 

8 C. P. M. Tate and Brady. 
TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 

The God, whom heaven's triumphant host 

And saints on earth adore; 
Be glory as in ages past, 
And now it is, and so shall last, 

When time shall he no more. 

Q 7s. C. Wesley. 

SING we to our God above, 
Praise eternal as His love ; 
Praise Him, all ye heavenly host, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 

10 7s. 

PEAISE the name of God most high, 
Praise Him, all below the sky, 
Praise Him, all ye heavenly host, 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: 
As through countless ages past, 
Evermore His praise shall last. 



DOXOLOGIES. 

11 8s. and Ts. 

PRAISE the Father, earth and heaven, 
Praise the Son, the Spirit praise, 

At it was, and is, be given, 
Glory through eternal days. 

12 8s., 7s. and 4s. Rdppon's Coll. 

FATHER, Son, and Holy Spirit, 
Thou, the God whom we adore, 

May we all Thy love inherit, 
To Thine image us restore, 

Yast Eternal! 
Praises to Thee evermore. 

13 10s. and lis. Tate and Brady. 

BY all holy spirits that fill the wide heaven, 
And saints upon earth, let praises be given 
To God, in three persons, the God we adore, 
As it has been, now is, and shall be e'ermore. 

14 lis. and 8s. 

ALL praise to the Father, all praise to the Son, 
All praise to the Spirit, thrice blessed, 

The Holy, Eternal, Supreme Three in One, 
"Was, is, and shall still be addressed. 

15 us- 

O FATHER Almighty, to Thee be addressed, 
With Christ and the Spirit, one God ever blessed, 

All glory and worship, from earth and from heaven, 
As was, and is now, and shall ever be given. 

830 



DOXOLOGIES. 

1(5 8s. and 7s. Newton. 

APOSTOLIC BENEDICTION. 

1 MAY the grace of Christ the Saviour, 

And the Father's boundless love, 
With the Holy Spirit's favour, 
Rest upon us from above. 

2 Thus may we abide in union, 

With each other, and the Lord, 
And possess, in sweet communion, 
Joys which earth cannot afford. 

1*7 L. M. Newton. 

THE PEACE OF GOD. PHIL. 4: 7. 

1 THE peace, which God alone reveals, 
And by His word of grace imparts, 
Which only the believer feels, 
Direct, and keep, and cheer our hearts. 

J And may the holy Three in One, 
The Father, Word, and Comforter, 
Pour an abundant blessing down, 
On every soul assembled here. 

18 7s. and 6s. Trochaic. 

TO the Father, to the Son 

And Spirit, ever blessed, 
Everlasting Three in One, 

All worship be addressed. 
Praise from all above, below, 

As throughout the ages past, 
Now is given, and shall be so 

While endless ages last. 



831 



DOXOLOGIES. 



1Q 7s. and 6s. Iambic. 

TO Father, Son, and Spirit, 

The God whom we adore, 
Be loftiest praises given, 

Now and for ever more. 
Earth join with heaven in singing 

The praise of pardoning love, 
Till the loud anthem swelling 

Shall reach the courts above. 



20 ^ s - an d 6s. Iambic. 

FBOM all in earth and heaven 

To God, the Three in One, 
Be boundless glory given, 

And ceaseless service done; 
Coequal praise to Father, 

To Son and Spirit be; 
One God, they reign together, 

In holy Trinity. 

21 6s. and 4s. Madan's Coll. 

TO the great One in Three, 
The highest praises be, 

Hence, evermore ; 
His sovereign majesty 
May we in glory see, 
And to eternity 

Love and adore. 



TABLE OF PSALMS AND HYMNS 

ADAPTED TO 

THE EXPOSITION OF THE CATECHISM. 



Lord's Day. 

I. Ps. 36, 72. H. 90, 253, 323-326, 

333, 336. 
II. Ps. 119 (7). H. 201-207, 

III. Ps. 14, 51. H. 174, 1S4, 185, 200. 

287, 2S9. 

IV. H. 26, 89, 40 ; Ps. 86, 51. H. 

1SS, 189, 70S, 710. 
V. H. 94, 106,120,121,251. 
VI. Ps 40. H. 76 ; 72-75, 78 ; 287 ; 
Ps. 69, 89. H. 112, 240. 
VII. Ps. 50, H. 193; H. 334,404-409; 
698. 
VIII H. 44-50, 227, 518, and Doxolo- 
gies. 
IX. Ps. 33, 100, 104, 136, 147, 143 H. 
27, 34, 35, 173 ; 176, 181-183. 
X. Ps. 9, -=3, 36, 73, 104, 147. H. 

► 176-1 SO; 380,384,434,438. 

XI. Ps. 71, 85. H. 56, 58, 65-68, 92-96. 
XII. Ps. 2, 110. H. 59, 68, 80, 81, 105 ; 

325, 445. 
XI1X Ps. 2. H. 72-75, 331, 332 ; 51-54, 

323, 324. 
XIV. Ps. 97, 9S. H. 61, 72, 107, 109- 

117. 
XV. Ps. 22, 40, 69. H. 118-182. 
XVI. H.S2-S4,S9,120; 727-737; 330, 

420; 127. "* 
XVII. Ps. 22, 118. H. 52, 188-137. 
XVIII. Ps. 24, 47, 63, 110. H. 138-142. 
XIX. Ps. 2, 21, 72, 110. H. 143-147, 
773, 787 : Ps. 50, 97, 149. H. 
148-150, 755-766. 

»XX. Ps. 68, 119 (11). H. 151-167, 254, 
266, 365. 
XXI. Ps. 45, 48, US, 137. H. 467^69, 
169, 335 ; Ps. 133. H. 398-403 ; 
Ps. 32, 130. H. 250, 252, 260, 
269, 270. 
XXII. Ps. 16, 17, 49, 88, 89. H. 751-754; 
Ps. 16, 17, 36. H. 321, 337, 
768-783. 

XXIII. Ps. 32, 130. H. 70, 97, 326-329, 

404, 407. 

XXIV. H. 203-20G; 319-322; 330,420. 

....... 



Lord's Dat. 

XXVI. H. 514, 520. 
XXVII. H. 515; 11.221-228,516-519. 
XXVIII. \ 

and > Ps. 22, 23. H. 521-548. 

XXIX- ) 
XXX. H. S5, 128 ; 472, 473, 528-531, 

537. 

XXXI. Ps. 19, 35, 89. H. 145, 241-246, 

255, 263, 503-505. 

XXXII. Ps. 116. H. 172, 802, 803, 38S, 

391, 411, 450 ; 200, 330. 

XXXIII. H. 296-316, 330, 411, 412, 420. 

XXXIV. Ps. 53, 135. H. 202, 20S. 
XXXV. Ps. 115. H. 23-32, 209. 

XXXVI. \ 

and I Ps. 15. H. 210-212. 
XXXVII. ) 
XXXVIII. Ps. 5, 63, 92, 118. II. 213-218, 



XXXIX. Ps. 101, 128, 133. H. 219-228, 
247, 466, 658-664, 695. 
XL. Ps. 35, 109. H. 229-232. 
XLI. Ps. 119 (11). H. 283, 234, 682, 

683; 159-165. 
XLII. Ps. 119(11). H. 235, 236, 429. 

449. 
XLIII. Ps. 39, 119 (11), 120. H. 237, 

418. 
XLIV. H. 238, 239, 448; 203-20-, 326. 
XLV. Ps. 34, 65, 66, 102, 119 (19). H. 
477-486. 
XLVI. H. 26, 1S3, 825, 332, 4S7-439. 
XL VII. Ps. 145450. H. 25, 490. 
XL VIII. Ps. 2, 72, 96-93, 110. H. 491- 
494, 555-559, 562-567, 578, 
5S0, 587-591. 
XLIX. Ps. 103 (3), 123, 131. H. 846, 
862, 868, 367, 378, 430, 434, 
436, 495. 
L. Ps. 127, 145. H. 132, 443, 496. 
LI. Ps. 109, 120, 141. H. 230, 250 

497. 
LII. Ps. 119 (11, 15, 1C). H. 344, 
347, 432, 465, 493; Ps. G'5. 
H. 500 ; H. 502. 

C?33> 



ESTDEX OF SCKIPTTTEES 



REFERRED TO IN THE HYMNS. 





3 




HYMN. 

254 




90 




652 






516 


xxii. 14 




179 






EXODUS. 




XX 


3-1 T 
R 




202 

208 




4-6. 
7... 
8-11 
12.. 
13.. 
14.. 
15.. 
16.. 
17.. 




209 


XX 
XX 
XX 
XX 
XX 
XX. 


.'.'.'.".'.*235 


.210-212 
.213-218 
.219-228 
.229-232 
.233, 234 
236, 449 
237 


XX, 


238 


239, 448 






LEVITICUS. 




xxv. 9.. 




.242, 255 




DEUTERONOMT. 


xxxiii. 25 


.381, 433 



JOSHUA. 

xxiv. 15 466 

RUTH. 

i. 16, IT 311 

I. SAMUEL. 

i. 12-14 690 

i. 28 512 

iii. 3-10 697 

iii. 18 436 



JOB. 

HYMN. 

iii. 17 728,747 

iii. 17-19 746 

vii.16 772 

xi. 7-9 28 

xiv. 4 185 

xix. 25 137 

xxvi. 11,14 28 

PSALMS. 

xiv. 7 601 

xix. 1-4 6 

xix. 10 23 

xxiv. 7-10 139 

xxvii. 8 269,618 

xxxvi. 7 41 

xxxix. 5 723 

xxxix. 11 675 

xlv.2 76 

4 5S0 

lxvii 564,571 

lxxii 557,567 

lxxx. 3 674 

lxxxv. 8 43 

lxxxv. 10 40 

lxxxv. 6 613 

lxxxvii. 3 468 

xcvii. 2 177,178 

cii. 13 553 

ciii. 15, 16 181 

cvii. 23-30 670 

cxix. 105... 20 

cxxii. 1 475 

cxxvi. 5 774 

cxxvi. 6 624 

cxxxix SO 

cxlvii. 14 653 

cxlviii. 3 



PROVERBS. 
II. KINGS. ■ vi. 6 416 

J v. 26 180 | viii. 17 661 

xxx. 7, 9 448 

I. CHRONICLES. 

xxviii. 9 659 ! song of solomon. 

i 3 58,65 

Esther. ! iv. 15, 16 469 

iv. 16 276 1 v. 10 16, 76 



ISAIAH. 

BYMK. 

ii. 2-4 556 

iii. 10 180,210 

vi. 3 27 

vii. 14 72, 73, 78 

ix. 6.7 113 

xxi. 11 5S2 

xxxii. 2 98, 347 

xxxviii. 9-20 692 

xl. 9 1 

xli. 10 333 

xliii. 2 333 

xlix. 5 394 

xlix. 6 572 

xlix. 29 609 

i. io 3;;i 

li.9 555 

Iii. 7 ?03 

lv. 10 551 

lvi. 5. 721 

lvii. 20,21 243 

lx. 8 626 

lxi. 1-3... 115 

lxii. 6, 7 614 

lxiv. 6 656 

JEREMIAH. 

iii. 15 508,606 

vL 16 90 

viii. 22 92,262 

xxiii. 6 97,329 

xxxi. 8 41 

1. 5 8 3 

EZEKIEL. 

xviii. 31 197 

xxxvii. 2, 3 611 

AMOS. 

iv. 12 776 

NAHUM. 

L 5,6 188 

HABBAKKUK. 

iii. 17 849 



( 835 ) 



836 



INDEX OF SCRIPTURES. 



HAG 


RAT. 










PAGE. 






PAGE. 


iii. 7 






. . 200 


ii. 8 




453 


! iii. 17.... 
iv. 10.... 






..108 
...96 








ZECHARIAH. 


iv. 14.... 






..263 


ix. 12 




298 

89 


v. 48 






..534 


xiii. 1 


vi. 68 






..324 








viii. 12... 






..619 


MALACHI. 




x. 9 






..193 


iii. 6 




42 

79 


i xi. 25.... 






..134 
..744 


iv. 2 


xi. 26.... 












; xiv. 6 






...91 


MATTHEW 




xix. 30 . . 




.12? 


, 531 


I. 21 




...93,94 


xxi. 15... 






..394 


ii. 2 




110 


' xxi. 17... 






..389 


ii. 8 




Ill 




ACTS. 






vi. 9-13 




4S6 


vi. 9 




.487^90 


ii. 1-4. .. . 






.167 


vi. 10 


.384,49 


ii 33 






.151 


vi. 11 




.448, 496 


vii. 59.... 






.785 


vi. 12 




497 


iz.ll..-.. 






.479 


vi. 13 




.498-5H0 


xvi. 30, 31 






.322 


vii. 13,14... 




1S7 


xvii. 30 . 






.190 


ix 38 




584 










xi. 26 




169 


ROMANS. 

ii. 4 


.191 


,267 


xi. 23 




246 


xiii. 45, 46. . . 




19 


iii. 9 






.207 


xvi. 24 




418 

..10.4S2 


iii 20 






.205 
.420 


xviii. 20 


vi. 15.... 






xxii. 37-40. . 




201 

617 


vii. 21 






.355 
.156 


xxv. 6 


viii. 16.... 










150 


viii. 34 . . 




.125 


,171 

.170 


xxv. 34-41.. 




.755, 760 


ix. 21-23.. 




xxv. 40 




455 










xxvi. 39 




119 


I. CORINTHIANS. 

ii. 9 


.783 
..61 




' 422 


688 

426, 431 


xxvi. 41.. 199 


i. 23 






xxvii. 33 




132 


iii. 16 






.155 






.122, 123 

135 

514 


vi. 9-11... 






.330 
423 

.525 




ix. 24, 25. . 
xi.28 






xxviiL 19. . . 








IK. 




xiii. 13.... 






.387 
.733 


MA] 


xv. 55 






viii. 36 




249 


xv. 55-57. . 






.740 


x. 14 




.517, 518 










xiii. 33 




.426, 431 
505 


II. CORINTHIANS. 

v. 17 


.308 


xvi. 15-17... 










viii. 12 




.451 


,452 


LUKE. 




ix. 15 






..90 


i. 46-55 




693 


xii. 9, 10.. 
xiii. 14. . . . 


381,433 

16th Doxol. 


i. 68-79 




116 


ii. 9 




109 










ii. 9-14 




114 


GALATIANS 






ii. 27-32 




691 


iii. 10 






.203 


vii. 47 




349 1 


iv. 5 






.331 


viii 34 




103 ! 


vi. 14 




180 


131 


x. 42 




198 










x. 30-32 




457 


EPHESIANS 






xii. 32 




.... 340 


1.4 




172 


335 


xii. 35,36.... 




427 


ii. 1 






275 


xiv. 21, 23... 


.528, 


529-540 


ii. 8 


...319-321 


404 


xv. 7 


296, 


297, 565 
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COLOSSIANS. 

PAGE. 

i. 20 104 

iii. 2 443,446 

iii. 3 334, 432 

iii. 11 60 

I. THESSALONIANS. 

iv. 14 750,754 

iv. 16 763 

v. 6 424 

v. 17 484 

I. TIMOTHY. 

ii. 5 106 

vi. 12 419, 425 

II. TIMOTHY. 

i. 8 56,817 

HEBREWS. 

i. 3 143 

i.6,7 147 

ii. 16 107 

ii. 17 86 

iii. 7 196,256 

iv. 9 741 

iv. 15 87, 88, 345 

v. 6... 85 

vi. 20... 140 

vii. 25 136 

ix. 12 84,123 

ix. 22 121 

xi.8 409 

xii.l 417,445 

xii. 10 37S 

xiii. 5 448 

xiii. 8 77,141 

JAMES. 

iv. 14 780 

I. PETER. 

i. 8 739 

ii. 21-28 99 

ii. 25 371 

v. 7 418 

I. JOHN. 

iii. 1, 2 322 

iv. 8 3T 

v. 11 708 

REVELATION. 

i. 5-7 143 

i. 7 149 

i. 18 142, 145 

iii. 5 163 

iii. 20 248, 205 

iv. 8 27 

v.9 43 

v. 12 51,53,545,784 

v. 13 7S8 

vi. 16 186,756 

vii. 9,12 788 

vii. 14-17 778,785 

vii. 17 7"7 

xiv. 13 727 

xv. 3 55 

xix. 10 112 

xx. 11 761 

xxi. 11,21 776 

xxii. 16 78, 79 

xxii. 20 149 



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FIRST LINE OF EACH PSALM OR HYMN. 



PAGE. I 

Adam in Paradise 337 j 

Affliction is a stormy 523 

Again my tongue with silence 1SS 

Again our earthlv 269 

A good High Priest 321 

Ah ! what can I 464 

Ah ! whither should 1 46S 

Ah ! wretched, vile 528 ! 

Aid us, God 671 1 

Alas! alas! how blind 467] 

Alas ! and did my Saviour 465 ] 

Alas 1 how changed 778 I 

Alas ! what hourly 566 | 

All hall the power 361 I 



.31 



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All hail thou great 

All ye that love the Lord 256 

Almighty Father, gracious 88S 

Almighty Father of 738 

Almighty God, appear and save 26 

Almighty God, we praise 278 

Almighty ruler of the skies 22 

Amazing grace 492 

Amen ! my father hears 622 

Am I a soldier 568 

Amidst these various 524 

Amid thy wrath remember love. ..... 72 

Among the assemblies of the great.. 138 

Among the princes 144 

Among the princes, earthly 614 

And did the Holy 352 

And have I measured 737 

And is the gospel 831 

And must I part 478 

And must this body 7S'-> 

And will the God of grace 139 

And will the Judge 806 

Another day has passed 7!S 

Approach my soul C05 

Are all the foes of Zion fools 93 

Are sinners now so senseless grown. . 29 

Arise, great God 694 

Arise, my gracious God 82 

Arise, king of grace, arise 22S 

Arm of the Lord GC1 

Ascend thy throne 615 

Ashamed of Christ. 479 

Asleep in Jesus 798 

As pants the heart for cooling 78 

As when the weary 621 

Attend, ye children 635 

At thy command 651 

Awake and sing 301 

Awake, awake the sacred 345 

Awake, my soul, stretch 566 



PAG*. 

Awake, my soul, to joyful 2S9 

Awake, my soul, with fervent 1S9 

Awake, our souls, away 563 

Awake, ye saints, to praise 232 

A word in season, spoke with power.. 97 

B. 

Before Jehovah's awful throne 168 

Before us to the grave 766 

Begin, my soul 203 

Begone, unbelief 577 

Behold a stranger 442 

Behold th' amazing 851 

Behold, the blessed Redeemer comes. 76 

Behold, the day is come 805 

Behold, th' expected time 686 

Behold, the grace appears 342 

Behold the heathen 682 

Behold ! the lofty sky 89 

Behold the love, the generous love. . . 67 

Behold ! the morning sun 40 

Behold the mountain 661 

Behold ! O God what cruel foes 185 

Behold the potter 884 

Behold the saints 813 

Behold the sin atoning 319 

Behold the stately cedars stand 178 

Behold the sure foundation stone 200 

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord 203 

Behold the woman's 341 

Behold, what condescending 635 

Behold, what wondrous 500 

Be merciful to us 672 

Beneath a numerous train 895 

Bleeding hearts 450 

Blessed are the sons of peace 230 

Blessed are the souls that hear 151 

Blessed are the undeflled in heart 202 

Blessed be th' eternal 724 

Blessed be the Saviour's 335 

Blessed be the tie 550 

Blessed is the man 591 

Blessed is the man for ever blessed ... GO 
Blessed is the man whose bowels move, 73 
Blessed is the nation, where the Lord. 62 

Blessed Jesus, source 799 

Blessed Jesus, when my soaring 303 

Blow ye the trumpet 487 

Brethren, let us walk together 549 

Bright as the sun's 015 

Bright king of glory 3'4 

Brightest and best.' 339 

Brother, thou art gone 796 

By Babel's stream the captive .235 

By faith in Christ 555 

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A TABLE OF THE FIKST LIKE 



C. 

PAGH. 

Can creatures to perfection 279 

Chief Shepherd of Thy chosen 628 

Child of sorrow, child of care. ..... .532 

Children in years, and 64 

Children of the heavenly 507 

Christian, wouldst thou 580 

Christians, up 674 

Christ the Lord is risen 357 

Christ, whose glory 317 

Clambur and wrath 428 

Come, dearest Lord 418 

Come, every pious heart 298 

Come, Father, Son 426 

Come, heavenly peace 540 

Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening 375 

Come, Holy Spirit, calm 377 

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 380 

Come, humble sinner 461 

Come in, ye blessed 643 

Come, let our hearts 333 

Come, let our souls address 163 

Come, let us join in songs 322 

Come, let us join our 558 

Come, let us search 585 

Come, let us strike 753 

Come, my Redeemer 481 

Come, my soul 459 

Come, my soul 264 

Come, Thou all-victorious 270 

Come, saints, and shout 508 

Come, shout aloud 613 

Come, sound His praise abroad 162 

Come, Thou Almighty 293 

Come, Thou Fount 505 

Come to Calvary's holy 452 

Come, weary souls 440 

Come, we who love 506 

Come, ve that know 2S5 

Come, ye that love 800 

Come, ye weary 439 

Compared with Christ 304 

Consider all my sorrows, Lord 211 

Contemplate, saints 320 

D. 

Dare we indulge 428 

Dark brood the heavens 807 

Dark was the night 347 

Daughter of Zion, awake 696 

David rejoiced in God his strength. . . 45 

Day of judgment 802 

Dearest of all 304 

Dear Lord, and shall 373 

Dear refuge of my 513 

Dear Saviour, if these lambs 423 

Dear Saviour, we are 497 

Death cannot make 787 

Death may dissolve 785 

Death 'tis a melancholy 771 

Death, what a solemn word 765 

Death, with his dread 744 

Deep are the wounds 326 

Deep in our hearts let us record 117 

Delay not 449 

Descend from heaven 613 

Destruction's dangerous road 408 

Did Christ o'er sinners 521 

Do not I love thee 542 

Doth God invite me 456 



E, 



Early, my God, without delay 107 

Enslaved by sin 336 

Ere the blue heavens 312 

Eternal God, almighty cause 414 

i Eternal God, enthroned 73S 

| Eternal King, enthroned 640 

! Eternal King, the greatest 287 

| Eternal life ! how sweet 81 1 

! Eternal power, whose high 277 

, Eternal Source 780 

1 Eternal Sovereign 422 

; Eternal Spirit, God of truth .378 

I Eternal Spirit, we confess 373 

Eternity, stupendous theme 769 

Exalt the Lord our God 167 



Faith adds new charms 556 

Faith, 't is a precious 554 

Far as Thy name is known 87 

Far, far beyond 3(8 

Far from the world 593 

Far from these gloomy 810 

Far from thy fold 472 

Father, I bless Thy gentle, hand 214 

Father, I sing Thy wondrous grace. ..119 

Father of all 760 

Father of faithful 616 

Father of mercies, bow 627 

Father of mercies, in Thy word 272 

Father of mercies, send 591 

Father of spirits, grant 559 

Father, whate'er of earthly 579 

Firm and unmoved are they 222 

Fools in their hearts believe 28 

For a season called to part 751 

For ever blessed be the Lord 246 

For ever shall my fainting 701 

For ever shall my song record 149 

Forgiveness, 'tis a joyful 44 jj 

Fountain of blessings 585 

Frail youth are in 783 

Freemen, awake the song 749 

Frequent the day 420 

Friend of the friendless 459 

From age to age exalt his name 184 

From all that dwell below 193 

From earliest dawn . 732 

From every stormy wind 609 

From foes that round us rise 104 

From Greenland's icy 660 

From the cross 448 

From the roaring surge 825 



I Gentle Jesus, how I love 828 

Give thanks to God 180 

Give thanks to God ; He 184 

Give thanks to God, most hhjh 233 

Give to our God immortal praise 235 

Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame 56 

Give to the winds 511 

Give us room 697 

Glorious things of thee 599 

Glory to God on high 297 

Go and preach 6m 

Go, and the Saviour's grace 6S9 

Go, for the Master calls CSS 

Go, messenger of love 665 



OF EACH PSALM OR HYMN. 



839 



Go, preach My gospel G24 

Go to Golgotha 356 

Go, tune thy voice 262 

Go, watch and pray 40T 

God counts the sorrows 101 

God, from His cloudy cistern, pours.. 176 

God in His earthly temple lays 145 

God, in the gospel 435 

God is our refuge in distress 84 

God is with us 670 

God moves in a mysterious way 890 

God, my supporter and my hope 126 

God of eternal love 183 

God of my childhood 122 

God of my life, to Thee 753 

God of my life, look gently down 74 I 

God of my mercy and my praise. . . .190 | 

God of our lives 723 j 

God of the nations 6751 

God's own promise 503 ! 

God with us 322 ; 

Grace has enabled . 434 ! 

Grace, 'tis a charming 491 j 

Gracious Spirit, love divine 397 

Great Father of each 879 j 

Great Father of mankind 608 j 

Great God, as seasons 729 i 

Great God, attend to my 109 j 

Great God, attend, while Zion sings. .141 

Great God, indulge my 108 

Great God, the nations 657 

Great God, Thy holy 482 

Great God, to Thee 719 

Great God, to what 367 

Great God, we sing 725 

Great God, what do 1 809 

Great God, whose universal sway 123 

Great Heir of David's 683 

Great is the Lord, exalted high 233 

Great is the Lord, His works 198 

Great is the Lord, our God 87 

Great King of Zion 669 

Great Lord of all 704 

Great Ruler 746 

Great Saviour, let Thy 685 

Great Saviour who didst. 426 

Great Shepherd of Thine Israel 136 

Great Source of order 421 

Great Spirit, through 872 

Guide me, Thou 510 



Had not the Lord, may Israel say 221 

Hail, my ever blessed 483 

Hail, Sovereign Love 830 

Hail, Thou once despised 867 

Hail to the brightness 677 

Hail to the Lord's 662 

Happy is he that fears the Lord 193 

Happy soul ! thy days 794 

Happy the city, where their sons 246 

Happy the heart 541 

Hark ! a cry 674 

Hark ! from the deep SOS 

Hark ! from the tombs 773 

Hark ! hark ! the notes of joy 6S2 

Hark ! my soul 543 

Hark ! ten thousand harps 825 

Hark that shout <-07 

Hark the glad sound 343 

Hark the song 666 

Hark the voice 644 

Hasten, sinner 402 



Hear me, God, nor hide Thy face.. 171 

Hearts of stone 449 

Hear what the Lord in vision said . . .151 

j Hear what the voice 782 

Hear what the voice 786 

He lives the great Redeemer 359 

He reigns ; the Lord 164 

He that goeth forth 707 

He that hath made his refuge God. . .156 

Heir of an immortal 564 

Here at Thy table 652 

Here, in Thy name 711 

High in yonder 817 

Holy and reverend 115 

Holy Ghost, dispel 875 

Holy Ghost, with light 373 

Hosanna, with a cheerful 717 

How are Thy servants. 760 

How awful is Thy chast'ning rod 132 

How beauteous are their 623 

How blessed the righteous 785 

How blessed the sacred 552 

How calm and beautiful 358 

How can I sink 586 

How condescending 645 

How did my heart rejoice to hear 220 

How fast their guilty sorrows 34 

How firm a foundation 501 

How gentle God's commands 560 

How great, how terrible 809 

How happy are the souls 828 

How heavy is the night 4G9 

How helpless guilty 460 

How long, etei-nal God, how long 128 

How long, O Lord. 27 

How long shall death 799 

How many Ebenezers stand CO 

How oft, alas 529 

How pleasant, how divinely fair 140 

How pleased was I to hear 604 

How pleasing is Thy voice Ill 

How precious is the book 274 

How rich are Thy provisions 650 

How sad our state 457 

How shall the young secure 204 

How still and peaceful 795 

How sweet and awful 638 

How sweet, how heavenly 429 

How sweet is the Sabbath 421 

How sweet the name 302 

How sweet to leave 27L 

How tedious and tasteless 544 

How tender is Thy hand 534 

How vain are all 543 

How vast the benefits divine 3S5 

I. 

I am weary of straying 535 

I and my house 597 

I hear a voice 484 

I know that my Redeemer 360 

I lift my soul to God 50 

I look to Thee 469 

I love the Lord whose 755 

I love the Lord ; He heard 197 

I love the volume of Thy word 42 

I love Thy kingdom, Lord 237 

I love to 'steal 593 

I mourn the hidings 525 

I prayed the Lord 517 

I quit the world's 478 

I send the joys 476 

I sing th' Almighty power 233 



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PAGE. 

I waited patient for the Lord 75 

Twill extol Thee, Lord, on high 57 

I would but cannot 515 

I would not live always S14 

If Christ is mine 504 

If God succeed not, all the cost 224 

If human kindness 637 

I '11 praise my Maker with 250 

I 'm not ashamed 301 

Immortal God, on Thee 347 

In all my vast concerns 230 

In anger, Lord, rebuke me not 19 

In Christ, I 've all 303 

In evil long I took 4S0 

In God's own house 761 

In God the Father 762 

In heaven the heart 821 

In Judah, God of old 130 

In songs of sublime 3S3 

In sweet exalted 709 

In the cross of Christ 354 

In Thee, great God, with songs 44 

In Thee, O Lord 537 

In Thy great name 26S 

In Thy name, O Lord 266 

In vain our fancy strives 7S8 

In Zion's sacred gates '257 

Infinite grace ! and can it be 2S8 

Inquire, ye pilgrims 4S7 

Into Thy hand, O God of truth 53 

Is it a thing of good report 570 

Is there ambition in my heart. 227 

Is this the kind 455 

Israel, thy mournful 696 

It is not death to die 794 

It is the Lord 575 

It is the Lord, our Saviour's hand 173 

It shall be well 393 

J. 

Jehovah reigns ; He dwells . . i 159 

Jerusalem, my happy 816 

Jesus, and shall it 489 

Jesus, at Thy command 741 

Jesus Christ, methinks 1 310 

Jesus, full of all 460 

Jesus, I love Thy charming 317 

Jesus, I my cross 4S6 

Jesus, in Thee our eyes 853 

Jesus invites 639 

Jesus is gone above 645 

Jesus, lover of my 512 

Jesus, my God, my all in all 144 

Jesus, my Lord, doth condescend 43 

Jesus, my Lord, how rich 5S9 

Jesus, my love 329 

Jesus, my Saviour 559 

Jesus, my Shepherd, lives 49 

Jesus, once for sinners 649 

Jesus, our Lord, ascend Thy 191 

Jesus, our souls' 517 

Jesus, save my dying 474 

Jesus shall reign wher'er the sun 124 

Jesus, the King 669 

Jesus, the Priest ascends the 192 

Jesus, the Lord, our souls 36") 

Jesus, the spring 327 

Jesus, Thou art 477 

Jesus, Thy boundless love 542 

Jesus, we bless 500 

Jesus, we sing Thy matchless 305 

Jesus, While our hearts 539 

Join all the glorious 818 



p Aire. 

Join, all who love 310 

Joy to the world, the Lord 166 

Judge me, O Lord, and prove 53 

Judges, who rule the world 103 

Just are Thy ways, and true 86 

K. 

Keep me from fainting 215 

Keep silence, all created 332 

Kindred in Christ 601 

King of Zion, give 673 



Let all the heathen writers join 206 

Let children hear the mighty 133 

Let earthly minds 4S3 

Let ev'ry tongue Thy mercy speak. . .243 

Let God arise in all His might 115 

Let gratitude waken 747 

Let me but hear 573 

Let me my Saviour 620 

Let others boast 393 

Let party names 549 

Let saints on earth 663 

Let sinners take their course 100 

Let songs of praises 371 

Let them neglect Thy glory 292 

Let those who bear 416 

Let thoughtless thousands 494 

Let us adore 646 

iLet us love, and sing 299 

I Let wordly men from shore 275 

! Let Zion and her sons rejoice 172 

! Let Zion in her King rejoice 85 

Let Zion praise the mighty God 252 

| Let Zion's watchmen 624 

j Life is a span 7S0 

Lift up your joyful eyes .729 

Light of those whose 703 

Lo ! He comes with 369 

Lo ! He cometh ! countless 370 

Lo ! on a narrow 76S 

Lo ! what an entertaining sight 229 

| Long as he lives 629 

! Long ere the sun 292 

i Look down, O God 698 

j Look up to yonder 5S3 

! Look up, ye saints 61 6 

j Lord, assist us . . . . . 425 

I Lord, at Thv feet I 457 

{Lord, at Thy feet we 618 

Lord, at Thy table 655 

; Lord, behold Thy people 267 

Lord, can a soul 47 L 

• Lord, dismiss us 604 

1 Lord, how secure 412 

Lord, I am pained 534 

I Lord, I am Thine entirelv 647 

| Lord, I am Thine ; but Thou 33 

! Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin 94 

: Lord, I esteem Thy judgments 205 

Lord, I have made Thy word 207 

i Lord, I will bless Thee all my days. . . 64 

j Lord, if Thine eyes survey 154 

I Lord, in a day of power divine 148 

Lord, in the morning Thou 13 

Lord, in those dark and 236 

Lord, in Thy Temple 757 

Lord of hosts, to Thee 711 

Lord of the harvest 6S1 

Lord of the worlds above 141 

Lord, teach us 607 



OF EACH PSALM OK HYMN. 



841 



Lord, Thou hast called Thy 143 

Lord, Thou hast formed my 35 

Lord, Thou hast heard Thy 199 

Lord, Thou hast planted 137 

Lord, Thou hast scourged our 105 

Lord, Thou wilt hear nie 17 

Lord, Thy imputed righteousness 493 

Lord, 'tis a pleasant thing 159 

Lord, we adore 493 

Lord, we bow with deep 702 

Lord, we come 2(56 

Lord, we have heard Thy 81 

Lord, what is man, poor 246 

Lord, what was man, when 21 

Lord ! when iniquities abound 27 

Lord, when I count Thy 241 

Lord, when our offerings. 5S6 

Lord, when our raptured 336 

Lord, when Thou didst 116 

Lord, when Thy vine in ibid 

Lord, when we bend 269 

Loud hallelujahs to the Lord 255 

Love divine, all love excelling 379 

Love is the fountain 542 

M. 

Majestic sweetness 314 

Many woes had Christ 346 

Mark the soft falling 65S 

Marked as the purpose 664 

Men of God, go take 690 

Mercv and judgment are my song. ... 169 

Met, God, to ask 702 

Mid scenes of confusion 820 

Mine eyes and my desire 52 

Mistaken souls 554 

More joy than earth can e'er afford.. 274 

Mortals, awake 33S 

Most gracious Father 618 

Most holy God., 431 

Mourn not, ye whose child 731 

My dear Redeemer 546 

My drowsy powers 562 

My former hopes 470 

My God, accept my early vows 243 

My God, consider my distress 210 

My God, defend my cause 80 

My God, in whom are all 102 

My God, my everlasting hope 120 

My God, my God, why hast 46 

My God, my King 247 

My God, permit my tongue 109 

My God, preserve my soul 93 

My God, the steps of pious men 71 

My God, the tempter would 16 

My God, Thy boundless love 2S5 

My God, Thy service 576 

My God, what inward grief I feel.... 241 

My God, while impious men .242 

My heart rejoices in Thy name 59 

My never ceasing songs shall 149 

My refuge is the God of love 25 

My righteous Judge 245 

My Saviour, God 6:0 

My Saviour, my almighty Friend 121 

My son, know thou 733 

My soul, be on Thy guard 538 

My soul lies cleaving to the dust 213 

My soul of Thy protection sure 108 

My soul, repeat his praise 175 

My soul, Thy great Creator praise... 176 

My soul, with humble fervour 489 

My spirit looks on God alone 107 

My spirit sinks within me, Lord 79 

My trust is in my heav'nly Friend 20 



N. 

PAGE. 

No more, my God 413 

No strength of nature 496 

Nor eye has seen 823 

Not all the blood 321 

Not all the nobles 495 

Not the malicious 499 

Not to ourselves, who are 196 

Now back with humble 396 

Now be my heart inspired to sing 83 

Now begin the heavenly 508 

Now be the God of Israel 344 

Now be the gospel banner 678 

Now from the altar 720 

Now from labour 718 

Now I resolve . . 482 

Now let my soul, eternal 276 

Now let our hearts conspire 592 

Now let our mournful songs record.. . 47 

Now may the God of power 43 

Now plead my cause CO 

Now, saith the Spirit of the Lord 15 

Now shall my solemn vows 113 

Now to the Lord 368 

O. 

O Christ, Thou glorious 313 

O God of Abraham 424 

O God of Bethel 424 

O God of grace and righteousness 17 

O God of grace, my cry attend 55 

O God of refuge, hear my cries 99 

O God of Zion, from the skies 700 

j O God, to whom revenge belongs. ...160 

O happy day 490 

! O happv man, whose soul 224 

O Israel, to thy tents 567 

O Lord, another day 720 

! O Lord, behold us 427 

I O Lord, how many are my foes 15 

O Lord, my best desires 536 

O Lord, my soul 411 

O Lord, our heavenly King 21 

O Lord our God, arise 677 

O Lord, Thy mercy, my sure hope.. .. 68 

O Lord, Thy work revive 706 

i O Lord, when faith. 349 

O my soul, what means 515 

O Shepherd of Israel .530 

O Shepherd of Thy p eople 714 

O Thou, before whose 775 

O Thou that hear'st when 95 

O Thou, whose grace and 220 

O Thou, whose hands the 120 

I O Thou whose justice reigns 101 

! O Thou, whose tender 462 

j O ye mourners, cease 789 

J O Zion, tune Thy voice 261 

O'er the gloomy. C64 

O'er the realms '. .672 

i Of justice and of grace I sing 170 

j Oft as I look 583 

[ Oft as the bell 767 

i Oh, bless the Lord, ray soul 174 

i Oh, could I find \ 528 

! Oh, could I speak 309 

! Oh, for a closer 526 

| Oh, for an overcoming 791 

Oh, for a shout of sacred joy. 86 

Oh, for a thousand 308 

j Oh, for the happy hour 706 

: Oh, how divine 475 

; Oh, how I love Thy holy law 205 

,Oh, if my soul 465 



842 



A TABLE OF THE FIRST LINE 



PACK. 

Oh, in the morn 735 

Oh, let my trembling 527 

Oh, speak that gracious 482 

Oh, that I coul drepent 46b* 

Oh, that I knew 519 

Oh, that my grovelling 58 1 

Oh, that the Lord would guide 209 

Oh, that the Lord's salvation 692 

Oh, that Thy statutes every hour 212 

Oh, the sweet wonders 654 

Oh, turn, great Ruler 531 

Oh, what a stiff rebellious house 133 

Oh, what amazing 440 

Oh, what stupendous 590 

Oh, what a treasure 306 

Oh, where shall rest TT1 

Oh, why should Israel's sons 659 

On the mountain's top 693 

Once I thonght 520 

Once more, my soul 716 

Once, O Lord 699 

One there is above • . .334 

Our Father, throned in heaven 611 

Our Father, who dost lead 295 

Our God, our help in ages past 154 

Our grateful tongues 620 

Our Lord is risen 362 

Our nature 's totally 408 

Our rulers, Lord, with songs 44 

Our souls, by love 551 

Our souls shall magnify 758 

Out of the depths of long distress 226 

P. 

Peace ! 't is the Lord 577 

People of the living God 485 

Pilgrim, burdend . 516 

Pity a helpless 648 

Praise waits in Zion, Lord 110 

Praise ye the Lord : all 258 

Praise ye the Lord, exalt 231 

Praise ye the Lord, my heart 249 

Praise ye the Lord : 'tis 251 

Prayer is the soul's. . 606 

Preserve me, Lord, in times 30 

Prostrate, dear Jesus 467 

K. 

Raise your triumphant 337 

Rejoice, believer 572 

Rejoice, the Lord is King 364 

Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord 61 

Rejoicing now in glorious 812 

Religion is the chief 433 

Remember all my sorrows, Lord 215 

Remember, Lord, our 152 

Repent ! the Voice celestial 400 

Resistless Sovereign 389 

Return, my soul, enjoy 417 

Return, my soul, unto 509 

Return, O God of love, return 155 

Return, O wanderer 453 

Rise from the dust 561 

Rise, gracious God 667 

Rise, my soul «j82 

Rise, O my soul 48s 

Rock of ages 3-52 

Roll on, thou mighty 68s 

S. 

Sacred wedlock 430 

Sad pilgrim of Zion 594 

Safely through another 721 



PAGE. 

Saints in their graves 783 

Salvation is for ever nigh 143 

Salvation ! O melodious 443 

Salvation ! 0, the joyful 658 

Save me, O Lord, from ev'ry foe 32 

Saviour divine, we know 329 

Saviour, visit 700 

Say, sinner, hath 446 

Say, who is she 659 

Searcher and Saviour of my soul 2i5 

See a poor sinner 527 

See from Zion's 676 

See, gracious Lord -743 

See how the mounting 715 

See the leaves around us 731 

See the vineyard 698 

See what a living stone 201 

Self-righteous souls 491 

Send, send the gospel 679 

Shall man, O God of light 147 

! Shall we go on 564 

Shepherd of Israel, bend 625 

Shepherd of Israel, Thou dost 626 

Shine on our land, Jehovah 114 

Shout and proclaim 656 

Shout, for the blessed .598 

Show pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive 93 

Sin, like a venomous 395 

i Since Jesus freely did 750 

i Sing, all ye nations, to the Lord 113 

Sing to the Lord aloud 138 

I Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name 161 

j Sing to the Lord most high 169 

i Sing to the Lord, ye distant 163 

| Sinner, art thou still 399 

j Sinner, is thy soul prepared 767 

Sinners, behold that downward 398 

j Sinners, rejoice 351 

Sinner, the voice 438 

Sister, thou wast mild 797 

; Soft be the gently • 311 

■ Softly blow, ye favouring 691 

! So let our lips and lives 570 

i Sometimes a light 514 

I Songs of immortal praise belong 192 

Soon as I heard my Father say 54 

Soon may the last glad song 684 

Source of light and power 271 

Sovereign of all 612 

Sovereign of life 746 

Sovereign Ruler 458 

Spirit divine, attend.. 712 

Spirit, leave thy house 790 

Spirit of faith, come down 374 

Spirit of holiness, look down 705 

Stand fast in the faith 556 

Stand up, my soul 565 

Star of peace 739 

Stay, thou insulted 454 

Stern winter throws 731 

Stoop down, my thoughts 772 

Stop, poor sinner 397 

Strait is the way - - 563 

Stretched on the bed of grief. 14i 

Stretched on the cross 349 

Stretch, O my soul 668 

Submissive to Thy will •>73 

Substantial comfort 445 

Sure there 's a righteous God 125 

Sweet is the memory of Thy grace. . . .243 

Sweet is the time <35 

Sweet is the work, my God lo-j 

Sweet the moments 3o " 



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843 



Swell the anthem 74S 

Swift as the winged arrow 754 



Teach me the measure of my days.. . 74 

Teach us, O Lord 619 

That awful day 805 

That awful hour 765 

That day of wrath 804 

That God who made 409 

That warning voice 451 

The Almighty reigns 1 65 

The blessed memoi-ials 64S 

The blessed Spirit 372 

The broken bread 641 

The day approaches 803 

The eternal Son with power 14 

The food on which 665 

The giddy world 488 

The God'of glory sends His 93 

The God of grace 376 

The gold and silver 588 

The head that once 365 

The heathen know Thy glory 164 

The heathen perish 670 

The heavens declare Thy glory 4L 

The King of heaven 643 

The King of saints, how fair 84 

The law of God 410 

The least, the feeblest of the 216 

The Lord appears my helper now 19S 

The Lord for ever guards the just 65 

The Lord is come ; the 165 

The Lord is my Shepherd 332 

The Lord is my strength 538 

The Lord in Zion placed His 229 

The Lord, Jehovah, lives 282 

The Lord, Jehovah, reigns 167 

The Lord, Jehovah, reigns 277 

The Lord of glory is my light 53 

The Lord our God is full 281 

The Lord shall come SO'} 

The Lord, the Judge, before 90 

The Lord, the Judge, His 92 

The Lord, the sovereign King 170 

The Lord who truly knows. 610 

The man is ever blessed 13 

The memory of Christ's 125 

The moment a sinner 502 

The promise of my 6" 3 

The promise we for 695 

The righteousness, th' atoning blood.. 325 

The sacraments are 682 

The Saviour bids us 572 

The Saviour! oh, what 327 

The Saviour with inviting 034 

The song of Israel f 93 

The spacious firmament 265 

The time is short 763 

The voice of free grace 444 

The wonders, Lord, Thy love 77 

The wondering world 362 

Thee we adore 722 

Thee will I love, O Lord 34 

There is a fountain 324 

There is a God, all nature cries 97 

There is a land 784 

There is an hour of peaceful 813 

There is an hour of hallowed 815 

There is a world 812 

There is one God 291 

There 's a refuge 600 

There seems a voice 284 



PAGE. 

I Thine earthly Sabbaths 419 

[This God is the God 296 

'This house, Lord ..712 

This is the day, the Lord 200 

This is the field 273 

This spacious earth is all the 49 

This world of sin and death 793 

Thou art gone to the grave 796 

Thou art my portion, O my God 203 

Thou art, O God 414 

Thou art the way 325 

Thou God of love, Thou ever blessed.. 217 

Thou, Lord, by strictest, 239 

Thou lovely Source 306 

Thou only Sovereign 494 

Thou reignest, O Lord 617 

Though parents may 422 

Though troubles assail 891 

Thrice happy souls. 584 

Through all the changing scene 63 

Through all the downward 579 

Through all the various 394 

Through another year 726 

Through Christ when we . . 752 

Through every age, eternal God 153 

Through sorrow's night 801 

Thus did the sons of Abram 634 

Thus far my God 596 

Thus far our life's 595 

Thus I resolved before the Lord 73 

Thus saith the first 40S 

Thus saith the Lord, the 91 

Thus saith the mercy 633 

Thus the eternal Father spake 190 

Thus were the tribes from 181 

Thy bounties, gracious Lord 587 

Thy goodness, Lord 286 

Thy greatness. Lord 2S0 

Thy mercies fill the earth 207 

Thy people, Lord 659 

Thy presence, gracious God 272 

Thy providence, great God 727 

Thy word, O Lord 275 

Thy works of glory, mighty Lord 1S6 

Time is winging us 764 

'T is a point I long 547 

'T is a solemn thing to die 767 

'T is by the faith 557 

"f is by Thy strength, the Ill 

'T is finished ! so the Saviour 354 

'Tis finished ! the Redeemer 357 

"C is Jesus speaks 781 

'T is sweet to rest in lively 792 

To bless the Lord our God 38 

To-day, if ye will hear 441 

To-dav the Saviour calls 447 

To God I cried with 13L 

To God I made my sorrows 243 

To God the great, the ever blessed. .. IS2 

To Jesus our exalted 650 

To Jesus, the crown 790 

To-morrow, Lord, is Thine 405 

To our Almighty Maker, God 166 

To praise the ever bounteous 728 

To Thee, before the dawning 202 

To Thee, most high and holy God 129 

To Thee, O God, when creatures 776 

To Thee, who reignest 745 

To Thine Almighty arm we owe 37 

To Thy great name 626 

To us a child is born 341 

To whom my Saviour 543 

To Zion's hill I lift my eyes 218 



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'T was for my sake, eternal God 118 

]T was on that dark 636 

'T was the commission 631 

'Twixt Jesus and the 49S 



Ungrateful sinners 401 

Unite my roving thoughts 290 

Unveil thy bosom S00 

Up for thy life 404 

Up from my youth may Israel say . . .225 
Upward I lift mine eyes 219 

V. 

Yain are the hopes 413 

Vain man, on foolish pleasures 185 

Vast are Thy works 1 79 

View the bright ranks S22 

W. 

Wait, my soul 537 

Wait, my soul 390 

Wake and lift up thyself, my heart.. .715 

War, horrid war 743 

Watchman, tell us 680 

We are a garden 600 

We bid thee welcome 628 

We bless the Lord, the just 116 

We bless the prophet 317 

We come, O Lord, before 740 

We give immortal praise 296 

We love Thee, Lord, and we adore. . . 36 

We now, O Lord, approach 703 

We seek a rest 594 

Weary of struggling 471 

Weary of wandering 530 

Welcome, sweet day 419 

Welcome, welcome 472 

Welcome, ye hopeful 601 

What a changing 315 

What does the worldling 432 

Whate'er thy lot 484 

What have I in this S15 

What is life 821 

What is the thing 442 

What jarring natures.. 521 

What shall I render to my God 197 

What shall the dying 4-^6 

What sight on earth 429 

What strange perplexities 640 

What though the arm 776 

What various hindrances 60S 

What wisdom, majesty . .335 

When beauty clothes 727 

When blooming youth 779 

When darkness long . r 22 

When death appears 7S7 

When first my dangerous 476 

AVlien frowning death 400 

When gathering clouds 510 

When God His gracious 416 

When God is nigh, my faith 31 

When God, provoked with 137 

When God restored our 2.2 j 

When God revealed His 223 

When Hannah pressed 756 

When I can read 816! 

When I survey 355 j 

When I with pleasing wonder 246 ] 

When Israel freed from 195 

When Israel sinned, the Lord T'4 

When Jesus dwelt • S9 

When languor and disease 574! 

When man grows bold in sin 67 1 



When, marshalled on the nightly 340 

When morning is rising 6!0 

When musing sorrow 515 

When overwhelmed with grief. 10(1 

When on Sinai's 759 

When pain and anguish seize 213 

When Pharaoh dared to vex IS I 

When shall the voice 6S0 

When sickness, pain and death 782 

When the blessed day 381 

When the Great Judge 23 

When we are raised 757 

When we cannot see 558 

When will the happy trump 6S5 

Where are the dead 770 

Where high the heavenly 323 

Where is my God 606 

Where shall a wretched 463 

Where shall the man be found 51 

Where shall we go to seek 227 

Where two or three together 267 

Where two or three, with sweet 60S 

While here I sit 792 

While I keep silence and conceal ... 61 

While I to grief. 70S 

While life prolongs its 146 

While o'er our guilty 742 

While on the verge.'. 774 

While, with ceaseless 726 

Whilst Thee I seek 571 

Who are these in bright 824 

Who are these that come 708 

Who but Thou, almighty 684 

AVho can describe 475 

Who can have greater 539 

Who can tell what notes 6S6 

Who is this stranger 454 

Who shall ascend Thy 29 

Who shall the Lord's elect 3S5 

Who will arise and plead 160 

Why did the heathen madly 14 

Why do the men of malice rage 24 

Why do the wealthy 70 

Why doth the Lord'stand off 24 

Why doth the man of riches grow SS 

Why is my heart 532 

Why should gloomy 452 

Why should I vex my soul 69 

Why should our tears 777 

Why should the haughty 96 

Why shouldst thou linger C02 

Why should we boast 404 

Why sinks my soul 463 

Why, thoughtless sinner 406 

Why thus impatient 774 

Why will ye waste 406 

Will God for ever cast us oflF 127 

With all my powers of heart 238 

With cheerful voices rise 751 

With deepest reverence 282 

With eyes of faith 583 

With joy we meditate ... .'24 

With my whole heart I '11 22 

With my whole heart I 've .210 

With reverence let Thy saints 150 

With songs and honours 25 : 1 

With transport, Lord 363 

With what delight 3(6 

Within this house 713 

Without blood is no remission 348 

Would you behold the works 740 

Wretched, helpless 473 

Writhing in pain, our Saviour 47 



OF EACH PSALM OR HYMN. 



845 



Y. 

PAGE. 

Ye angels who stand 504 

Ye hearts with youthful 734 

Ye lovely bands 737 

Ye men and angels 763 

Ye messengers of Christ 690 

Ye mourning saints 778 

Ye saints, proclaim 337 

Ye servants of God , 826 

Ye servants of th' Almighty 194 

Ye servants of the Lord 569 

Ye sin-sick souls 653 

Ye sons of men, a feeble race 157 

Ye sons of pride that hate 89 



PAGE. 

Ye that obey th' immortal King 230 

Ye trembling captives, hear 447 

Ye tribes of Adam, join 254 

Ye wretched, hungry 642 

Yes, I adore Thee 294 

Yes, I will bless Thee 264 

Yes, I would love Thee 544 

Yes, we trust 666 

Yet (saith the Lord) if 152 

Your harps, ye trembling 523 

Z. 
Zeal is that pure 560 



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PAGE 

A bleeding Saviour 446 

A brighter faith 377 

A broken heart, my God. 95 
A careful providence. ..224 

A clod of living 753 

A cloud is on their 694 

A cloud of witnesses 567 

A Father's hand 535 

A few more rolling 331 1 

A friend and helper 246 1 

A gentler stream, that. . 85 

A guilty, weak, and 458 

A harvest of immortal .. 729 j 

A heart with grief 466 ' 

A holy quiet reigns 185 j 

A hope so much 501 1 

A land where sin 81 3 j 

A new account of time. .357 

A nobler lot is cast 567 

A numerous race shall. 47 ■ 
A poisoned arrow is — 103 1 

A rill, a stream 552 

A Saviour, man, and.. .336 

A scene of wonders 34S 

A second look He gave.480 
A span is all that we. . . 74 1 

A table stored with 48 j 

A thousand duties 561 

A thousand glories 656 

A thousand of our years.153 
A thousand seraphs. ...314 
A thousand times my... 144 
A thousand wretched. . .717 

A voice, unknown 761 

A wondrous pillar 134 

A word of His creating. 195 

Above the earth 1941 

Abra'm believed 633 1 

Abra'm's bold rebellious.316 1 

Abra'm, the saint 34! | 

Accept our faint 420 

Across the deep 195 

Adders and lions 157 

Admit Him, ere His 442 

Adoring angels tuned. . .345 
Adoring saints around. .613 

Again He comes 508 

Against the God that. ..330 
Against Thy hidden ones.l 39 

Agonizing in the 439 

Ah, bring a wretched. ..527 

Ah! no, then soothe 788 

Ah, no ! with Thee I '11 .644! 
Ah, this sin of covenant. 702 
Ah ! whither could we. .609 



An holy catholic church 

And can it be 

And can my soul 

And can no sovereign . . 

And can this 

And can these 

And canst Thou, wilt. . . 

And faith exults , 

And, if I'm e'er 

And if so sweet , 

And hi the great 

And is it true 

And is not He who 

And is this treasure. . . 
And Jesus, Thou, Thy. 



PAGE 

Ah, whither shall I fly ?. 470 

Alas, for those ! 485 

"Alas! my sliding feet. 161 
Alive without the law.. .434 
All glory to the eternal. 29 1 

All hail, Thou dear 317 

All hail ! Thou great.... 654 

All is tranquil S18 

All, levelled by the 759 

All my capacious 307 

All my desire to Thee is. 72 
All my guilt to Thee.... 474 

All my sins against 347 

All nature sings this 276 

All needful grace God. 141 

All our hopes, and 6S4 And lo ! he vanished 

All our supplies 61 8 1 And may I hope that... 

All over-glorious is 302; And may the gospel's. . 

All power that gods or.. 232 j And may Thy Spirit 

All praise to Thee 715 And must my body 

All that I am 5S6 j And, Oh ! where I have. 

All they around 297 ' And see, the glorious . . . 

All things are ready 643 j And shall I wickedly . . . 

All ye bright armies 165 And shall my bleeding.. 

Allied to Thee, our 305 And shall my guilty 

Almighty God, reveal. . 155 And shall my voice 

Almighty God, Thy gra.66l And shall not Jesus.-.. 

Almighty God, Thy gra.407 And shall we long 

Almighty God, Thy influ.592'And shall we not 

Almighty God, to Thee.. 296 ; And still to heighten 

Almighty grace, Thy.. .529 And swift as ripples. .. 

Amazing justice ! 337! And there how swift 

Amazing love ! that yet. 401 ! And Thou, who once. . . 

Amazing wisdom 413 j And Thou wilt turn 

Ambition, stop thy 407 j And what am I? 

Amen ! I said 622 And what have 

Amen ! I will not faint . .623 ; And when I close 

Amen! my precious 622 And when, in smiling. . 

Amen! the Spirit 622 And when my cheerful. 

Amen ! the words 622 And when my spirit 

Amen ! the covenant. . .623 J And when our dearest. . 

Amen! this is 623, And when the shades. .. 

"Amen !" they cry 819, And when the still 

Am I a stranger, or 205:And when these lips 

Am I my own sufficient. 570i And when Thou mak'st. 

Amid a thousand 239 j And while I rest my 

Amidst the wakeful 109 1 And while His judgment. 

Amidst the shining 363 And will the God of 

Among a thousand 316 And wilt Thou bend 

Among mine enemies... 59 And wilt thou rather.. . 

Among the saints 549 And wilt Thou still 

Among the assemblies. .138 And ye, who know 

Among the people 1S9 And yet ten thousand. . 

Among the saints 198 And yet this 

Among Thy saints 53 Angels and men in vain. 

An arm divine 730 Angels and men the. . . . 

($46) 



'ACE 

762 
792 
576 

278 
698 
529 
7-8 
73 
602 
713 
484 
777 
443 
721 
71 
483 
714 
630 
773 
,511 
S09 
58S 
.778 
462 
2S4 
611 
300 
583 
128 
SOS 
430 
696 
721 
640 
91 
478 
473 
374 
206 
834 
359 
6.0 
423 
52 
17 
92 
104 
720 
402 
482 
761 
642 
719 
291 
286 



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847 



PAGE 

Angels in bright 805 

Angels, that make Thy. 288 
Angels, whom His own. 176 

Another day more S04 

Another harvest comes. 729 

Another year of life 755 

Answer Thine own bride.369 

Apostles, martyrs 817 

Are not Thy mercies 213 

Are there no foes 568 

Arise, arise, go 602 

Arise my God, lift up.. . 20 

Arise my soul, from 520 

Arise, God, lift up.... 24 

Arise, Lord 619 

Arise, Lord, fulfil 16 

Around His sacred 45 

Around my path 888 

Arrayed in beauteous.. 658 

Arrayed in glorious 784 

Art thou ready 768 

As by the light of 483 

As coals the wood 242 

As different scenes 584 

As flowery grass, cut. .. 69 

Ascend Thy throne 615 

Ashamed of Jesus 4S9 

As instruments well. . . .258 

Ask then My Son 14 

Asleep in Jesus, far 798 

As on some lonely 171 

As pity dwells within. . .193 

As rain on meadows 123 

As sanctified to 584 

As seed on mountains. .670 

Assert the honour 120 

As servants watch 220 

As surely as He 573 

As the winged arrow.. .726 

As with a seraph 775 

At God's right hand. . . .313 
At His call, the dead.. .802 

At His command 232 

At His command, we . . .479 
At His presence, nature.399 
At His right hand, our. . 84 

At home, abroad, in 218 

Attendant plagues 744 

Attend our armies 105 

At Thy command 1S6 

At Thy rebuke 130 

Awake, almighty God!. 139 

Awake and mourn 772 

Awake, arise, almighty. 82 

Awake, awake, my 122 

Awake, O heavenly.... 600 
Away, ye false 735 



Back from the borders. .576 

Bane and blessing 355 

Baptismal water 630 

Baptized into your. . . . .636 
Bear, bear the tidings .. 682 
Because on Me they set.157 

Because their hearts 55 

Because they dwell 100 

Be every vale exalted. .344 

Before His feet 368 

Before His heav'nly 363 

Before I knew Thy 212 

Before me place 768 

Before our Father's 551 

Before the hills 154 



PAGE 

Before the mournful. ...636 

Before the scoffers 86 

Before Thy face 174 

Before we quite forsake.542 

Begin on earth .262 

Behold! from distant... 104 

Behold He comes! 164 

Behold His love ! 194 

"Behold! I come 77 

Behold! 1 fall before. .. 94 
Behold! O God, what.. 135 

Behold! on flying 368 

Behold the day 805 

Behold the frightened.. 185 

Behold, the hosts ; 2 

Behold the lamb 344 

Behold the morning 845 

Behold the sinner 33 

Behold ! the sinners 127 

Behold what cursed 1 89 j 

Behold your Lord 300 ! 

Be it ours, then 559 j 

" Believe," " believe,". .493 

Believe in Thee, my 4C3 

Believing, we rejoice. . .321 

Believing in His 5S3 

Believers enter in 403 

Believers now, behold.. 349 
Beloved self must be . . . 563 

Below He washed 322 

Beneath His warning. . .701 

Beneath the silent. . 104 

Beneath the terrors 105 

Be ours the bliss 592 

" Be still, and learn 86 

Be this my one 769 

Be this the object 630 

Be this the purpose 4S2 

Be Thou a surety 210 

Be Thou exalted 189 

Be Thou exalted 102 

Be Thou exalted 103 

Be Thou my pattern 547 

" Be Thou my Prophet.. 149 

Be Thou my shield 605 

Be Thou the witness 647 

Beyond my highest 238 

Beyond the grave 25S 

Beyond this 613 

Beyond this vale 771 

Bid all their hearts 681 

Bid her departed light, .f 96 

Blessed be the Lord 646 

Blessed with the joys. . .387 

Blessings abound 124 

Blessings from His 74S 

Bless Him, my soul 311 

Bless Thy word to 726 

Bless ye the Lord, who. 231 

Blessed are the men 110 

Blessed are the men th. .202 
Blessed are the men wh 140 
Blessed are the saints.. 140 
Blessed are the souls. . .140 
Blessed be the hand. ...753 

Blessed be the Lord 55 

Blessed be the Lord 201 

Blessed be the bleeding.335 

Blessed earnest of 379 

Blessed is the man to . . . 60 
Blessed is the man, Thy.160 

Blessed is the pious 230 

Blessed Zi on, still 229 

Blind unbelief 390 



Bold shall I stand 499 

Bound to each soul 775 

Bowed down beneath . . £05 

Bow, ere the awful 401 

Bow to the sceptre. . . .439 
Break from Bis throne. 80 1 
Break off my fetters . . . 245 
Break out their teeth. . .103 

Break the tempter's 700 

Breathe, Oh! breathe... 880 

Breathe Thy Spirit 271 

Buried in sorrow 6f 8 

But a drought has since GC9 

But ah ! too soon 806 

But all He saw 97 

But all the notes 650 

But an eternity there is.7C9 

But art Thou not 454 

But as a fiery oven 45 

But can a sinner 434 

But canst Thou, Lord.. 457 

But chiefly Thy com 287 

But Christ, by His own. 353 
But Christ the heavenly .821 
But come, great master. 641 

But cruel Pharaoh 234 

But does the curse 411 

But earth and sin 636 

But ere one fleeting 533 

But ere this spacious.. .159 
But ere that trumpet. . .806 

But floods of grief 465 

But gather all My saints. 90 

But God beheld 119 

But God His name 114 

But God is good 96 

But God sustained me.. 15 

But God the Father 14 

But God will ne'er cast.ICO 
But God, His Father.... 48 
But hast Thou finally. . .010 

But haughty sinners 302 

But he that turns 438 

But he who marks 5S9 

But he who sins 287 

But His right hand 11T 

But I forgot Thine arm. 57 

But I have felt Thy 543 

But I '11 confess 73 

But I shall share 158 

!But I with all 100 

But I with floAving 126 

1 But if Immanuel's face . 305 
[But if indeed I would.. .519 

;Butif my life..... 75 

j But if our slavish 522 

jButifthefire 156 

But if their hearts 184 

But if the Lord be 573 

, But if Thou hast a 66 

i But if Thou leave 733 

But if Thy saints 1 60 

But if your ears 162 

But in the gospel 285 

But Jesus hath His 435 

But let me not forget. . .485 

;But lips that with ?6 

But lo ! a heavenly 331 

But lo ! He leaves 313 

But, Lord, Thy greater. 657 

But makes the law 13 

But man, weak man.. ..153 

But mark the man 72 

But nations that resist. . 14 



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But no such sacrifice.. .468 By mercy wooed .456 Come, sacred Spirit 612 

But not the waters 630 By milder ways doth ... 634 1 Come, sinners then... .493 

But now the almighty. .467 By nature all are 28! Come, the great day 164 



But now I grope 144 By nature prone 511 

But now, no more shall. T59 By our exact obedience.560 

But now our souls 82 By Thy hands the boon.539 

But numbers are 403 j 

ButOhlhowoft 154: c - 

But Oh ! how base 409 Call, while He may 733 

But, my Lord 522 Calmly I bowed 576|Come to His table 644 

But O my soul 384 Came at length 346! Come, worship at His... 162 

But O the soul T72 Canaan I view 815 j Come, ye angelic 774 

But, O Thou holy 287 Can aught beneath 461 [Come, ye blessed 370 

But Thou King 99 Can a woman's tender.. 546! Come, ye dying 453 

But, O Thou power 89 Can holiness and 288 'Comfort those who 267 



Come, then, Thou great. 

Come, then, with all 440 

Come then Oh ! come.. 662 
Come, then with power. 707 

Come, Thou best 376 

Come, Thou incarnate.. 293 



.808 



Bat Oh ! what brighter. 22 Can this be He, who. . 

But Oil ! what ecstacy . . 799 Cast me not off 

But Oh ! when gloomy. .513 Cease, cease, ye vain. 

But saints undaunted. ..S09 Cease, then, fond 

But see my glorious 788 Cease, ye pilgrims. . . . 

But should we, in 480 Chained to His throne 

But sinners filled 810 Cheered by a signal.. 

But sin will oft 583 Cheerful they walk. . . 

But still Thy law 204 Cheerful we tread 

But sweeter far 736 "Chief of ten thousand,".271 

But sweeter that 738 Children our kind 592 



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Complete the work 
Completely heal each .627 

Conceived in sin 395 

Consider, ye that slight. 92 

Constrain me, Lord 463 

Content with beholding. 54") 
Convince their madness.140 
Corruption, earth, and. .783 

Could I but hope 822 

Could I joy His saints.. 548 
Could my heart so hard. 547 

But thanks to God 411 Chosen of God 200: Could not my heart 543 

But thanks to Thine 754 Christ and His ran 405 j Could 'we but climb.. . .785 

But the good Spirit 823 " Christ be my first 500 ! Could you expect to ... . 91 



But there are pardons. .226 Christ is my everlasting.494 

But there 's a brighter . . 50 Christ is my Hope 303 

But there 's a dreadful.. 63 Christ is my King 303 

But there 's a voice 457 j Christ is my Pilot 741 

But these, alas ! 476 Christ is my Strength. . .304 

But these are not 632 ' Christ is the source 303 



Create my nature 95 

Creatures as numerous. 284 

Creatures no more 48 3 

Creatures, with all their.248 
Crown Him, ye martyrs.361 
Crushed as a moth 75 



But the vain idols 196 Christ lives by His 503 ■ Crushed under guilt's. .. S09 



Cursed be the lusts 431 

Cut off from every 476 



But the victim 348 Christians, the truth 416 

But Thou, my right 16 Christians, the wor 41 6 

But timorous mortals. . .784 Clasped in my heavenly.787 

But 'tis our God 394 Clear as the sun 659 

But Thou art holy 46 Clothe all Thy ministers.223 

But Thou forever art... 172 Clothe them with 627 

But Thou forever art. . . 20 Clothed with our nature.322 
But Thou hast brethren.589 Clothed with a majesty. 274 

But thus the eternal 330 Cold mountains and 547 

But to draw near. 127 Cold on His cradle 339 

But to those who have.. 802 Come, Almighty to 3S0 

But Thy compassions. ..175 Come, and with humble.162 

But to Thy house 18 Come as a dove 713 

But we, alas ! how soon.42S Come as a Messenger. . . 629 

But we are washed. . . . .499 Come as an Angel 629 

But we forbid this 131 Come as a Shepherd 628 

But we have no such. . .229 Come as a Teacher. 627 

But when great facts. . .416 Come as a watchman. . .629 

But who can speak 247 Come as the dew 712 

But were the first 381 Come as the fire 712 JDear name ! the rock... $03 

But when His voice 1 64 Come as the light 712! Dear Saviour, let us 408 

But when Thy face 179 Corneas the wind 713: Dear Saviour, let Thy. .549 

But when I think of . 533 Come, bless the Lord.. . 41 7 j Dear Saviour, to Thy.. .716 

But where remain 149 Come, heavenly wind.. 47 2 Dearest Saviour, hasten/99 

But where the Lord 445 Come, holy Comforter .. 293 1 Dearest sister, Thou . . .798 

But where the gospel. . . 41 Come, Holy Spirit, from.371 [Death and the terrors. . 34 
But, while they plant... 55 Come, Holy Spirit hea. .381 j Death calls my friends. . 765 

But will He prove 442 Come, in sorrow 453 (Death like an 53 

But will, indeed 711 Come let us break 14 Death may the bands. . .781 

But with thee, there 's. .458 Come, let us hear 1 63 1 Death may our souls. . .493 

But why 's my soul 79 " Come, let us join," 139 j Death spreads his 780 

But yonder see 398 Come, let us, with a 083 1 Death's sorrows had 755 

By all its joys 290 Come, let us, with a 686 i Deceits they hate 417 

By day, by night 725 Come, magnify the 63 j Deep are His counsels. .165 

By faith may we 766 Come, magnify the 64 Deep from the prison's. 136 

By His own power 813 Come now, dear youth. .441 Deep in unfathomable. .890 

By long experience.... 123 Come, quickly come ...654 Deep honour then 340 



Dangers stand thick 722 

Dangerous and steep. . .561 

Dark and cheerless 317 

Dark are Thy ways 534 

Dark brood the heavens. 807 
Dark dismal thoughts. .171 
Daughter of Zion, the.. .6i»7 

Days of trial 537 

Deal gently, Lord 222 

Dearer, far dearer 473 

Dear Lord ! accept 784 

Dear Lord, and shall. . .381 
Dear Lord! I wonder.. 482 
Dear Lord, if indeed.. .f.45 
Dear Lord the idol 561 



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Deep in thy soul 735 

Deep on my heart 489 

Delay not, delay not. . .450 
Delightful work, young. 592 

Depart from me 212 

Determined to save 578 

Did ever mourner 459 

Direct, control, suggest.715 

Diseases are Thy 744 

Diseases are Thy 74 

Dispensing good 332 

Display Thy sacred 771 

Dissolve Thou these 791 i 

Distracting thoughts... .272 

Distressed churches 626 

Divine Instructor 273 

Do I not love Thee 543; 

Do Thou assist a feeble. 647 
Do Thou increase my. .566: 
Do Thou the languid. . .556; 
Do Thou the languid. ..517; 

Doe3 he his end 4331 

Does not my heart 213; 

Does not my soul 241 j 

Dost Thou not dwell .... 29 j 
Dost Thou not know.... 401 j 

Dost Thou now in 3S1 [ 

Doth Jesus call 456; 

Doth it become the .570 j 

Doth secret mischief 243; 

Down from His starry.. 335; 
Down through the por. .339| 

Down to the dust S2 1 

Draw forth the melting. 425 

Draw out Thy spear 66 j 

Drawn by such cords.. .352; 

Dress Thee in arms 83 1 

Drooping plants revive. . 69S j 

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Each faithful sufferer. ..479 j 
Each heavenly blessing.320 

Each rolling year 3SSI 

Earth, from afar 277; 

Earth shall confess 115^ 

Easy to be entreated.. .597; 

Eat, my friends 655; 

E'en down to old age... 502} 

E'en now ray weary 455! 

E'en now the hallowed. 664 

E'er since, by faith 325; 

Egypt and Tyre 146 j 

Election! 'tis a word. .620 

Empty and bare 620 j 

Encompassed by 403; 

Enlightened by Thine. .373: 

Enter His courts 169 1 

Enter with all Thy 228 ] 

Enthroned amid 264; 

Enwrapped in dark 330 

Ere sin was born 313 

Ere yet thy heart 735! 

Ere yet the shades of.. .735 
Error and ignorance. . .427 

Errors and sins 236 ! 

Escaped from every. .. . 99 j 

Eternal are Thy 198 

Eternal life ! how will. .811 
Eternal life! Oh! how.. 812 

Eternitv! how near 737: 

Eternity ! the dread 76S 

Events with prophecies. 686; 
Every evil, Lord 503; 

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Evil shall smite 65 Por Thee, my God 78 

Exalt the banner 105 For these inestimable.. .276 

Exalt the Lamb 437 For Thine 's the 6 2 

Exalt the Lord 168 For this, O Lord 700 

Exert Thy mighty 4S1 Fortius stupendous 443 

Expand my heart 5S8 For this, Thy temple. . .804 

Extend Thy grace 612 For this we wait 655. 

Extinguishes the thirst. .556 For this we will employ. 540 
| For whom was broke. . .352 

F - j For us His flesh 637 

Fainting souls 451 'For us His vital 63' 

Fair as the moon 459 Forbid, forbid the sharp. 210 

Fair branch, ordained. .137 (Forbid it, Lord, 355 

Fair, distant land ! 811 'Forbid it, mighty 365 

Faith hath an over 385 " Forbid them not," . . 63"> 



Faith hears the voice. ..800 

Faith is the hand 555 

Faith is the only 607 

Faith must obey 555 

Faith sees the bright. ..148 

Faith sees the Lord 800 

Faith strives, but all 789 

False are the men 107 

Far, far distant 447 

Far from this world 783 

Farewell, conflicting.. .785 

Farewell to earth 812 

Fast, fast our moments. 753 

Father, accept them 427 

Father, I give my 46 

" Father, remove this. . .346 

Father, Son and 347 

Fathers! faint not 691 

Fear Him, ye saints 63 

Fear not, brethren 507 

" Fe?.r not, I am with. . .50 ! 

Fed by their active 627 

Fierce lions lead 178 

Fill my soul 474 

Fill us now with deep. ..539 
Finish then Thy new. . .3 
Finished, all the types.. 644 

Fired with holy 671 

Firm, as His throne 301 

Firm on a rock V 

Firm to His word . . . 
Firm was my health 
Fixed in an eternal. 



Forerunner of the sun . .470 

Forgiving grace do 61S 

Forgot ye then 103 

Free from the plagues.. 125 

Free grace alone 620 

Free grace can death. ..620 

Free us from envy 429 

Freed from the pangs.. 320 

Freely have come 679 

Freely Thou gavest 514 

Fresh as the grass 394 

Fresh blood, as 353 

Frighted to hear 186 

From adverse blasts 778 

From busy scenes 271 

From day to clay 3 4 

From death to life 372 

From heaven bow down.237 

From Java to the 663 

From iny own works 471 

From my sad prison 244 

From pleasant trees 177 

From realms of death. .503 

From sea to sea S5 

From sorrow, toil 551 

From that height which.376 
From the dark grave.. .29S 
From the discoveries.. . 42 
From the first dawning. 51 

From the high way 651 

30 i From Thee the heath... 3S7 
57 j From Thee, the overfl..563 
'25 ( From thoughts so dread 2-i 



Fixed in omnipotence. .366 From vanity turn off. ..209 

Fly abroad, Thou 664 1 From vile idolatry 138 

Fly me riches 582 From Zion shall Thy 190 

Fond youth, while free.407;Full of joyful 370 

Foolish and vain 214 Further, Lord, be 698 

Fools never raise 15S 

For a refuge like this. . . 601 (j - 

For, all the power 6S5 Gentiles and Jews 59S 

For ever blessed be. . . .221 Ghastly death will 893 

For ever shall Thy 159 { Girded with truth 22S 

For ever let my 61 4 j Give deep humility 607 

For food He gives 639 ! Give light and 672 

For her my tears 238 j Give me a calm 579 

For Him shall endless.. 124 Give thanks aloud 234 

For Him shall prayer. . .663 Give these, and then. . .603 

For Him the ceasless . . . 669 j Give us our bread 612 

For His mate the turtle 709; Gladdened by the 676 

For love like this 276 ; Gloomy my days 151 

For love of us 352 "Glory to God on 343 

For me their malice 20! Go, and dwell 808 

For perseverance 620 Go, heal the sick 625 

For sin Thou 'st offered. 14 " Go, humble swains,". .342 
For sovereign power. . .107 Go, imitate the grace. ..590 

For the blessings of 719 Go, in the midst 688 

For Thee I thirst 245 | Go, say to Zion 665 



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Go, spread the 691 

Go then, earthiy fame.. 486 
Go to Golgotha, and. . .356 
Go to men in darkness. 699 

Go to the garden 346 

Go to the heart 665 

God and His saints 405 

God dwells in Zion 8* 

God has pronounced. . .406 

God hath laid up 4S6 

God hath pronounced. 191 
God Himself provides.. 348 

God is a King 2T9 

God is holy 581 

God is in heaven 277 

God is my everlasting. .786 

God is my portion 32 

God is our sun and 142 

God is our sun, He J41 

God is our sun whose.. .718 

God is their fear 63 

God, my Redeemer 783 

God of all grace 607 

God of Jacob 667 

God of my life 753 

God reigns on high . ..248 

Godruleth on 826 

God shall exalt 191 

God, the eternal 614 

God, the Redeemer 115 

God, thy God, will now. 693 

God will my naked 90 

God will not always 175 

God will prepare 25 

God with us! but 312 

God's Spirit will not 447 

Good is the Lord If 9 

Good when He gives. . .579 
Goodness and mercy. .. 48 

Grace all the work 492 

Grace dwells with 132 

Grace first contrived... 4921 

Grace led my 492 

Grace, pardon, love 447 i 

Grace will complete . . .239J 
Grant one poor sinner.. 647 j 

Grant, that all may 267 1 

Grant us the power 773 

Grave, the guardian. . .790! 

Great Advocate, 360 

Great God, appear. ... 29 1 
Great God, assist, me. . .521 1 

Great God, create 94 j 

Great God ! is this 773 

Great God, let all my ..717 
Great God, my drooping~>62 
Great God! on what... 723; 
Great God ! should Thy 226 
Great God, the work.. .734, 
Great God, Thy good. . .464 
Great God, what do I. .810 

Great God, whom 136 

Great God, with rever. .336 
Great is our Lord and. .251 
Great is the Lord ; and. 232 

Great is the mercy 193' 

"Great is the work" 223 

Great is their peace 202 

Great is Thy mercy 1 44 

Great Prophet of 31S 

Great Shepherd of 270 

Great Sun of righteous . 42 
Great, was the victory. . 47 
Great were my fears. . . 35, 



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Great things are not. ... 535 ! He fed them with 134 

Guilty, before Thy 470! He feeds and clothes. . . 184 

Guilty but with heart. . .4.60; He fills the poor 174 

jHe forms her beauties. . 84 
| He forms our generals.. 87 

Had I ten thousand. . . .656iHe forms the carnal 372 

Had not the Lord 16l!He formed the deeps. ..162 

Had not Thy word 211 j He formed the stars 251 

Hail Him, ye heirs 861 He framed the globe .164 

Hail, mighty Prince ; . . . 50S ' He frees the soul 173 

Hail, Prince of life, 345 He from the dreadful. . . 23 

Hail, sacred union, S&S^e from the rock 134 

Hail, Source of light, .. .372 He frowns, and 2T9 

Hail, the Lord of earth. 35S He gave the sign 181 

Hail to the brightness. .677 ; He gave their armies. . . 38 

Hallelujah! earth and..712JHe gave them all 135 

Hallelujah ! hark ! 466 ' 

Happy souls, approach. €44 

Happy the country 247 

Happy the man to 224 

Happy the man, whose. 249 
Happy the man, whose. 250 

Happy the nation 247 

Hard lot of mine ! 217 

Hark ! hark ! the sounds. 682 j He hears when dust 
Hark ! hark ! to God. . .340 He, in the days of 



He gave them water 133 

He gilds thy mourning. 261 
He gives the grazing ox.253 
He has made an end. . .649 

He hath fulfilled 411 

He heard my humble... 147 

He hears His saints 172 

He hears our praise3 . .220 

19 

324 

Hark ! the cherubic. . . .839 1 He in the thickest 891 

Hark! the name 300 j He is a God of sovereign772 

Hark ! the trumpets 807 "He is our peace ;" for. 333 

Hark! unnumbered 674 j "He is our peace;" in. 335 

Harmonious accents 290! "He is our peace ;" 'tw.335 

Hasthy night been long. 693 1 He joys to hear 96 

Hast found the pearl. . .202 1 He keeps the Father's.. 823 

Hast Thou a lamb '43 He knows, and He 13 

Hast Thou a rival 809 1 He knows the heart 20 



Hast thou an arm.. . . ..400 

Hast Thou imparted 877 

Hast Thou not bid us ... 681 
Hast Thou not given... 21 9 
Hast Thou not promised.060 

Hast Thou not said, 457 

Hast Thou not sent 20S 

Haste, glorious day, 695 

Haste, Soverign Mercy. 65 



He knows the pain 249 

He knows their impious 160 

He knows we are 175 

He knows what 645 

He knows what argu.. .520 

He leads me to 49 

He left His dazzling 7^8 

He left His starry 298 

He like a tree 13 



Haste thee on .487 1 He lives, all glory 



.361 



Hasten it Lord 685 

Hasten, mercy 402 

Hasten, O Lord, 752 

Hasten, sinner, 4 2 

Hath not the holy 456 

Hath not Thy power. . .12S 
Hath something met. . . .446 
Have I the wedding 640 



He lives, and blessed. . . 36 

He lives, and grants 360 

He lives! He lives 3S5 

He lives, He reigns 281 

He lives my kind 360 

He lives to bless me. . .360 
He lives to grant me. .360 
He lives to silence 360 



He arms our captains. . 87 He lives triumphant 360 

He bid the liquid 62 He, Lord of all 734 

He bids the crystal 177 He loves His enemies... 30 

He bids the warmer 177 He loves His saints 250 

He bids the winds 741 He loves His saints 251 

He bids us make 133 He makes the grassy.. .177 

He bows His 611 He makes the saint 117 

He breaks the bow .... 85 He moved the mighty . .254 

He breaks the captive's.115 He never deals SO 

He broke the charm 48S He once temptations. ..322 

He built the earth 235 He plots upon 68 

He calls His chosen 598 i He raised me from 75 

He called for darkness. 181 He rides and thunders.. 115 

He comes, from thickest.343 H e rides upon 37 

He comes the broken. ..343 J He rules by His 113 

He comes the prisoners. 373! He rules the world 167 

He comes, with succour.662 j He saw me plunged... 315 

He crowns thy life ... . 1 74 j He saw me ruined 289 

He cuts the bars ..... .185|He saw the nations 234 

He every where hath.. .512 He scorns the angry. . 62 
He fears to talk 70 1 He sees the brutish 89 



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He sends His showers. .253 

He sends His Spirit 292 

He sends His word 253 

He sends the sun 117 

He sent His only 234 

He sent His Son... 235 

He sets the sun 173 

He shakes the heavens. 116 
He shall come down — 633 

He shall reign 666 

He shed soft slumbers . . 16 

He sheds abroad 372 

He shuts, and worlds. . .!66 

He sits a sovereign 173 

He sits upon 431 

He smote the first born. 2 13 
He spake, and light.... 625 

He spake the word 166 

He spake to Abram 759 

He speaks, and at 37 

He speaks and tempest. 56 
He sware to Abraham. . 180 

lie sweetens every 604 

He tells their tears 65 

He tells us we are weak392 

He that abhors 50 

He that for thy soul 452 

He, that prepares 652 

He, the great Lord 115 

He, the true David 67 

He thunders, and all. ..196 

He took the dying 352 

He treads the heavenly.542 

He triumphs in 96 

He walks awhile 67 

He was all gentle 423 

He wept that we 522 

He who has called you. 639 
He, who hath their cure. 709 
He wounds the heart. . .279 
He '11 bring their spirits.lS5 
He'll give His angels.. .157 

He '11 never quench 324 

He 's on a throne 653 

Hear, Lord, and grant. . 27 

Hear me, God 57 

Hear, then, God ! 433 

Heaven, earth and 150 

Heaven, earth and sea. 241 
Heaven, earth and sea. 2 12 
Heaven from above ... 90 
Heaven is my everlast. . 90 
Heaven is the portion.. 534 

Hell and thy sins 565 

Help us on the 619 

Help us, with holy fear. 270 

Hence often filled 435 

Hence, then ye black... =359 

Her dust and ruins 172 

Her sons, a numerous .. 670 
Her sons, her worship. .236 
Here all who suffered. .819 

Here, at that cross 647 

Here beams of mercy . .604 

Here beneath a 74S 

Here consecrated water.273 

Here every bowel 63 •! 

Here fix Thy throne 114 

Here, hast Thou listene.627 

Here, He exalts 332 

Here I raise .506 

Here I would ever 604 

Here I would for ever. .759 
Here I '11 sit, for ever.. 350 



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Here, in obedience 64S 

Here, in Thy courts.... 97 

Here in Thy courts 193 

Here in Thy house 730 

Here in Thy house 603 

Here it is I find 350 

Here Jesus, in ten 435 

Here let our hearts 646 

Here let the blind 714 

. Here let the great 713 

illere let the Son of. . .229 

I Here let the voice 71 1 

Here let Thy power 26S 

I Here, Lord, my flesh. . .647 
! Here, may our unborn. 7 10 
jHere may the attentive.710 
| Here may the wretched.272 
I Here may thine ears . . .710 
Here mercy's boundless.449 
Here, mighty God ! . . . .223 
Here mines of knowled.275 

Here pardon, life 327 

Here, parents, with 6 >5 

Here peace and pardon 652 

Here perfect bliss 579 

Here sinners of a 435 

Here springs of 273 

Here the fair tree 273 

Here the Redeemer's. . .273 
Here to Thee a temple. 7 12 

Here we receive 646 

Here, when Thy messen.711 
Here when Thy people. 71 1 

Here will I fix 227 

Here will I meet 228 

Here will I view 97 

Here would we end 771 

Here 's my claim 347 

High as the heavens — 175 
High heaven that heard.490 

High o'er the earth 102 

High on a throne 539 

High on His Father's.. .363 
High shall He reign .... 151 

Him, the first fruits 148 

His alms with liberal... 70 

His anger but a 57 

His arm shall well 100 

His call we obey 392 

His covenant, which... 180 

His covenant will 576 

His covenant with 723 

His deep distress 119 

His dying groans 119 

His enemies, with sore. . 165 
His eyes, with infinite . . 62 

His Father's honour 76 

His foes shall fall 23 

His friends forsook..... 118 

His frown shall 15 

His goodness and mercy333 

His goodness stands 560 

His gospel trumpets 344 

His grace will 523 

Hi3 hand no thunder.. .333 

His hands pro vide 1 69 

His heart contrives 7S 

His h eart is false 63 

His holy angels 64 

His hoary frost 253 

His kingdom cannot 364 

Mis laws are just 40 

His life they load 113 

His love exceeds .439 



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I His love from eternity. 3S3 

; His love, in time 573 

JHisloveis my 31 

! His love no end nor 338 

His mercy and His til 

His mercy never shalL.249 

His mercy visits 146 

His militant, embodied.. 553 
His name the wonderfuL341 
His power and lifted.. .233 

His power subdues 175 

His power the same 232 

His providence unfolds. 3S2 

His purposes will 390 

His quivering lips 772 

His race for ever is 365 

His righteousness is... .144 
His sacred limbs they. 350 

His seed for ever 150 

His Son, the great 193 

His soul at first 3S7 

His soul shall live 78 

His sovereign power 168 

His statutes and 40 

His steady counsels 253 

His stubborn foes 249 

His truth for ever. .. 250 
His truth transcends... 6S 

His voice sublime is 2S1 

His will He makes 495 

His wisdom and 62 

His wisdom framed.... 233 

His wondrous acts 258 

His wondrous works 174 

His word can raise 1S7 

His words the happy... 781 
His work then comple..421 

His works of piety 194 

His works, through all.. 291 

Hither the rich 00 1 

Hither, then, your 509 

Holy and heavenly 312 

Holy Ghost, with joy . .378 

Holy is He in all 415 

Holy Spirit, all divine.. 37S 

Homeward I flew 438 

Hope in the Lord 79 

Hope looks beyond 7S0 

Hope ye in heaven 320 

Horrors past 802 

Hosannain the highest 201 
Hosanna to His blessed.318 
Hosanna to the Anoint. 200 

Hosanna to the 201 

How are the seats 12S 

How are Thy servants. .760 

How awful is the SOS 

How bitter that 573 

How blessed are 623 

How bright thetriumph.116 

How can I die 5S0 

How can we. 679 

How changed, alas!. ..744 

How charming is 623 

How decent and 88 

How did His following.. 67 
How did the spreading. 137 
How doth Thy word.... 205 

How excellent His 68 

How few with pious.... 1SS 

How gentle was 535 

How glorious is 61 

How great deliverance. 59 
How great the blessing. 602 



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How great the works. . .192 
How great their work .. 628 

How great is the 45 

How happy all Thy 198 

How happy are our 623 

How pleased was 1 604 

How have we chased.. 38 

How holy is His 167 

How kind are Thy 248 

How large the grant !.. .ISO 

How long beneath 496 

How long, how often. . .464 

How long shall my 27 

How long the holy 692 

How long the race 149 

How low the 96 

How many are Thy 76 

How many blessings 388 

How many children 592 

How many precious 464 

How many precious . . . .723 

How mighty is His 233 

How most exact 192 

How mourned my 147 

How much is mercy 198 

How oft, deceived 527 

How oft my mournful.. 566 

How peaceful is 41 

How rich Thy bounties. 21 
How sad and desolate. .525 

How safe beneath 61 

How shall we get 436 

How short are all 574 

How short the joys 521 

How strange Thy 178 

How sweet, how heav. .429 
How terrible Thy glo . . .150 
How Thou didst build.". 81 

How tranquil now 359 

How vast, how full 655 

How was their insolence225 

How will my heart 806 

How will my lips 122 

How will our joy 800 

How will they bear 13 

How would Lrun 212 

How would the powers. 28 
Huge troubles, with .... 79 

Hunger they ne'er 819 

Hunger, thirst, disease. 825 
Hungry, naked, and 310 

T. 

I am wearv, my Saviour.536 

I am weary of 535 

I ask no sheep 9! 

I call that legacy 654 

I called back years 131 

I called Thy mercies. . .131 

I can but perish 462 

I can do all things 573 

I cannot doubt His 579 

I cannot live without. . . 95| 
I charge my thoughts .. 227 
I chide my unbelieving. 522 

I choose the path 203 

I come, I wait, I hear 418 

I could renounce 787 

I cried aloud to Thee. . . 57 
I cried, and from His.. . 16 
I delivered thee when. .546 
I do believe in Jesus. . .762 

I dwell in darkness 244 

I eat the bread 649 



I entered this strong ho .476 
I find him knocking at.. 454 

I glory in infirmity 573 

I hate to walk 53 

I have a God that 815 

I hear Thy word 41 

I hoped that in some. . .518 

I in the Holy Ghost 762 

I know my fig-leaf. 41 1 

I know Thy judgments. 212 

I long dearest Lord 820 

I long for that delightful419 

I long to put on 505 

I long to see my 812 

I love by faith 594 

I love in solitude 

I love her gates 220 

I love the Lord 631 

I love the Lord 197 

I love Thy church 237 

I love Thy habitation. . . 53 

I love to think on 594 

I must the fair 597 

I need the influence 213 

I other priests 222 

I pay this evening 18 

I saw one hanging 4S0 

I saw the opening 34 

I saw the wicked 1 25 

I see, and I adore 352 

I see, or think 470 

I set Him still before. . . 31 

I shall behold 33 

I sigh from this body. . .820 

I sing the goodness 283 

I sing the wisdom 283 

I spread my sins 61 

I, that am all defiled. . .655 

I, to my God 69 

I told Him all 64 

I tremble and 411 

I tried each earthly 540 

I wait for Thy salvation226 

I will be glad 533 

I would, but cannot 519 

I would for ever speak. 654 
I would not live alway. .814 
I'd sing the characters. 309 
I 'd tell Him how my . . .519 

I '11 cast myself 79 

I '11 chide my heart 79 

I'll give the mourner. ..779 

I '11 go to Jesus 461 

"I'll leave then," 13S 

I '11 lift my hands 109 

I '11 magnify Thy 77 

I '11 make you great 625 

I '11 meditate His works.132 
I '11 praise Him while. . .251 
I '11 purge my family. . .171 
I '11 read the histories.. 207 

T '11 scarce allow 73 

I '11 search the land 170 

I '11 seek the faithful.... 170 

I'll seek Thy face 457 

I '11 sing Thy majesty.. . 23 

I '11 sing Thy truth 238 

I'll speak the honours.. 307 
I '11 spread His works. . . 76 

I '11 think again 132 

I '11 to the gracions 462 

I '11 vindicate the King.. 14 

I 'ma companion 2I1 

I 'm but a sojourner 75 



| PAGK 

I've seen an end 206 

|I've seen how great 497 

I 've seen Thy glory 1 OS 

J If angels in their 668 

If aught should tempt. .511 

If burning beams 156 

[ If, cleaving to that 779 

; If e'er I go 49 

j If e'er my heart 233 

llfe'erto bless 237 

,If God tome His 20S 

If government be all. . . 25 
i If half the strings of life.75S 

J If He afflicts His 25 

If I am raised to 169 

If I indulge in 20 

If I love, why am 1 547 

If I pray, or hear 547 

If I the morning ... 240 

If I 've the honour 496 

If in His works 291 

If in my Father's 501 

If in one point 411 

If inward, still 464 

If noisy war or 376 

If once I wander 203 

If saved from wrath 320 

If self must be... 403 

If sin be pardoned 786 

If sin be pardoned 791 

If sin lay covered lit 

If tears of sorrow 467 

If the sorrows of Thy.. .587 
If there were malice.. .. 20 

If thou wilt seek 733 

If up to heaven 240 

If vapours with 156 

If yet Thou canst my.. .455 

If you desire 64 

If Zion's woes our 235 

Immortal light 166 

In all be purity 626 

In all His doctrines 286 

In all our Maker's 264 

In all their erring 423 

In all we sell, in all 5S6 

In anger, Lord 745 

In answering what 110 

In deep distress 618 

In dews unseen 237 

In each event of life 571 

In early years Thou 739 

In every dark 359 

In every different 39 

In every joy that crowns 571 

In every new SO 

In every pang 323 

In foreign realms 760 

In gentler language 57 

In God, most holy 101 

In God they boasted ... 82 
In heaven and earth. . .391 

In heaven before 77 

In heaven, His house... 257 
In heaven the rapturous 339 
In Him my treasure's... 311 

In Him our light 307 

In Him the Father ^42 

In Him the nations 1 25 

In Him Thy reconciled. 544 
In His cause we now. . .671 

In His salvation 43 

In holy contemplation.. 514 
In holy duties 418 



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In honor to His 26Mt gently sinks 7S2 

In Israel stood 86 It is finished! ....644 

In Jesus' righteousness.822It is that harassed 5 ! 5 

In life's first dawn 3S3 

In long complaints 117 

In midst of dangers 761 



Keep no longer at a 700 

Kindle a flame of love.. 215 



In my distress 34 

In our whole lives 559 

In pastures green 

In prayer on earth 607 

In purest love their souls 750 

In reason's ear 265 

In robes of judgment. . .165 

In scenes exalted 725 

In solid, pure delights. .585 

In spite of all 49 

In such a habitation 430 

In that lone land 140 

In the dark hour 55 

In the dark watches 524 

In Thee I trust 245 

In Thee, most holy 102 

In Thee my hopes 179 

In Thee, our hearts. . . .352 

In their distress 1 84 

In them thou may est. . .590 

In Thy fair book 3S3 

In Thy strength may we 752 

In times of general 194 

In vain for pity 809 

In vain I charge 528 

In vain shall sinners ... 1 70 

In vain the proud 208 

In vain the sons 98 

In vain their 104 

In vain to heaven 772 

In vain to idol 38 

In vain we ask 413 

In vain we boast 206 

In vain we search 426 

In vain we talk 586 

In vain we tune 381 

In vain would 327 

In widowed state these. 626 

In worship so divine 343 

In zeal for God 6S3 

InZion God 87 

In Zion is His 167 

Increase, O Lord, our.. 420 

Increase our faith 648 

Infinite joy or endless. .723 

Infinite power 300 

Inflame their minds . . . 628 
Inglorious wish, to haste,774 

Inspired to praise 723 

Instead of this, Hemade518 

Instead of wine 136 

Into Thy hands 538 

Into Thy hands, my 576 

Invite the strangers 437 

Invoke my name 91 

Involved in glooms 148 

Is it because His 401 

Is not e'en death 777 



It is that heaven-born. .5l5jKingdoms and thrones. .115 

It is, that hope with 515 1 Kingdoms wide, that sit.<;64 

It is the Lord 575 King of glory, reign 826 

It makes the wounded. .302 1 Kings are not rescued. . 62 
It says to the mountains 503'Knock, for mercy lends 516 
It springs and withers. .226|Knowledge, alas ! 'tis. .541 
It sweetly cheers 274 j Knowledge in that clime 781 



It was my guide 340 ; Known to all to be . 

Its visions can no longer 4S3 1 Known to the Lord. . 
Knowest thou, in this. . 



Jehovah speaks the 758 

Jehovah's awful voice.. 290 
Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious2°6 

Jesus full of every 474 

Jesus, full of truth . .473 

Jesus, hail, enthroned. .367 

Jesus, hail ! whose 826 

Jesus, hear our humble. 751 

Jesus how glorious 414 

Jesus, I throw my 806 

Jesus is gone before 793 

Jesus it owns a King 554 

Jesus, my God ! I know.301 

Jesus, my God, Thy 95 

Jesus my great 3 • 8 

Jesus, my Lord, I look. .320 

Jesus! my Shepherd 803 

Jesus, my soul, adoring. 353 

Jesus, on me bestow 4 6 

Jesus, on Thee my hope.622 
Jesus, our God, ascends. 86 

lesus, our Lord 293 

Jesus, our soul's delight 51 



Know that the Lord. 

L. 
Laden with fruits. 
Laid in the grave. 



.472 
215 

. 11 



159 
89 

Lead them to the 674 

Leave all your sports. . .441 
Leave to His sovereign. .512 

Less than Thyself. 304 

Let a Redeemer's 5S7 

Let Africa, with all 669 

Let age, with want 590 

Let all confess Thy... .614 

Let all on earth 677 

Let all our powers, 639 

Let all the earth-born.. .254 
Let all the nations .... 255 

Let all the people 672 

Let all the saints 553 

Let all your lamps 569 

Let an unusual joy 163 

Let angry waves 85 

Let Asia's millions 669 

Let base ingratitude 456 

Jesus, our soul'sdelight 5~6)Let cares, like a wild.. .816 
Let Christ assure me.. . .504 

Let Christians never 432 

Let conviction seize 703 

Let deep repentance. ..433 

Let distant times 247 

Let each inferior 421 

Let earth be with His... 125 

Let earthly 483 

Let endless honours. . . . 84 

Let envy, child of 549 

Let every creature 124 

Let every kindred 361 

Let every mountain ... 195 

Let every nation . . .669 

Let every nation call. . .758 

Let every saint 634 

Let faith each weak 269 

Let faith our feeble CIO 

Let fall Thy rod 692 

Let fogs and darkness.. 66 

Let fools for riches 479 

Let gratitude waken 747 

Let haughty tyrants 129 

Let heathens to their. .. 32 

Let heaven and all 119 

Let heaven proclaim . . .163 

Let heaven succeed 155 

Let him be early 630 

Let hostile troops 743 

Let humble, penitential. 650 

Let idols totter 165 

Let Israel bless 188 



Jesus revealed His 76 

Jesus shall live 106 

Jesus shall see a 228 

Jesus the ancient faith.. 633 
Jesus, the hindrance.. ..468 
Jesus, the Lord, shall. . .786 

Jesus, the name that 308 

Jesus, the Man, the 336 

Jesus the Priest ascends 192 

Jesus the sacrifice 336 

Jesus the Saviour 167 

Jesus, the Saviour, cried 476 

Jesus the Saviour, is 819 

Jesus! the vision of.. .757 

Jesus, thou Friend 238 

Jesus, thou Prince 794 

Jesus, 'tis on Thee 267 

Jesus, to Thee I would . 529 

Jesus, to Thy dear 773 

Jesus, we ne'er can 298 

Jesus, what millions 349 

Tesus, with vengeance . . 237 
John was the prophet . .344 
Join, all ye ransomed. .297 
Joy to the earth ; 166 



Joy to the saints 199 

Is not some smiling 534 i Joyful crowdsHis throne82t 

Is not the world 1 28 j Joyful truth ! He bore. .349 

Is not Thy chariot. 27 j Judge not the Lord by . . 390 

Is not Thy name 543 Just as a hen protects . . 1 56 

Is this, dear Lord 597 j Just as the guards 226 

Israel His people 1 32 Justice and judgment. . . 1 50 

Israel! 'tis Thine 696 Justice and judgment. . .342! Let Israel, home 692 

It breaks the power 308 Justice the firm 287 1 Let Jew and Gentile 413 

It can bring with it 514 Justly might Thy 458; Let judgment not 244 

It cost Him death 651' I Let Love, in one 429 



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Let malice vent 161 Lo ! I venture 32S Love and grief. 351 

Let man, by nobler 263 Lo ! the incarnate 439 Love is the golden 429 

Let me love Thee 54S Lo, thy sun goes down .697 Love's redeeming 357 

Let me never 37S Lonely 1 no longer 485 Loved of my God 304 

Let me Thy power 122 Long as I live 754 Low at Thy feet I bow.. 472 

Let me to some wild 10) Long did the house. . ..132 Low at Thy feet my soul 495 

Let men or angels 436 Long had'st Thou 153 ^ 

Let millions bow 615 Long have we heard. ..641 M - 

Let nature change 364 Look down in pity 244 Madness by nature 396 

Let none who preach. ..632 Look down upon 210 Make all our spices 641 

Let not a shape 409 Look down with a 701 Make me to know 275 

Let not conscience 439 Look how we grovel 8S0 Make me to walk 209 

Let not Thy face be hid. 54 Look to China's 6S7 Make not increasing 107 

Let our mutual love 700 Look to the Lord 527 ; Make one in this 263 

Let peace descend 74) Look up, my soul, 606;Make our best spices. ..C00 

Let princes hear 161 Loose all your bars 362 Man may baptize 032 

Let sinful sweets.. 645 Lord, at Thy call, 634 Man may trouble and..4S0 

Let sinners and their... 20 Lord, at Thy feet I bow. 126 j Mark now, from realms. 405 

Let sinners join to 70! Lord can a feeble 564 j May aged saints 70 •"> 

Let sinners, Lord 2'iS I Lord, crush the serpent. 19 j May all the nations 603 

Let songs of praises 371 j Lord, decide the 54S I May blessed religion's.. 750 

Let strangers walk S3 j Lord, fill each dead 372 j May every pastor 705 

Let stupid heathens 415 Lord, free me from .523 1 May faith from Thee 305 

Let the bright 176|Lord God of hosts, Thy.27S|May He, by whose kind. 601 



Let the envenomed 559 i Lord God of hosts, Thy.150 



Let the living 7 12 j Lord, God of truth 

Let the loud cannon 743 1 Lord, how Thy wonders.2S3 

Let the redeemed 134 j Lord, I adore Thy 477 

Let the sweet hope 530 1 Lord, I adore Thy saving434 

Let the trump's 25S j Lord, I am brought 244 

Let the unthinking. .. 17 'Lord, I am guilty 477 

Let the vain world 652} Lord, I am weak 72 

Let the whole earth 166 (Lord, I come to Thee... 459 

Let the world despise . .486 Lord, I commit 7SS 

Let them neglect 292 Lord, I despair 471 

Let this blessed hope . . . 720 Lord ! I my vows 715 

Let this vain world .... 780 j Lord, I obey 70S 

Let those refuse 5061 Lord, I would now 399 

Let those that sow 323 ' Lord, I would walk. . . 144 

Let those who dared 136 Lord, if Thou didst 598 

Let thrones, and powers 6S4j Lord, in Thee 1 474 

Let thronging multitud. . 628 j Lord, in Thy house 648 

Let Thy kind Spirit 374 1 Lord, it is my chief 546 

Let us h ail the 667 Lord Jesus, help me 76" 

Let us in Thy peace.. ..425 'Lord Jesus, smooth.. 
Let us love the Lord 299; Lord, let our hearts. 



May I, at all times :-S9 

May I, consistent 640 

May I receive it 275 

May Istill enjoy 351 

May love — that shining. 542 
May not the sovereign. .334 

May the heathen ... 673 

May they know their. . .671 
May they that Jesus. ... 624 
May this blessed volume 436 
May Thy good Spirit. . .724 

May Thy gospel's 722 

May Thy people 702 

May we. a little band.. .. F 52 

May we in faith 714 

May we teach them 425 

May we this better 813 

May we with angels 337 

May young and old 705 

Melchisedec, that 191 

524 .Men have not 756 

63 i Men void of wisdom .... S9 



Let us now our day 399 j Lord, let the merit S24i Mercy descending.... .592 

Let us praise 299 j Lord, let Thy people's. .272; Mercy, good Lord 619 

Let us sing, 299 Lord, never let 433 Mercies multiplied 721 

Let us to His throne 316 j Lord of my life 765 j 'Mid the chorus 818 

Let us with light 641 Lord of our days 720 j 'Midst burning climes . . 665 

Let us wonder; 299 Lord, on Thee our 266 1 'Midst hourly cares 5S4 

Let wisdom all 170 Lord, open sinners' 403; Might I but climb 787 

Let with our lips our.. .433 Lord, our iniquities 110 [Might I enjoy 141 

Life and peace 377 Lord, prepare us 399 Millions by millions 799 

Life, death and hell 332 Lord, search my soul. . .242; Millions of souls 643 

Life is a blessing 89 Lord, shall the wicked. . 24 Mine are the sons 188 

Life, like a vain 155 Lord, shall Thy bright.. 190 Mine ear is opened 77 

Life's duty done, 7S5 Lord, shall we be 562 i Mine eyes for Thy 208 

Lift up thy feet 127 Lord ! submissive 507 Mine eyes with 210 

Lift up your hands 231|Lord, Thou has proved. 113 Mine innocence shalt. .. 69 

Light of them that 672 Lord, we accept 441 [Mine is an unchanging. 546 

Like angry bees 199 Lord, we adore 409 Minutes and mercies. . .720 

Like floods the angry.. .159 Lord, we obey 338 Mortals can you refrain. 256 

Like pilgrims, through. .180 Lord, what is worthless. 21 Mortals with joy 313 

Like precious seed 426 Lord, what shall earth.. 277 Mortals with reverential. 31 6 

Like the rush of 825 Lord, when shall these. 657 Mountains shall sink... .691 

Like trees of myrrh 600 Lord, when this mortal. 333; Mourning pilgrim ! what 5! 7 

Like the rough sea, 438 Lord, when we leave ..36S Mourning souls dry up.. 509 

Little, then, myself. 520 Lord, while we see 152 Must I be carried 56S 

Lives again our 358; 'Lord, why is this? 518 My Comforter, mark ...375 

Lo ! from above 41 7 1 Loud hallelujahs to the. 599 My conscience felt 430 

Lo! His triumphant,.. .862 1 Loud let the gospel 699 My covenant I will... .152 



OF EACH STANZA BUT THE FIRST. 



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My covenant stands 151 My soul hath gone 209 

My crimes are great. ... 93 My soul is like 171 

My cup is mingled 172 My soul lies humbled... 95 

My days are wasted 171 My soul looks back 321 

My dear and mighty.. .319 My soul obeys 457 

My dearest friends 815 My soul of thy 106 

My eyes and ears 630 My soul shall pray 220 

My fainting flesh 54 My soul, thy great 176 

My faith would lay 321 } My soul, thy purest 415 

My Father God !...... .614JMy soul was 243 

My Father's house 118 1 My soul would all 32 

My feet shall 121 My soul's bowed down.. 19 

My feet shall never 219 j My spirit faints 202 

My flesh declined 197 My spirits flag 171 



My flesh shad 31 

My flesh shall slumber. . 34 

My flesh was 121 

My flesh with fear 241 

My flying years 733 

My foes rejoice 73 

My foes to ruin 188 

My follies past 754 

My former friends 60 

My God, forgive 73 

My God hath saved 197 

MvGod,I cried 197 

My God, I cry 412 

Mv God, I long 211 

My God, I would 382 

My God, if possible 46 

My God provides 31 

My God shall break 70 

My God, Thy long delay.245 

My God will pity 520 

My grace shall 157 

My gracious God 41 

My gracious Master 308 

My groans and tears. . . 58 

My guilt appeared 412 

My heart dissolves 46 

My heart has long 467 

My heart in midnight... 206 

Mv heart is fixed 102 

My heart shall 158 

My heart, to heaven 433 

My heart was fashioned.207 

My heart, where 732 

My heart with 211 

My heart, with agonizing 4S> 

My hopes of heaven . . .412 

My hungry soul would. .454 No longer hosts 

My Jesus is gone 815 No, Lord ! the 



My spirit is burdened.. .53 

My thirsty, fainting 109 

My thoughts address.. .100 
My thoughts are like. . . 72 
My thoughts lie open. . .280 
My times are in ....... 5S 

My times of sickness.. .389 

My tongue shall 122 

My tongue, the glory... 58 

My trembling spirit 470 

My truth shall guard. . . 151 

My waking eyes 205 

My wandering affections 332 
My watchful enemies. . . IS 
Myself can hardly 472 

N. 

Nations on firm 422 

Nations shall in a day. .616 

Nature and time 193 

Ne'er think the victory. 569 

New passions still 21S 

New time, new favour.. 720 

Night unto night 716 

Night with Him is 55S 

No bleeding bird 94 

No blood of beasts 76 

No blood of beasts 77 

No burden seems so 542 

No burning heats 219 

No clouds these blissful 811 

No evil tidings shall 194 

No ill shall enter 157 

No, let a careless 567 

No let me rather 536 

No, let me rather 77S 



716 No man shalt Thou 410 



My life I would 

My life is spent 591 No medicines could 1S6 

My life itself 10S No more against our. . . 39 



My lifted eye 571 

My lips and cheerful. ..114 

My lips shall dwell 249 

My lips with courage. . .212 

My lips with shame 94 

My little all 1 366 

My looks like withered. 172 

My Lord a priest 322 

My overwhelming 131 

My peace, my life 375 

My Saviour bids me 468 



No more believe 446 

No more fatigue 419 

No more let human 661 

No more let sins 167 

No more shall atheists.. 93 

No more shall bold 90 

No more the sovereign. .400 

No one can truly 375 

No other God we know. 540 

No other name will 327 

No prophet speaks 128 



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Nor angels can 476 

Nor can our arm 336 

Nor doth it yet Sol 

Nor hath the King 786 

Nor law, nor sin 540 

Nor less Thy glories 178 

Nor pain, nor grief 800 

Nor shall my tongue 264 

Nor shall the tyrant's... 222 
Nor shall Thy spreading 42 
Nor time, nor distance.. 323 

Nor will our days 718 

Not all his treasures 83 

Not all that men 3S5 

Not all their scoffs 428 

Not angels, round 337 

Not choicest meats 631 

Not death itself 261 

Not for the want 91 

Not fruits nor wines 103 

Not Gabriel asks 8S2 

Not honey to the 40 

Not life itself 103 

Not like the Levite 591 

Not one of all 386 

Not one vain thought. ..411 
Not Sinai's mountain. . .116 

Not so the ungodly 13 

Not so your eyes 407 

Not softest strains 30S 

Not the most perfect 206 

Not tire, nor stop 560 

Nothing, OLord 613 

Now at once they 371 

Now begin the 508 

Now cheerful to 35S 

Now every hope 400 

Now for the eye of 7SS 

Now for the love 413 

Now, for Thy promise.. 683 

Now give me, Lord 531 

Now He bedews 344 

Now His merit 370 

Now I am Thine i98 

Now I am Thine 203 

No w I can leave 757 

Now I can say 329 

Now I complain 521 

Now I forbid my 74 

Now is the time 162 

Now Jesus, our King. . .445 

Now lend Thy 700 

Now let my soul 819 

Now let. the Church 149 

Now let the happy 660 

Now let the world 1SL 

Now let Thy saving 70") 

Now, let Thy Spirit 145 

Now lift your songs. . . . .503 
Now our dear offspring. 6-4 

Now redemption 369 

Now rest, my long 490 

Now safely moored 340 

" Now," saith the Lord. 27 

Now save us, Lord 44 

Now shall my head 54 

Now, sinners, dry 338 

Now they are sent to. ..368 
Now they believed 183 



My Saviour by His 482 No righteous debt 432 

My Saviour, whom 791; No rude alarms 419 

My sins are heavy 72 No strength of 392 

My song for ever 35 No tear of repentance.. 595 1 Now to my tent 170 

My soul and all 754 No, Thou almighty 381 [Now to the God 792 

My soul anticipates S20No, Thou art precious.. 309 i Now to the shining 477 

My soul, awake 8l|No treasures so 205 1 Now to Thy footstool.. .473 



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Now, to Thy sacred .... 80 Oft the big unlidden . . .818 Oh 

Now, we will bless 535 Often I feel my 289 Oh 

Oh! be there Thy name. 671 Oh 

°- Oh ! be this service 482 Oh 

blessed power ! 191 Oh ! bring the nations. .467 Oh 

blessed Redeemer 56 Oh ! bless His name 178; Oh 

boundless wisdom 287 Oh! bless our God 1 13 Oh 

dreadful hour ! 92 Oh ! bless the Lord 174;Oh 

glorious hour ! 34 Oh ! change these 461 ', Oh 

glorious type 67 Oh ! come, and with. . . . 642 j Oh 

God, how long? 669 Oh! could I but 519; Oh 

God, my inmost 76S;Oh ! could I so 239 Oh 

God, ray refuge 99 Oh ! could we drop 822 Oh 

God of Jacob 595 Oh ! come and join 4S7 Oh 

O God of truth! 434 ^ Oh! come, and to His.. 487 Oh 

God, our King 141 Oh ! could we make 784 Oh 

God, thy God has.... 83 Oh ! fit us for Thy 766 i Oh 

O gracious God, in 566 Oh ! for a persevering. .500; Oh 

happy bond 490 Oh! for a sight 613 Oh 

happy day, when 730 Oh ! for a sweet 724; Oh 

O happy dead 799 Oh ! for a word from ... 9S j Oh 

O happy hour ! 84 ' Oh ! for grace our 334 Oh 

O happy men 221 1 Oh! for His sake attendl37jOh 

O happy period ! 300 'Oh! for His sake our...HS ( Oh 

O happy servant 569 , Oh ! for that power 404 ; Oh 

O happy souls 142; Oh! for Thine own 619 j Oh 

O happy state 732 j Oh ! from this dreadful . 464 , Oh 

O Israel ! make the 196 1 Oh ! grant Thy Spirit . . .425 Oh 

O Jesus, full of 531 Oh ! guide me down . . . 73S Oh 

O long-expected day !.. 419 1 Oh ! guide our doubtful. 763 Oh 

O Lord, each day 534 j Oh ! had not He pitied. 3S3 Oh 

O Lord of hosts 86 j Oh ! haste with every. . . 1 20 ; Oh 

O love ! beyond 288|Oh! hear my humble. ..242; Oh 

O mighty God, Thy 563|Oh! hear when dust . . . 745 ; Oh 

O pilgrim, till then be. .595! Oh ! hither, then 120; Oh 

O Saviour, assist us 421: Oh! how benevolent... 331 Oh 

O Saviour, Lamb 295 , Oh ! how bright the .... 697 , Oh 

O Saviour, we would. ..572, Oh ! how desolate 687jOh 

O source of glory 479 Oh ! how I hate those . . 466 i Oh 



O sweet employ 819 

O the rich depths 32S 

O Thou, beneath 1S9 

O Thou, by whom 607 

O Thou eternal 639 

O Thou kind 703 



Oh ! how mild and 328 Oh 

Oh! how shall 1 716 Oh 

Oh ! if my soul was 465 Oh 

.566! Oh 



Oh ! keep me in Thy 

Oh ! keep my soul 52 Oh 

Oh! lead me to 106; Oh 

O Thou, tremendous.... 3S9 Oh! let it richly 275: Oh 

O Thou, who seest 738iOh ! let many now 673 Oh 

O wise in all Thy 621 Oh ! let me join 7S- Oh 

O wondrous knowledge.2Sl j Oh ! let me then 522 Oh 

O wondrous love ! 605iOh! let mewing 515 Oh 

O wondrous love 653 Oh ! let my hand 610 Oh 

O wondrous stream!. . .182 Oh ! let my inmost 727 Oh 

O wretched state ! 98 Oh ! let that glorious.. .584 Oh 



O, wretched state SOS 

O ye mourners 7S9 

Oye, that love His 166 

O Zion trust the 233 

Obey the gospel .403 

Oceans of bliss 822 

O'er all the sons 83 

O'er heaven exalted. . ..188 
O'er sins unbounded 443 



Oh! let the dead 499 Oh 

Oh ! let the kingdoms. . . 615 Oh 
Oh ! let the nations . ... 675 Oh 

Oh! let the saints lS4;Oh 

Oh ! let Thy chosen 706 Oh 

Oh ! let Thy grace 721 Oh 

Oh! let Thy love 529; Oh 

Oh ! let Thy love my. . .545 Oh 

Oh ! let Thy Spirit 531 Oh 

O'er the mountain-top. .674jOh ! let Thy Spirit 755 Oh 

Of God's own house. .. .366j Oh ! let Thy Spirit come.599 Oh 

Of Him what wondrous. 310' Oh ! let Thy truth 106 Oh 

Of Thy condescending.. 3281 Oh! let us fly 7S0 Oh 

Oft ha ve I heard 1 23 ! Oh ! let us hear Thy .... 641 Oh 

Oft have I heard 467!Oh! let us never 733 Oh 

Oft have my heart and. 30, Oh ! love the Lord 59 Oh 

Oft have our fathers 87 Oh ! lovely attitude 442 On 

Oft has the Lord 37 Oh ! make but trial 63 On 

Oft He chastised 135 Oh! make Thy 5S On 

Oft He forgave 163 Oh! make each soul .. .751 On 

Oft in the lone 525 Oh ! make His holy 599. On 



page 
! may each future... 760 
! may I never faint. .483 
! may I see Thy... .183 

! may it be my 571 

! may life's early... 786 

! may my soul 806 

! may our humble. . .800 

! may our 591 

! may the Holy Spirit 7-10 

! may the Lord 410 

! may the memory. . 44 
! may the righteous. 243 
! may the sons., ... 185 

! may the sons, 786 

! may the sons of.. .741 
! may the Spirit's .. .753 
1 may the unction. ..793 
! may these heavenly273 
! may these thoughts.240 

! may this pair 751 

! may Thy counsels. 274 

! may Thy grace 30T 

! may Thy hand 619 

! may Thy love 96 

! may Thy Spirit. .. .752 

! may Thy Spirit 18 

! may we feel 429 

'. may we ne'er forget 323 

! may we walk 794 

! might I fly 218 

! never let the sheep62S 

! never till my 480 

! on that day. 804 

! pray to Him alwa.610 

! save my soul 55 

! send Thy light.... 80 

! send Thy Spirit 309 

! shall not warmer.. €37 

! shed abroad 431 

! shed abroad that. 879 

! shine on this 462 

! sleep not thou 567 

! spread Thy 424 

! tell me that my... .S06 
! that my grove'lliiig.581 

! that our souls 641 

! that our thoughts. 417 

! that the sons 1S7 

! think what vast... .404 
! that I could now.. 510 

! that the joyful 29 

! that with yonder.. 362 
! then shall the yeil.791 

! to grace how 506 

! turn Thine hand... 148 

! turn us 744 

! wash my soul 93 

! were I like a 99 

! what a grand... .819 

! what a joyful 752 

! what amazing 613 

! what is feeble 246 

! when shall Afric's.65? 
! when, thou city. .. .817 

! who can ever 41 

! wilt Thou lend 525 

! watch, and fight... 569 
! what mercy flows. .484 
! when will the mo.. 505 

a poor worm 717 

Christ, by faith 494 

earth I '11 sing 653 

ev'ry side 1 244 

harps of gold 789 



OF EACH STANZA BUT THE FIRST. 



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PAGE ( 

On Him almighty 331 

On Him the Spirit 343 

On impious wretches. . 25 

On the tree of life 731 j 

On Thee alone my 323: 

On Thee, in want 45 

On Thee, our guardian.. 742 

On their own heads 342 j 

On them, a happy 495 \ 

On us He bids 455 

On what a slippery... .126 

On wings of love 591 

Once hath His awful 107 

Once have I sworn 152 

Once He was dead 857 

Once I enjoyed 701 ' 

Once, in the circuit 353 

Once more we ask 441 j 

Once on the raging 340 

Once, with Adam's 484! 

One army of the 553, 

One day, amidst 420 

One family, we 553 

One gentle sigh . 789! 

One happy hour 521 , 

One in the tomb 498 ! 

One privilege my 53 1 

One their Lord 825| 

" One thing, demands. . .406 

Open the gates of 199 '■ 

Open Thou the crystal. 51 Oj 

Oppressed with guilt 440 

Or if he languish 73 

Or should I try 240 

Order my footsteps 209 

Other refuge have 512 

Our age to seventy 153 1 

Our beauty and our 395 , 

Our breath is 717 j 

Our breath is Thine 723 

Our broken spirits 269 

Our children live 252 

Our covenant G-od 577 j 

Our days are as 175 ; 

Our dearest joys 54S 

Our everlasting love... .651 1 
Our eyes look upwards. 645 j 

Our faith adores 652 1 

Our faith and love 207 I 

Our faith in grateful. . . .342 

Our Father, God 395 

Our Father God ! how . . 612 , 
Our fathers trusted. . . 46 

Our fellow sufferer 323 

Our flesh and sense 570 

Our foes insult us 221 1 

Our foes would 129 

Our glad Hosannas 344- 

Our glorious Surety 386 

Our God, how faithful . . 633 

Our God, in Thine 747 

Our God, our help 154 

Our guilty spirits 469 

Our happy land 749 

Our happy union 626 

Our hearts exult 683 

Our hearts have often .551 
Our heavenly Father. . .639 

Our help is in 221 

Our Jesus proclaims . . . 445) 

Our labours done 801 1 

Our life contains a 393 

Our lifted eyes 681 1 

Our lips shall tell 133 ; 



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Our load of earthly 793 

Our numerous griefs. . . .276 
Our prayers are faint. . . 707 

Our race are falling 724 

Our raging passions 436 

Our sins and griefs . .319 

Our souls adore Thy 422 

Our souls He washed. ..631 

Our souls shall draw 646 

Our tables spread 729 

Our triumph in 766 

Our troops beneath 105 

Our vows, our prayers.. 424 

Our wasting lives 722 

Our works are all 493 

Our youth — our 749 

Our Zion trembles 105 

Outcasts from Thee. 616 

P. 

Pains of the flesh 75S 

Pampered with wanton. 125 

Pardon, acceptance 287 

Pardon and peace, and. 330 
Pardon and peace thro'. 320 
Pardon and peace to . . . 643 

Pardon, peace, and 702 

Parent and husband 395 

Patience to watch 608 

Peace be within this .... 220 

Peace is proclaimed 406 

Peace is the blessing 218 

Peace, rebel thoughts . .524 

Peaceful be thy 79S 

People and realms 124 

Perhaps He will 462 

Perversion marks 6S5 

Pity the hypocrites 63S 

Pity the weeping 590 

Pleased they foresaw. . .236 
Pleased with the news. .475 

Powers of iniquity 161 

Praise Him in cheerful.. 311 

Praise shall employ 249 

Praise the Father 258 

Praise to the Lord ! who.747 
Praise ye the Lord, the. 231 
Prayer is the burden. . .606 
Prayer is the Christian's 607 
Prayer is the contrite. ..607 
Prayer is the simplest. .606 

Prayer makes the 608 

Precious Saviour hear... 425 

Predestinated to be 500 

Predictions in 341 

Prepare me, blessed. . . .778 

Prepare me, Lord 772 

Prepare us, Lord 811 

Preserve us, Lord C32 

Princes, this clay 773 

Prisoner, long. 790 

Pro claim aloud 679 

Proclaim Him King 116 

Promiscuous lusts 410 

Prostrate I'll lie 461 

Protect us through 596 

Proud tyrants shall 25 

Pure are the joys 823 

Pure as the sun's. . .... .312 

Put Thy seal upon 503 

R. 
Raised by His Father. . .116! 
Raised from the dead. .. 50 
Raised on devotion's.. .264 



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Rather my spirit 7G7 

Ready, in Thy guilt ... .763 
Rebel, ye waves, and. . .281 

Redeem us from 83 

Redemption through 762 

Rehearse His praise. . . . 86 

Rejoice inglorious 364 

Rejoice, the Saviour 364 

Rejoice, ye righteous. . .16:5 

Rejoice, ye shining £0 

Religion bears our 570 

Remember all Thy 51 

Remember His goodness 610 

Remember, Lord 56 

Remember, Lord, proud.236 
Remember still that . . .423 

Remember Thee 637 

Remember Thy pure. . .477 
Remember what Thy. . .183 

Renew Thy work 215 

Repeated mercies in 215 

Rescued from hell's 444 

Rest in the Lord 70 

Restore him, sinking 775 

Restrain impetuous 734 

Restraining prayer 608 

Return, in ways 625 

Return, O blissful 732 

Return, O holy 526 

Return, O wanderer.... 453 
Return unto Thy rest... 509 

Revive our dying 143 

Rise, touched with 442 

Rivers to the ocean.... 5S2 

Rock of ages, I 'm 537 

Round each habitation . 599 

Rouse up and seize 561 

Rule those in 481 

S. 
Sad times, the tempter's3S9 

Safe in the arms 3S6 

Safe lead us through. . .327 

Safety Thy presence 595 

Sailors rejoice to 186 

Saints and angels 440 

Saints on earth .649 

Saints shall be glad 120 

Saints shall be joyful. . .256 

Salvation! let the 65S 

Salvation to God 827 

Salvation to the 16 

Save us from sin 1S9 

Save us in Thy 704 

Saved ! the deed 460 

Saviour hasten Thine. . .827 

Saviour, let Thine 531 

Saviour of souls .478 

Saviour, shine and 520 

Saviour, the dreadful. ..423 
Say, have you an arm. .397 

Say, shall we yield 339 

Say to the heathen 661 

Say to the nations 163 

Say to the power 113 

Scarce a few hours 521 

Scarce will He 29 

Science her power 749 

Seal my forgiveness 719 

Seal to my soul 216 

Searcher and Saviour.. .215 
Searcher of hearts ! in. .468 
Searcher of hearts, oh 1.640 
Season of rest 713 



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PAGE 

Seasons and months. . . .730 
Seasons and times... ...Ill 

See from all lands 67S 

See ! from every 675 

See, from His head 355 

See Him below 22 

See how the pit 772 

See, in the Saviour's 326 

See Jesus stands 642 

See, low before 462 

See that, glory 821 

See; the blessed 674 

Seethe Judge S02 

See, the Lord appears.. 858 

See the streams 599 

See the vain race 74 

See there ! His temples. 350 

See, we repent 742 

Seize the kind 163 

Self may its poor 561 

Send forth, Lord 625 

Send forth the 675 

Send some message 266 

Send Thy truth 673 

Sense can afford 172 

Serene I laid 716 

Set up Thy throne 683 

Seven times a day 203 

Seven times a day 216 

Shall cruel spirits 423 

Shall God invite 406 

Shall I be still 19 

Shall I forever 27 

Shall Jesus leave 588 

Shall man reply 3S4 

Shall persecution 385 

Shall see Him 793 

Shall they escape 101 

Shall we, whose souls.. .660 

Shaking the head 46 

Shed, Sun of Righte 668 

Sheltered beneath 21S 

Shield me without 110 

Shine forth in all 196 

Should all the hosts. . . .319 
Should burning arrows. 218 
Should earth against.. .816 

Should friends and 54 

Should my tears 332 

Should vile blasphemers437 

Should we indulge 376 

Shout, ye bright 484 

Shout, ye little flock. ...507 

Show me a token 145 

Show me what 1 460 

Shrink not, though 689 

Siberia spreads her 668 

Sickly, and weak 581 

Silent we own 577 

Sin and sorrow 719 

Sin and the powers 50 

Sin can never 796 

Sin is for ever 822 

Sin, my worst 158 

Sinai, in clouds 2S6 

Since all, that 578 

Since Christ and we 498 

Since from Thy bounty. 315 
Since I have learned. . . 35 
Since I'm a stranger .207 
Since of Thy goodness . . 6S 
Since on this winged. . .405 

Sin Thou hast been 109 1 

Since Thy remembra. ..700| 



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Since 'tis Thy work.... 554 

Sing ho,w eternal 338 

Sing how He left 508 

Sing of His dying 301 

Sing of the Lamb 262 

[Sing, on your 301 

Sing praises to 23 

iSing to the Lord, ye 114 

j Sing "to the Lord, ye 57 

Sinking in the ocean 825 

Sinner, canst thou 770 

Sinner, it was a 44*5 

Sinner, perhaps 447 

Sinners, awake, attend. 400 
Sinners, awake betimes. 93 

Sinners awake, with 345 

Sinners may publicly . . . 632 
Sinners of state. .... ...216 

Sinners whose love 861 

Slander and fear 59 

Smile, Lord, on ... 657 

So Abraham, by divine. 558 

So, by an oath 416 

So corn, that on. ..... . .225 

So fades a summer 785 

So for our sins 221 

So, Jesus, let Thy 615 

So Jesus looked 591 

So Jesus slept: 801 

So mercy my conduct.. .496 

So may they live . . . 75 1 

Soon the Indians 665 

So saith the God 658 

So shall Messiah's 665 

So shall my soul 4S9 

So shall my walk 526 

So shall that curse 806 

So shall the King....... 84 

So shall the souls 531 

So shall Thy children.. .136 

So waits my soul. .226 

So, whene'er the ....... 605 

Soft as the morning 311 

Soldier, in the 564 

Some, in whom we 699 

Some trust in 43 

Some walk in honour's. . 74 

Some wicked thing 468 

Sons of Adam 731 

Soon as the evening. . . .265 

Soon as we draw 94 

Soon night comes 451 

Soon our Father 550 

Soon shall I pass 2S9 

Soon shall our 523 

Soon shall that fatal. . . .402 
Soon shall the glorious.. 668 

Soon shall we tune 602 

Soon shall your 301 

Soon the days 449 

Soon the delightful 309 

Soon, too, my slumber. .793 

Soon will the Lord 494 

Soon will your sorrows.. 393 

Sorrow and pain 19 

Sorrow shall for 517 

Soul then know 487 

Souls benighted. .... . .450 

Sow thy seed 707 

Spare us, O Lord 173 

Speak, Lord ! and 761 

Speak Thy pardoning. .377 
Speak with the voice .. .'270 
Spirit divine, attend... 713 



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Spirit of grace 429 

Spirit of life, Thy 408 

Spread for thee 448 

j Spread Thy great name. 414 

Sprinkled now 448 

j Sprinkled with Thine... 463 

! Spurn not the call 446 

Stand fast in the faith ! 557 

Star Divine 740 

Star of faith 739 

Star of hope 739 

Still firm in purpose 629 

Still hath my life 121 

Still I complained 131 

Still o'erwhelmed 452 

Still to Thy word 216 

Still we wait for 704 

Still with their lips 417 

Strange was Thy journeyl32 
Strangers and pilgrims. .595 

Strengthen our faith 724 

Stretch out Thine 458 

Stretch thy desires 138 

Strike ! strike the 6S2 

Striving to stretch 145 

Strong peace have they.216 
Strong were thy foes. ..69T 
Struggle through thy . . .795 

Subdue the power 378 

Such are the wonders. ..288 

Such blessings from 424 

Such guests shall to 69 

Such seeds of sin 28 

Such was Thy truth 547 

Such wonders never. . . .129 

Summer and winter 722 

Sun, moon, and stars. .. 42 
Sun, moon, and stars. . .286 

Support me in this 60 

Supported by Thy 15 

Supremely wise 216 

Sure as the moon 152 

Sure as Thy truth 238 

Sure I might fight 568 

Sure the blessed 374 

Sure there was never. . .652 

Surprising grace ! 499 

Sustain me then 216 

Sweet bonds that unite.. 820 

Sweet fields beyond 784 

Sweet gratitude inspires.824 

Sweet is the day 15S 

Sweet in His righteous. .574 
Sweet in the confidence. 575 

Sweet is the dawn 736 

Sweet is the early 736 

Sweet is the light 71S 

Sweet is the memoiy . . . 654 

Sweet is the opening 736 

Sweet on His faithfulness t 7 ■ 

Sweet to look back 574 

Sweet to look inward. . .574 

Sweet to reflect 574 

Sweet truth, and easy.. 522 

Swift as an eagle 56$ 

Swift through the 339 

Swiftly thus our 726 



Take courage, then 527 

Take down thy long. . . .70S 
Take Him for strength .311 

Take not in vain 409 

Teach all the nations... 625 



OF EACH STANZA BUT THE FIRST. 



850 



Teach me to do Thy 245 The earth stands 179 The Lord in vengeance.! 63 

Teach them to sow 627 The earth with rich 747 | The Lord in Zion 229 

Teach us, Lord, how.. 154 (The evening rests our.. 717! The Lord is just 51 

Teach us, Lord, to . . .589 1 The faces of His 229 The Lord Jehovah 282 

Teach us to pray 268 The faith that unites 503 The Lord Jehovah 283 

Teach us what we do. . .267 j The Father chose 292 The Lord makes bare. ..024 

Tears are my constant.. 78 , The Father spake 292 The Lord of all 85 

Tell how Jehovah's 749 1 The fean of God is 416 j The Lord of hosts, our.. 745 

Tell how the Holy Spirit 665 1 The fear which they.. ..705 The Lord of life C45 

Temptations everywhere597 The flock must feel 777 The Lord, our glory.. . .151 

The flowery spring 730 j The Lord proclaims 56 

The fondness of a 549 The Lord provides 32 

The foolish builders 200;TheLord shall come.. .803 

The gates of the devour. 758 The Lord shall make. . . 51 

The glory, Lord 3S6 The Lord shall on 190 

The glutton groans 185 j The Lord shall Thy 234 



Temptations fled 35 

Ten thousand thousand. 217 
Ten thousand to their.. 553 
Ten thousand worlds. . .47S 
Tender and gracious.. . .755 
Tender and kind be. .. .428 
Thankful we own Thy. .766 

Thanks for mercies 726 

Thanks to my God 614 

Thanks we give 604 

That blessed moment. . .484 
That cruel persecuting. . 21 

That day on which 409 

That day shall show.... 191 

That death is but 782 

That glorious hour 153 

That God, who darts.. .246 
That grace that I 've . . .454 

That hand, which 217 

That, long as life 763 

That man may breathe. 589 
That once-loved form... 780 
That power we trace. ..282 
That so, when angel. . . .729 

That spotless robe 330 j The highest place 

That star, which once . . 696 ' The highest saw her 



The God of heaven 

The God of Jacob 227 

The God of mercy 646 

The God of Zion 231 

The God we serve 196 

The God we worship. ... 88 

The gospel trumpet 438 

The gospel's promised. .619 

The graves fly open 808 

The graces of all His. . .787 
The hands of His bounty333 

The hand that now 524 

The harvest song would.729 
The haughty sinner 71 



The Lord sits sovereign. £6 

The Lord supports 248 

The Lord takes pleasure2L6 
The Lord that bruised.. 117 
The Lord, who hates.... 243 

The Lord, who sees 26 

The Lord will net C9C 

The Lord will raise 173 

The Lord with j£4 

The love of Christ £02 

The lowest step 271 

The lustre of so bright. .444 

The man possessed C-J;6 

The man that doth J 70 



That Thou shouldst. 

That warning voice 451 

That was a most 717 

That were a grief. 459 

That, which is born 408 

The Almighty thunders. 103 
The angels leave their. .313 
The beams that shine. ..662 

The best obedience 413 

The best relief 207 

The birds that rise 284 

The birds, without 391 

The bitter torment 652 

The blessing from Thy. .237 

The blessings which 588 

The blood of man 410 

The bounties of 49 



The heathen lands 1231 The man that offers 91 

The heathen realms . . . .345 The manna like 1S4 

The heavens are for 176 The Master whom. C91 

The heavenly heritage. . 71 The meek and humble.. 47 

365 The meek at last 69 

758 1 The men of grace 506 



The hill of Zion 507 i The men that keep 204 

The hopes of everlasting762 The men, that know 23 

The hosts of God 63 The men that love 19 

The impious crew 170 The mighty debt 336 

The isles shall know 47 j The mighty God 341 

The Jew, The Greek 617 , The morn with glory 112 

The Jews beheld Him. .. 47 The morning of my life. 737 

The Jews He freed 235 The mountains shook... 195 

The Jews, the people.. .256 The name of Jacob's... 48 

The joy of all 365 The nations Thou hast.. 144 

The just and pure 36 The night is witnesr 145 

The King himself 420|The northern pole l, r 

The Kings of Canaan... 234 The orders of Thy 88 

The land of silence 122 The pangs of our 118 

The last great day 90 The passions of my 58 

The law and gospel 70 The patient soul £27 

The law, that issues 214 The piety of the 175 

The brightest things 548 j The light, and strength. 654 The plants of grace U9 

The brutes obey 456 The lion and the lamb.. 61 7 The pleasures that... .463 

The calm retreat 593 1 The little ants, for 562 j The pledges, Thou wast.648 

The changing seasons. .252 ] The little cloud increases552 ! The power and willing. .587 

The changing wind 253 [The living tribes of 887 |The powers of hell 4f9 

The Christian is dead. . .502; The lofty mountains 112 {The powers of nature. . .776 

The Church is Thine 1891 The Lord beheld 197 1 The present we should .404 

The clouds which veil. . .270 The Lord builds up 251 [The present moment... .4(5 

The counsels of. 276 The Lord can clear 223jThe Prince of peace £42 

The cross He bore 366 The Lord delights 71 1 The prophets and 825 

The crowned martyrs. ..279 JThe Lord forever 65;The proud have framed .214 

The dangerous road. .533|The Lord, from His 2S The resurrection of 762 

The darkness and 39 j The Lord, from His 97, The righteous Lord 26 

The dead in Christ SlOjTheLord has promised. 492 The righteous with 188 

The dead no more 196;The Lord hath eyes 250 The rising morning.... 717 

The dealings of 51 ( The Lord hath eyes 251 The rock of Israel 38 

The dearest idol 526 The Lord hath kept 755 The rolling sun 41 

The deepest reverence.. 415 The Lord Himself chose!82The royal sinner 257 

The drunkard fell 185 The Lord Himself will. .231 The sacraments were... 632 

The dying millions 676 The Lord His people. ..142 The sacred elements. .. .689 

The dying thief. 824| The Lord how absolute . 256 . The sacred truths 149 



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The saints are lovely. ..252 {The wicked borrows 70;Then, King of glory 

The saints shall flourish. 124! The wicked, filthy 431 iThen learn of Him 

The saints, unable 228! The wicked shall sink... 24 Then, leaving all I 

The same His power. ...364!The wicked there from.. 795 Then let each esteem.. 

The same Thy power . . . 703 ! The wide dominion 280 Then let his pride 

The Saviour bids us 572 J The widow and the 115 iThen let me make 

The Saviour died 337 j The wild, young lions... 64; Then let me mount 

The Saviour left His 284 The will perverse 461 1 Then let my soul 

The wings of every 247 j Then let our drooping. , 

The work, Lord*. 201 iThen let our humble.. . , 



The scoffer owns Thy... 223 

The scribe and 201 

The second Adam 397 

The seeds of every 431 

The sense of Thy 304 

The shadow of Thy 109 

The shining worlds 254 

The sin that close 35 

The sins of even the. . . .329 

The Son of God in 522 

The sons of violence 101 

The sorrow, shame 349 

The soul of man 442 

The soul that on Jesus . .502 
The sound of the gospel. 74S 

The sparrow chooses 140 

The sparrow for 142 

The Spirit, by His 371 

The Spirit calls 448 

The Spirit is not 782 

The Spirit like a 428 

The Spirit shall 77 

The Spirit takes 475 

The starry curtains 174 

The starry heavens 204 

The storm is laid 761 

The substance this 409 

The suffering sinner's. . .742 



The sun shall see 152 Their infant cries. 

The sun withdraws 732 Their joy shall bear . . , 

The swelling billows 177 Their malice raged 

The swelling flood 594 Their misery let Thy. . . 

The swelling tide 221 Their miseries His 



The work, the mighty. ..147 

The world beheld 223 

The world can never... 771 

The world reject ..543 

The world to come 22 

The world's foundations 177 
The wounded conscience556 
The wretch that deals.. 171 
The year rolls round. . .723 

Th' alluring world 467 

Th' almighty Former 327 

Th' eternal Shepherd. ..776 

Th' insulting foes 135 

Thee, Lord, at all 389 

Thee, Lord, heaven's.. .621 

Their captive sons 187 

Their cruel plough 225 [Then now, on faith's.. 

Their daily wants 496 Then, only then, we 

Their faith and works . . 91 Then peace returns 

Their feeble frames 7S1 Then, Saviour, then my. 

Their feet were never. . .196 Then shall each age 

Their glory shines 314 Then shall He make 

Their hands shall bear.. 157 Then shall I love 

Their hearts with 422 Then shall I see 

Their hope and portion. 33 Then shall my cheerful. 
Their impious tongues.. 126 j Then shall my day 



Then let our songs 

Then let our sorrows.. 
Then let the children. . 

Then let the love 

Then let the name 

Then let the world 

Then let the world 

Then let them still 

Then let Thy chosen... 

Then let us adore 

Then let us earnest 

Then let us gather 

Then love's soft dew... 

Then man to daily , 

Then may a Saviour's. . 
Then my unfettered, 



The sword, the 157 Their mounds, their 745 

The testimonies of 203 Their names were 183 

The things of Christ 371 j Their passions war 734 

The thirsty ridges Ill j Their rage is levelled. .. 99 

The thought of home. ..021 1 Their seed is sprinkled.. 634 

The thought shall still . .792 j Their sins 1 11 visit 152 

The thunder is 112 j Their souls shall 51 

The thunder of His 130 j Their streaming eyes. ..552 

The thunders of His 278 Their toils are pas*t 777 

The thundering horse. ..745 1 Their tongues are used. 2S 

The time, how lovely. ..718! Then all my servile 496 

The time is short! it 703; Then all that love 214 

The toilsome way 793 Then, as our wandering 706 

The tokens sent us 648 Then be His word 275 

The tongue, that most. .564, Then blessed be God.. .125 

The troubled conscience 873 ; Then, by an angel's 181 

The trump shall sound. .14S ; Then did I raise 244 

The trumpet gives a 567 j Then felt my soul 412 

The tumult of 52 iThen from the lofty 6S1 

The tumults of 126 i Then give all the glory.3S3jThen, when the solemn. 

The types bore 241 ,Then give, dear Lord. . .574; Then while a voice 

The unbelieving world.. 36S Then, guided, Shepherd.217 iThen, why lament 

The untaught heathen.. 636 Then His high praise. . . 257 j Then will He own 

The unwearied sun 265 Then I repent and 533 1 Then will I raise 

The veil of night 240 j Then if Thou Thy help.. 752 1 Then will I say 

The virtue of His 19 Then, if Thy Spirit 593 (Then will I teach 

The voice of this alarm. 780 Then in a nobler 325 1 Then with our spirits... 

The want of sight 557 iThen in the history 121 (Thence I derive 

The watchmen join 624 Then in the last great. .72S| There, ail the millions.. 

The waters saw Thee... 132 1 Then in the Lord let. . ,226j There by His Father's.. 

The whole creation 805 Then in Thy holy 81 There David's power... 

The whole discourse 26 [ Then, joyfully, while ... 787 1 There discord is a 



Then shall my foes 

Then shall my heart. . . . 

Then shall my- joyful 

Then shall my soul 

Then shall our active. . . 
Then shall our grateful . 
Then, shall the heathen. 

Then shall the Jew 

Then shall the Lord 

Then shall the nations.. 

Then shall they rule 

Then shall Thy Church. 
Then shall Thy lofty.... 
Then shall Thy neighbor. 
Then shall Thy saints. . . 

Then shall we shine 

Then shone almighty. .. 
Then, should insulting.. 

Then the redeemed 

Then, timely warned. . . 

Then to the Lord 

Then to the Lord 

Then to thy rest 

Then was the great 



2S5 
314 
1S1 
182 
44 
1S9 
827 
611 
443 
SOI 
ITS 
740 
473 
493 
375 
745 



SS4 
213 

158 
17 
4S1 
145 
202 
3S9 
245 
562 
105 
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OF EACH STANZA BUT THE FIRST 



861 



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There, everlasting 784 They hate me, Lord vl4 

There faith lifts up SI 4 They have drawn out. . . 7u 

There fragrant flowers. .814 [They know no grief 822 

There, from the bosom. .477) They know not, Lord.. .139 

There grow Thy saints . . 159 , They leave the dust 800 

There happier bowers.. 817 j They leave their native. 740 

There He, our great 336; They love the road 66 

There He reigns 649jThey never sunk 337 

There His triumphal 362 'They plant their snares. 66 

There I behold 4:2|They put Thy judgments 24 

There in worship 266 j They saw Him cleave. ..134 ; 

There is a death whose. 771 jThey saw the plague 131, 

There is a great 326[They saw Thy wonders. 183 

There is a home for 813, They say, "The Lord.. 160: 



There is a home of 816 

There is a place, where. 609 
There is a scene, where.609 

There Jesus bids 276 

There Jesus, in the 316 j They thirst, and 

There, joys unseen 493 

There, like the 598 

There my God bore 347 

There, on His holy 



They shall be seized.... 9S 

They sow the fields 1 ST j 

They suffered with 366 j 

They that would grow.. 193: 
182! 

They warn, indulge 423 j 

They watch for souls . . . C24 

They watch to do 92 j 

They wound His head. . 481 



There pain and sickness. SllJThey wrest my words.. .101 
There, purity with 513 They 're prone to 21 



There reach Thy 81 

There rest the prisoners 795 
There, says the Saviour.C09 
There servants, masters. 795 

There shall I bathe 816 

There shall I offer 53 

There shall I wear 565 



Thine all surrounding.. .230 
Thine ancient family. ..6"0 

Thine anger, like S3 

Thine anger turns 155 

Thine arms of 576 

Thine arrows stick 72 

Thine awful glories 241 



There shall my 792 Thine eye my bed 239 

There shall my lips 265 Thine eye with nicest. . 240 1 

There shall we join 7S3; Thine inward witness. . .373 1 

There ships divide 179iThine may they be 605 

There streams of ... 32 j Thine would I live 64-7 1 

There, there on eagle's. 609 (Think, O my soul 765 

There we shall breathe. 420 1 Think of all that 5S0J 

There we with ecstasy.. 404; Think of Thy sorrows. . .46Si 

There, what delightful. .276; Think of the tribes 127 1 

There, when the turmoil. SOI ] Think on the covenant. .1 C9j 

There, while the nations. 747 i Think on your end 737 

There will I love 34|Think upon that 5S0 

There wisdom shines 2SS|Think, who fills a 580 

There, with united 642 'This glorious hope 551 ' 

There's a new heaven. . 33 j This heavenly calm 418 

There's full redemption.227 This holy bread 639 j 

There 's not a plant 283 j This house with grace. . . 2 9 1 

Therefore in life I'll 739 j This is My body 636j 

These are a portion. ...279 1 This is the comfort 211 1 

These are the joys 446 1 This is the folly of S9 

These are the men 50 (This is the glorious COlj 

These are the sweet 418 This is the grace 542 { 

These ashes poor 801 This is the judge 273 j 

These children of our. ..424 This is the light 757 i 

These children now 425 This is the man 225; 

These inward trials 51S This is the pillar 436j 

These lively hopes 784 This lamp, through all. .274 

These mournful groans. 534 1 This life 's a dream 33j 

These on my heart 241 This mortal life 75, 

These pleas, presented. .743 This precious jewel 329 

These riches of 4 33) This precious truth 2S6; 



These temples of. 



S" i This sacred tie. 



.498 



This shall be known 173 



These through fiery S24 

These western climes.. . 86 

They broke the 133 

They die in Jesus 7S2 

They dread Thv Ill 

They fly, like chaff. ... 661 This the church 659 

They from destruction's 39S This truth impress 724 

They go from strength. .142|This was my comfort. ..208 
They groaned and 67! This water, sprinkled. . .635 



This shall His humble...H9 

This spotless robe 499 

This spring with living. .440 
This temple, hallowed. .701 



PAGE 

This will proclaim 559 

Those holy gates S23 

Those that against 99 

Those that in wealth 221 

Those that on earth 158 

Those wandering Ill 

Thou art a God IS 

Thou art as ready 522 

Thou art coming 459 

Thou art gone to the... 797 
Thou art my everlasting.121 

Thou art my God 72 

Thou art my guard ..... 217 
Thou art the glorious. . .329 

Thou art the Life 326 

Thou art the Truth 320 

Thou art the Way 320 

Thou aged man 407 

Thou canst form 673 

Thou comprehendest. ..512 
Thou dear, thou suffer. .350 

Thou givest me 106 

Thou givest with 394 

Thou good, and wise . . .746 
Thou Great and Good.. 108 

Thou great Invisible 415 

Thou hast begun 148 

Thou hast inclined 203 

Thou hast promised 6S4 

Thou hast secured 102 

Thou hast witnessed 702 

Thou heaven of heavens. 263 

Thou Holy Ghost 677 

Thou Holy God! 415 

Thou, Holy Spirit 295 

Thou knowest I love. . . .543 
Thou lovely chief of . . . 805 

Thou makest the 112 

Thou never saidst 703 

Thou, O Christ 513 

Thou Prince of life 677 

Thou ruined Salem 236 

Thou, Saviour— God 6S5 

Thou shalt not 410 

Thou shalt see my 546 

Thou sun with 254 

Thou, the whole body.. 306 

Thou, then, my soul 218 

Thou, Thou alone 707 

Thou, Thou art my 530 

Thou, to whom all 673 

Thou wilt arise 1 72 

Thou wilt not cast me . .739 

Thou wilt regard 100 

Thou wilt sustain 243 

Thou wondrous Advocated 77 

Though cast down 539 

Though heaven afflicts. .524 

Though I have most 455 

Though in a foreign 523 

Though it seems the... 553 
Though now ascended. .3^3 

Though rocks and 741 

Though Satan rage. . .703 
Though the sea be deep . 55S 
Though to-day we 're. . .539 

Though dark be my 578 

Though distresses now. .510 

Though dragons all 81 

Though earth were from. 84 

Though earthly 776 

Though for a time I hid. 708 
Though I have grieved.. 95 



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Though in the dust 31 

Though many foes 5i2 

Though numerous hosts 289 
Though once estranged. 603 

Though plagues and 889 

Though saints to sore. . • 24 
Though seed lie buried. .223 
Though ten thousand... 516 
Though thousands and. .502 

Though unbelief 611 

Though vine nor fig tree 514 
Though while He treads '192 
Though you may trials . . 393 
Though your heart were .398 
Though your young. ...779 
Thousands have often. . .756 

Thrice happy man ! 156 

Thrice happy souls, who,783 

Throned on a cloud 90 

Thrones and dominions. 621 
Through all resolves . . . .529 
Through each perplex.. 424 
Through many dangers. 492 
Through ten thousand.. 676 

Through waves and 511 

Through all His per feet. 27S 
Through all our coasts.. 2* 2 
Through all succeeding. 363 

Through all the road GO 

Through endless years.. 491 
Through every age the. .231 
Through fields and town3 1 SI 
Through the whole earth 192 
Through this vain world.235 

Through this wide 596 

Through tribulation 818 

Through watery deeps.. 113 

Thus Abraham, the 499 

Thus as the moments. .601 

Thus assembling 649 

Thus by Thy judgments. 23 
Thus chastened,cleansed721 

Thus did eternal 500 

Thus did the sons 634 

Thus different powers. ..435 
Thus doth Thine arm. .716 

Thus early called to 761 

Thus far sustained 394 

Thus guarded by 182 

Thus, Lord, Thy 45 

Thus might I hide 465 

Thus much, and this is..7S9 
Thus on the heavenly.. .230 
Thus save, O Lord. 



74?, 

Thus shall the men 225; 

Tims shall the vengeance 104 
Thus shall the wonderingl 1 
Thus shall they learn ... 133 

Thus shall we best 570 

Thus teach me, gracious. 72S 
Thus they are blessed. ..187 

Thus, till a thousand 617 

Thus till my last 10S 

Thus, 'tis alone 491 

Thus to his Son 149 

Thus to the parents 633 , 

Thus, trusting in f<27 

Thus we engage 631 

Thus we our suppliant. .70") 
Thus when life's toil. . . .594 

Thus when our first 1S4 

Tims, when the Christian. 62 1 
Thus, whilo His death. ..481 
Thus will the Church 549 



Page | 
Thus with my thoughts . 18; 
Thus would my rising. ..'.715 

Thy beauties rising 479 

Thy bounty every 2S6 

Thy children from 59 

Thy Church is in 1361 

Thy counsels, Lord 126| 

Thy face, with reverence590 

Thy faithful saints 633 j 

Thy father and thy 409 ; 

Thy favour all my 536 

Thy glory never hence.711 

Thy glory o'er 306 

Thy glorious Being 414 

Thy goodness how 58 

Thy grace shall in 26 

Thy hand, in autumn... 730 
Thy hand my heart. . 240 
Thy hand, that formed 129 

Thy hands have 214 

Thy holy law to us 596 

Thy justice and 110 

Thy justice doomed... 34S 

Thy justice like 68 

Thy light and truth 80 

Thy love, how cheering.545 
Thy love in sufferings . . 545 

Thy love the power 571 

That matchless power. .614 
Thy mighty arm, eternal 45 
Thy mighty arm, unseen 745 
Thy ministers are sent. . 609 

Thy morning light Ill 

Thy Name my inmost.. .494 
Thy noblest wonders... 42 

Thy pardoning love 529 

Thy power and glory... 373 

Thy power assists S2 

Thy powerful consola. .394 

Thy praise more 199 

Thy precepts make 204 

Thy precepts often 206 

Thy promise is my 605 

Thy promise stands 727 

Thy promise is our 517 

Thy providence our 626 

Thy quickening Spirit.. 694 
Thy saints, in all this... 568 

Thy saints on earth 305 

Thy sceptre well 123 

Thy seed shall make.. .ISO 
Thy showers make. ...112 

Thy solemn vows 1 02 ! 

Thy soul one wish 410 

Thy sovereign eye looks~40 

Thy Spirit shall 497 

Thy Spirit then will 706 

Thy sure defence 44 

Thy sure defence, from. 44 

Thy tears are dried 488 ( 

Thy threatening wake. 43 
Thy throne, O God. ... 83 
Thy truth and justice. ..247 j 

Thy wife shall be 224 j 

Thy will be done 617. 

Thy wisdom, power 387 

Thv wonders to 1 ! 5 

Thy word I've hid 210 

Thy word is 204 

Thv word, like silver.. . 27 

Thv word, O Lord 26 

Thy word with light... 126 
Thy words the raging. ..150 
Thy works, the. wonders! 79 



PAGB 

Thy works with 247 

Till God in human 805 

Till that illustrious 78S 

Till then I would 803 

Till then, nor is 490 

Till then, we will not. . . 6S6 

Till they can see. . . 423 

Time is winging 764 

Time, like an 154 

Tired with the 15 

'T is a broad land 207 

'Tis all in vain 224 

'Tis but a few 155 

'Tis by the guidance. . .426 

'Tis by the merits 305 

'Tis by Thine aid 37 

'T is Christ that died !. . . 851 
'Tis done, old things... 37 
'Tis done: the great... 490 
'Tis done, the mighty.. 357 

'Tis even so, Thy 597 

'Tis faith, that changes.555 
'Tis faith that conquers555 
'Tis finished! all that.. 354 
'Tis finished! heaven.. 354 
'Tis finished! let the... 354 

'Tis finished ! this 354 

'Tis for our children. . .427 
'T is from His fulness ... 307 
'Tis God that brings... 186 
'Tis God that fixes. .765 
'Tis God's al)-animating566 

'Tis good forme 214 

'Tis grace defends 491 

'Tis grace, that 491 

'Tis He forgives 174 

'Tis He supports my.. .716 

'Tis He that girds 36 

'Tis He, the Potentate.. 577 
'Tis He, whose justice. .577 

'Tis here the Lord 274 

'T is here, whenever 806 

'Tis high as heaven 279 

'Tis Jesus, the first 290 

'Tis like the oil 230 

'Tis, like the sun 204 

'Tis love that makes. . .f;41 

'T is love that paints 285 

'Tis no surprising f01 

'T is not a cause of 624 

'T is not for works 3S6 

'Tis not that murmuring.515 

'T is not the trump 447 

'Tis pardon, pardon 61S 

'T is pleasant as the 230 

'Tis safer, Lord 199 

'Tis sin that separates. 5>'.>n 
'Tis the house of my. 600 

'Tis the rich gift 443 

'Tis then the soul is. . 815 
'T is there, he says. . 622 
'Tis there the weary. . .812 

'Tis Thine a heart 471 

'Tis Thine the blood... 374 
'Tis Thine the passions. 461 
'Tis Thine to soothe.. ..378 

'Tis Thy own Son 187 

'Tis to His care 117 

'T is with a mournful ... 79 

'Tis written in Thy 77 

To all that's good 396 

To all Thy Churches. . . . 627 

To bear His name 4S'0 

To bring the glorious. .342 



OF EACH STANZA BUT THE FIRST. 



863 



page! page 

To chase the shades . . 461 Trees of life, the banks. 676 

To craggy hills J 78 j Tremendous as an host . 659 

To do His heavenly 831. Tremendous judgments. 744 

To each a sense 270 True as the magnet 312 

To each, the soul of 552 True, 't is a strait. . . 563 

To earth He bends 710 True to the solemn 416 

To Father, Son and 656 True wisdom, early 735 

To Father, Son, and 762 j Truly blessed is 350 

To fear Thy power 193 j Trust Him ye saints 107 

To God I cried 239 j Trust we to youth 394 

To God, most worthy. . . 760 Tune your harps 644 

To God the Father 651 Turn, turn Thee 52 

To God the Son 296 Turn, turn us 456 



To God the Spirit's 296 

To happier days our 236 

To heaven, the place. . .315 

To'heaven they lift. 92 

To Him I owe my 315 



T was by His bidding. 

'T was for my sins 

'T was grace that 

'T was grace that 

Twas He, (and we'll. 






To Him it leads .... 554 , 'T was He that cleansed.368 

To Hira the poor 64, 'T was He, this earth's. .173 

To Him who loved them 819 j 'T was He, those dread. 232 
To humble souls 65 ( 'T was He, who taught. .518 



To Jesus, our 368 

To Jews the gospel 695 

To learn and do Thy. . .732 
To Lebanon He turns. . . 56 

To magistrates be 422 

To meditate Thy 212 

To others let me 559 j 'T was Zion's King . .130 

To praise the Father. . .646 'T were better I had not. 7-54 

To praise the Father 656 

To read Thy word 426 

To save His guilty 319 



T was in my haste 58 

'T was mercy filled 338 

'T was sin that brought. 765 
'T was the same love. . .638 
'Twas then, great God. 129 
'T was thus a widow 611 



Tyrants and warriors. . . 808 
U. \ j 

To see the law 497 Under sorrows and 803 ; 

To sin Oh ! leave us not.377 j Under the guidance 681 j 

To slavery doomed 129 Unequal to the conflict. 517! 

To spend one sacred. . .142 1 Unfold, ye gates of. 747 . 

To such the Lord 98 1 Unholy and impure . . . 469 

To take a glimpse 446 Unworthy to approach . 64 1 j 

To the dear fountain. . .458iUp from my youth. ..143, 

To the great One 294 Up from my youth, I . . .225 

To Thee all angels 278 Up to her courts with. . . 220 

ToTheealoneourselves.414|Up to the courts where. 778 

To Thee, by all 2S0jUpto the heavens I 102 

To Thee I tell each 513 Up to the hills IS 

To Thee in our distress .747 Up to the place of Thine 5 5 

To Thee may each 421 Upon the bridal pair. . .750 

To Thee may each 760 Upon your bounty's 590 

To Thee my humble 55 Upward, still upward.. .584 

To Thee, my Shepherd. .217 v 

To Thee my very life 5S5 * ■ 

To Thee our souls 603 Vain are his thoughts. . . 89 j 

To Thee our spirits 724 Vain are our fancies.. . .554 

To Thee the voices 22 Vain hopes, and vain. . .100 

To Thee we pay our.... 746 Vain is the strength of.. 63 ( 

To Thee we still 497 Vain the stone, the 358 j 

To them the cross 366 Vainly we offer each. . .339; 

To them the privilege. . .495 Vile as the dross . . .202 j 

To this dear covenant. .654 Vile wretches dare 92, 

To this the joyful 652 Vilest of the sons 45S , 

To those that fear and. .759 Vindictive justice stood. 330 j 

To us Thy sacred 272 Virgins, and youth 255j 

To vanities of time 734 Visit every soul of Thine.317 j 

To what a stubborn 455 Vow to the Lord, and... 130. 

To you and us 601 1 

To-day attend 162j w - 

To-day He rose 200 Waft, waft, ye winds. ..661 

To-day, the Saviour 448 Wait on the Lord 54 

Together in His 401 Wait on the Lord, ye. . . 71 

Together oft they 553 Wait then, my soul 391 

Too long, alas ! 454: Wake, all ye soaring. . .263 

Touch mine anointed. . .1801 Waken, O Lord, our 723 

Touched with a 324 Warn me of every 41 

Transient and vain 779 1 Was it for crimes....... 465 



PAGE 

Watch o'er my lips 243 

Watch — 't is your Lord's569 

Watchman, tell us 680 

We are but several 639 

We are exposed all. 82 

We are His people 168 

We are the poor, the. . .651 
We ask not for them. . .427 

We bless Thy holy 201 

We chatter with a 753 

We come to hear Jeho . 268 
We consecrate these. .. .659 
We crave the Spirit's... 427 
We daily prove Thee. ..540 
We feel a sympathizing.593 
We fly to our Eternal... 36 

We followed their 766 

| We for whom God 562 

j We for whose sake 562 

We give our souls the. .396 
j We honor our exalted. .318 

We know by nature 431 

We know Thee not ; but.282 
We late were Satan's. . . 539 

We leap for joy, we 221 

j We lick the dust 396 

We long to see Thy 638 

We may behold 793 

We may, like the ships.. 391 
We meet at Thy com ... 609 

We meet, we sing 706 

i We must be faithful 432 

| We one and all must. ..804 
|We part in body, not. . .752 
We plead the sufferings.238 
We plead Thy grace.. .742 

.We praise that wise 348 

We praise the Lord,who. 96 

We raise our shouts 292 

We reverence our High.31S 

We shall be slaves 565 

We shall, when we in. ..363 
We share our mutual. . .551 
We soon shall reach.... 663 
We told Him all our. . ..535 

We trust not in our 763 

We wait to hear what. .143 

We welcome, Lord 779 

We wish you in His 691 

We would no longer . . .501 
We' 11 crowd His gates . .168 
We' 11 talk of all He did.601 
We' re one in Christ. . .551 

Weak as you are 572 

Weak is the effort of my 303 
Wealth, labour, talents. 670 

Weapons, meant for 675 

Welcome, all by sin 509 

Welcome, and precious.41S 

Well He remembers 43 

Well might the sun 465 

Well pleased, our God..5S8 
Well pleased,the Father. 475 
Well pleased the toiling.723 
Were half the breath. . .609 

Were I in heaven 127 

Were the whole realm.. 355 
What anxious cares. . . .432 
What, are the earth's. . .130 
What, can destroy. . . . 302 
What countless millions.770 

What equity enjoins 432 

What finite power with. 291 
What glad return can 1.353 



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A TABLE OF THE FIRST LINE 



PAGE 

What glories were 146 

What high displays of. .292 
What if He mean to... .384 
What if the springs . . . .127 
What, if to make His. . .384 
What image does my... 640 

What is it keeps 468 

What less than Thine... 374 
What mighty nations. . .232 

What mortal power 397 

" What must I do" 493 

What noble fruit the. . ..177 

What object, Lord 734 

What peaceful hours. . .526 
What power could make.195 
What power, Lord. . .621 
What shall I do, was. . .497 

What shall we pay 651 

What should I wish or. . 74 

What sinners value 33 

What sore temptations . 35 
What strange surprising.655 
What though a thous. ..156 
What, though earth and, 690 
What though I walk.. . .333 
What, though in solemn.265 
What though Satan's. . .516 
What though the embat.678 
What, though the Fath. .222 
What though the gates. .200 
What though the hosts. 16 
What though the prince.565 
What though the seas. .741 
What though the spicy. .660 
What though they flour .225 
AA'hattho' thy inward. . .56") 

What though yet no 731 

What though you rise 224 
What though we change. 297 
What tho' while here. ..322 
What, tho' with spirits.. 694 
What tho' your arduous . 6S9 
What was there in you. .383 
What we would have. .5S5 
What wonders shall .... 19 1 
Whatever consists not. .304 
Whatever He wills thy. 4,') 
Whatever my fears or.. 2S 
Whatever Thou deniest.820 

When all is done 590 

When angry nations.. .746 
When, by the dreadful. 760 
When children's voices. 711 
When Christ the judg. . .257 

When Christ unveils 97 

When, dark and 3S 

When darkness and 524 

When death shall 725 

When desolation, like. . 65 
When earth was cov'd..l77 
When evening descends.610 
When exposed to fear. .690 

When fired to rage 38 

When flesh ehall fail 757 

When from His dreadful.253 
When from the curse... 555 
When from the dust of.499 
When frowns appear to.333 
When gladness wings. . .571 
When God appears. . . .792 
When God in his own.. 130 
When God makes up.. 146 
When God our leader.. 37 



! PAGE 

When He lived on earth.334 
(When He makes bare. .512 
When He redeemed His.192 

iWhen I attempt 471 

When I attempt to soar.5^S 
When I behold them.. .243 
'When I confessed my. ..20S 

When I filled with 121 

When I have learned. .208 

When I lie buried 123 

When I review my 470 

When I survey 21 

When I to Him in want.5SS 
jWhen I tread the verge. 510 
| When I turn my eyes. . .547 

When I 'm afflicted 76 

IWhen in ecstasy 759 

j When in His earthly. . .3 



PACKS 

When Thy triumphant. . 7S8 

When to laborious 5S4 

When to the cross I 145 

When to the throne of.. 528 
When to Thy throne. . .103 

When to Thy works 21 

When trouble, like a.. .289 
When troubles rise. .. 54 
When vexing thoughts. .511 
When we disclose our.. 269 
When we have number. 596 
When we in darkness. . . 523 

When we reviewed 223 

When we Thine awful. . 714 

When we think how 550 

When, worn by toil 665 

When years are past. . .727 
Whene'er my foolish. . .544 



jWhenin the form of 190: Whene'er the angry 331 

When in Thy Word 471 j Whene'er to call the 374 

j AVhen Israel was His. ..16S AA'here are the living?. .770 
When justice by our. . . . 64G Where but to a bleeding. 702 



| When justice waved 701 

I When Kings against 87 

■ When land is far 740 

IWhen life sinks apace. .392 
| When lowest sunk with. 394 
: When midnight dark. . .203 

■ When most we need His.610 
! When my forgetful 532 

When nature faints 309 

', When nature in a 724 

I AA'hen nature sinks 205 

AVhen navies tall 87 

i When o'er Thy faithful. 77 

When on Calvary 759 

J When on my head 114 

| When once it penetrates 204 

j When our obedient 17 

AVhen our united voices. 209 
; AVhen pain and anguish .213 

AA'hen rolling years 313 

AA'hen Satan appears 
I AVhen shall I see Thy ..329 

| AA'hen shall the day 613 

AA'hen shall the Sovereign 52 
AA'hen shall the untutor.657 
AVhen shall these eyes.. 817 
When shall Thy name. 114 

AA r hen she began to 756 

When shrivelling like. . . 804 

AVhen sin and hell 246 

AVhen sin prevails 373 

AVhen sinners fall 71 

AA'hen some kindpromise374 
AVhen some were slain. .135 
AVhen sore afflictions. .213 
AVhen sore distressed.. .307 
AA'hen sorrow bows the. 248 

AVhen sorrows rise 60 

AA'hen sorrowing oe'r. . .511 

When strayed, or 48 

AVhen streams of love . . 230 
AA'hen that happy era.. 791 
AVhen that illustrious. . .568 
AVhen the morn shall. . .722 
AA'hen the most helpless.591 



AA'here can the mourner.541 
AA'here He displays His. 124 

AA'here is now the 825 

AA'here is the blessedness526 
AA'here is Thy promise . 153 
Where laws and liberty. 422 
AA'here nothing dwelt. . . 187 
AA'here now ? ah, where.S09 

Where once Thy 127 

AA'here the saints of all. 8 14 
Where the seeds of sin.. 687 
AA'here then, great God. 287 
WhereThou determinest577 

Where'er His hand 683 

AVhere'er I look, my. . . .30S 
Where'er we turn our. . .886 
AVhich of all our friends .834 
Which of the sons of. . .194 

While again we bow 726 

AA'hile all His wondrous. 176 

AA'hile all our hearts 638 

AA'hile all the hosts 617 

AVhile angels shout 86 

AA'hile each receives 179 

AA'hile everlasting ages. .819 

AA'hile fools deride 120 

AA'hile God invites 146 

While guilt disturbs 95 

AVhile haughty sinners.. 180 
While He affords His. . . 49 
AVhile He is absent from645 
AA'hile heaven and all.. .614 
AA'hile here in the valley.S20 
AA'hile I am a pilgrim. . .460 

AA'hile I destroyed 138 

While I draw this 332 

AVhile in childhood's 425 

While Jews on their own.304 
AVhile Judah views His. 695 

AA'hile many crowd 707 

AVhile multitudes of 161 

AA'hile our days on earth. 266 
AVhile peace their flatter. 55 

AA'hile pity prompts 779 

AA'hile Providence. 



AVhen the sun of bliss. .355! AA'hile realms of joy 25S 

AA'hen the woes of life.. 354 1 While Satan "trembles... 4l| 
When they are sick ... 67 i AVhile sinners in despair.803 

AA'hen through fiery 502 AA'hile stupid wretches. .120 

When through tempta. .496jAVhile sweet reflection.. 388 
When through the deep.502-! While taught Thy word. 733 






OF EACH STANZA BCJT THE FIRST 



86; 



PAGE 

While the foe becomes.. 667 
While the word of life.. 726 

While they, who 402 

While Thine unerring.. .799 
While thou art standing.774 
While thus they sung. . .236 
While we have breath. .394 

While we journey 550 

While we pray for 722 

While wicked men 585 

While with a melting. . .466 
While with my heart. .. 41 
While ye sleep or idly . . 674 
While yet His anguished637 
While zeal for truth ... .361 
Whilst all the stars that.265 
Whilst nature changes. .414 
White thy robe, washed .595 

Whither, ah whither 494 

Whither should a wretch 460 

Who are the dead ! 770 

Who are the living? 770 

Who are these but 70S 

Who are these that 70S 

Who are these that 

Who, by the closest 2S2 

Who can evade, or who.2S0 
Who His advent may. . .: 

Who is the King of. ! 

Who knows the errors . . 43 
Who knows the wonders.182 

Who shall adjudge 385 

Who, who would live. ..814 
Whose hands are pure. . 29 
Why dost Thou, O my. . 80 

Why doth he treat 88 

Why is its beauty thus. .137 
Why should I complain. 578 

Why should I make 249 

Why should I make.. ..250 
Why should I shrink. . .536 

Why should I vex 778 

Why should my foolish . .522 
Why should my foolish. .573 
Why should my heart.. 5S1 
Why should this anxious560 

Why shouldst thou 602 

Why shouldst thou not. 602 
Why shouldst thou say. 602 

Why was I made to 638 

Why will ye then frame. 139 

Why will you in the 438 

Why wouldst thou 774 

Wide as His vast 256 

Wide as the wheels 730 

Wide as the world is 163 

Wide it unveils celestial.556 
Wide o'er the valleys. . .135 
Wild and unwholesome. 397 
Will He for ever cast.. .131 

Wilt Thou for ever 82 

Wilt Thou forsake my . .122 
Wilt thou let Him bleed.449 
Wilt Thou not crown.. .519 
Wisdom, holiness, and.. 315 

Wisdom its dictates 436 

With all Thy saints 106 

With an impartial hand. 35 

With boldness, there "23 

With Christ our Lord. . .500 
With clearest splendor . 39 
With cold affections 349 



PAGE 

With cruel force He 744 

With early feet 1 10S 

With every morning. ... 52 

With eyes and ears 196 

With eyes of faith and . . 583 

With faith and love 15 

With faith and love and 32 > 

With faithful heart 777 

With fears that all 145 

With flames they threat.l2S 
With flowing tears and. 635 

With gifts of grace 730 

With grateful hearts 724 

With grateful songs. . . .2SS 
With heavenly weapons.7S6 
With Him I daily love. .311 
With Him may we rest.. 421 
With hoary frost He.. . .252 

With holy mind and 320 

With humble faith 52 

With insolence and 20 

With inward pain my. . . 99 

With joy, great God 418 

With joy shall we stand.445 

With joy the Father 475 

With joy the mother 195 

With joy the people 587 

With joy Thy people. . . 8S 
With joy we taste that. .330 

With joy we tell the 652 

With life He clothes.... 112 
With longing eyes Thy..248 
With looks and heart... 342 

With my burden 459 

With plenteous grace. . . 628 

With poison in their 242 

With power He vindica.,123 
With sacred awe pro. ..415 

With softening pity 466 

With speed He flew 34 

With such, I own 485 

With taunting voice 235 

With tenderest voice... .472 
With thanks approach.. 161 

With the glad news 479 

With the same blessings. 633 
With Thee the springs. . .69 
With trembling faith .... 656 
With what divine and.. 757 

With wondering joy 824 

Within these walls 714 

Within Thy churches. ..109 

Within Thy circling 239 

Within Thy presence. . .106 
Within Thy secret pres.. 59 
Witness, all ye hosts... 484 

Worthy the Lamb 823 

Wretch that I am 533 

Wretches, with hearts.. 119 

Y. 

Ye, alas ! who long 509 

Ye angels, great in 176 

Ye are travelling home.;" 07 
Ye chosen seed of Isra..361 
Ye deeps, with roaring..2G3 
Ye fearful saints, fresh. .390 
Ye gracious souls, with. .770 
Ye heavenly gates, your. 50 
Ye hungry poor, that. . . 643 

Ye kings, and judges 255 

Ye kingdoms, hear His. 188 



PAGE 

Ye mountains near 255 

Ye mourning saints, dry.35S 
Ye nations, bend, in. . . . 2S1 
Ye nations, lay your. . .663 

Ye saints below, and 656 

Ye saints, who stand. ...505 

Ye shall have flesh 135 

Ye sinners, fear the 147 

Ye sinners, seek His 806 

Ye slaves of sin 437 

Ye sons of men ..... 17 

Ye souls that are wound.444 
Ye tenants of the spa.. . 62 

Ye vapours, hail 254 

Ye wandering souls 441 

Ye western lands 40 

Ye who have sold 437 

Ye, who see the Father's.509 
Ye winds of night, your. 281 
Yea! Amen ! let all.. ..370 
Yea, more ; with His own51 8 
Yea, when death's gloom 48 

Yearly in our course 731 

Yes ; and I must and 413 

Yes, I adore Thee 388 

Yes, I adore Thee, O... .294 

Yes, let it go ! — one 478 

Yes, mercy reigns, and. 288 
Yes, my Redeemer,they.466 
Yes, the Redeemer in.. .352 

Yes, Thou art my 538 

Yes, Thou art precious.. 307 
Yes, Thou shalt reign. . .678 
Yes, thy sins have done..449 

Yes, when this flesh 492 

Yet again we hope 798 

Yet does one short 804 

Yet, gracious God, Thy.117 
Yet gracious God, where 513 
Yet have we not forgot. 82 
Yet, here Thy children.. 32 

Yet I have found it 311 

Yet I may plead with. . . 75 
Yet I mourn my stubb . . r 48 
Yet if I might make. . . 588 
Yet, if our supplications. 775 

Yet if some proper 73 

I Yet if the humbled 188 

J Yet in the midst 173 

; Yet, Lord, thy saints on. 30 
Yet, may we plead with. 745 

Yet men would fain 206 

j Yet 'mid the world (M 

[Yet midst the honors.. .365 
j Yet mighty God Thy. . .397 
Yet nature may have... 534 

Yet nobler favours 287 

Yet Oh ! that all my 13S 

Yet Oh, the chief of 455 

Yet save a trembling. . . 94 

Yet save them, Lord 104 

Yet shall our words 26 

Yet sovereign mercy 529 

Yet stay— the vision . . 807 
Yet still, Thy name be.. 237 
Yet. there is one of hu. .314 
Yet they provoked the. .134 
Yet Thou canst brea.. . .179 
Yet, Thou, O God ! hast. 46 
Yet when His holiest. . . 30 
Yet while around His. . . 650 
Yet will the Lord com.. 79 



TAELE OF.lfTRST LINE OF EACH STANZA. 



Yet wilt Thou still 189 

Yet with determined 689 

Yet would I lift my 291 

Yet, yet, shall Judah's..694 
You that mourn o' er. . .459 



PAGE 

You that oft have 450 

Your Saviour's bound. .641 

Tour way is dark 438 

Youth, on length of . . . .731 



Z. 

PAGE 

Zeal for the temple of . .118 

Zeal has attained its 561 

Zion exalt, her cause... 5!i 
Zion is thine, most holy.119 
Zion, now arise and 697 



THE 



DOCTRINAL STANDARDS 

AND 

LITTJEGY 

OF THE 

MorraA f rotetant fntrjr Cjjun 



i 

IN 



NORTH AMERICA 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



DOCTRINAL STANDARDS. 

I. The Heidelbergh Catechism 3 

II. The Compendium of the Christian Religion. 21 

III. The Confession of Faith 27 

IV. The Canons of the Synod of Dordrecht 38 



THE LITURGY. 

I. Christian Prayers. 

Prayers on the Lord's Day before and after Sermon 46 

Prayers before and after the Explanation of the Catechism . 51 

Prayers before and after Sermon in the Week 52 

Prayers for the Morning and the Evening 54 

Prayers at the Opening and the Close of the Consistory. . 55 

A Prayer at the meeting of the Deacons 5*7 

Grace before and after Meat 57 

Prayers for Sick and Tempted Persons 59 

II. Sacramental Forms. 

The Baptism: 1. Of Infants. 2. Of Adult Persons 61 

The Administration of the Lord's Supper 66 

III. Forms of Church Discipline. 

The Form of Excommunication 73 

The Readmission of Excommunicated Persons 75 

IV. Forms of Ordination. 

The Ordination of the Ministers of God's Word 78 

The Ordination of Elders and Deacons 83 

V. The Form of Marriage 89 

VI. The Consolation of the Sick 93 

VII. The Creeds. 

The Nicene, A. D., 325 93 

The Athanasian, A. D., 333 94 



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THE 

CATECHISM 

OR 

METHOD OF 
INSTRUCTION IN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION. 

AS THE SAME IS TAUGHT IN 

The Reformed Churches and Schools in Holland, 
and in America. 



I. LORD'S DAT. 



Question 1. WHAT is thy only comfort in life and death? 

Answer. That I with body and soul, a both in life and death, 5 am not my own, 
but belong c unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ, who, with his precious d blood, 
hath fully e satisfied for all my sins, and delivered / me from all the power of the 
devil ; and so preserves me g that without the wiil of my heavenly Father, not a 
hair h can fall from my head ; yea, that all things must be i subservient to my 
salvation ; and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, he also assures mej of eternal life, and 
makes k me sincerely willing and ready henceforth, to live unto him. 

a 1 Cor. 6 : 19, 20. b Rom. 14 : 7, 8, 9. el Cor. 3 : 23. d 1 Pet. 1 : 18, 19. e 1 
John 1:7. /I John 3 : 8. Heb. 2 : 14, 15. g John 6 : 39, and 10 : 28, 29. h Luke 
21 : 18. Mat. 10 : 30. * Rom. 8 : 28. j 2 Cor. 1 : 22, and 5:5. k Rom. 8 : 14, and 
7: 22. 

Q, 2. How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou, enjoying this 
comfort, mayest live and die happily ? 

A. Three I ; the first, how great m my sins and miseries are : the second, how I 
may be delivered n from all my sins and miseries : the third, how I shall express 
my gratitude o to God for such deliverance. 

I Luke 24 : 47. m 1 Cor. 6 : 10, 11. John 9 : 41. Rom. 3 : 10, 19. n John 17 : 3. 
o Eph. 5 : 8, 9, 10. 



II. LORD'S DAY. 
The First Part. — Of tlie Misery of Man. 

Q. 3. Whence knowest thou thy misery ? 

A. Out of the law of God. a 

a Rom. 3 : 20. 

Q. 4. What doth the law of God require of us? 

A. Christ teaches us that briefly, Matt. 22 : 27-40. " Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy 
strength, b This is the first and the great command ; and the second is like to this, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commands hang the whole 
law and the prophets." 

h Luke 10 : 27. 

Q. 5. Canst thou keep all these things perfectly? 

A. In c no wise ; for I am prone by nature to d hate God and my neighbour. 

c Rom. 3 : 10. 1 John 1:8. d Rom. 8 : 7. Tit, 3 : 3. 



III. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 6. Did God then create man so wicked and perverse 

A. By no means ; but God created man good, a and after his own image, in b 
righteousness, and true holiness, that he might rightly know God his Creator, hearti- 
ly love him, and live with him in eternal happiness to glorify and praise him. c 

a Gen. 1: 81. b Gen. 1 : 26, 27. Col. 3: 10. Eph. 4: 24. c Eph. 1:6. 1 Cor. 
6: 20. 

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DOCTRINAL STANDARDS. 



Q. 7. Whence then proceeds this depravity of human nature ? 

A. From the fall and disobedience of our first parents, Adam and Eve, d in 
Paradise ; hence our nature is become so corrupt, that we ara all conceived and 
born in sin. e 

d Gen. 3 : 6. Rom. 5 : 12, 18, 19. e Psa. 51 : 5. Gen. 5 : 3. 

Q. 8. Are we then so corrupt that we are wholly incapable of doing any good, 
and inclined to all wickedness ? 

A. Indeed we /are ; except we are regenerated by the Spirit of God. g 

/ Gen. 6 : 5. Job 14 : 4, and 15 : 14, 16. g John 3 : 5. Eph. 2 : 5. 



IV. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 9. Doth not God then do injustice to man, by requiring from him in his law, 
that which he cannot perform? 

A. Not at a all ; for God made man capable b of performing it ; but man, by the 
instigation c of the devil, and his own wilful disobedience, d deprived himself and 
all his posterity of those divine gifts. 

a Rom. 3 : 5, 6. b Eccl. T: 29. c John 8: 44. 2 Cor. 11: 3. Gen. 3: 4, 7. 
d Rom. 5 : 12. 

Q. 10. Will God suffer such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished? 

A. By no e means : but is terribly displeased / with our original as well as actual 
sins ; and will punish them in his just judgment, temporally and eternally, as he 
hath declared, g " Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, which are 
written in the book of the law, to do them." 

e Psa. 5: 5. /Rom. 1: 18. Deut. 28: 15. Heb. 9: 27. g Deut. 27: 26. Gal. 
3: 10. 

Q. 11. Is not God then also merciful? 

A. God is indeed 7i merciful, but also * just ; therefore his justice requires, j that 
sin, which is committed against the moet high majesty of God, be also punished 
with extreme, that is, with everlasting & punishment, both of body and soul. 

h Ex. 34: 6. i Ex. 20: 5. Deut. 32: 4. j Psa. 5: 5, 6. h Gen. 2: 17. Matt. 
25 : 46. Rom. 6 : 23. 

V. LORD'S DAY. 
The Second Part. — Of Man's Deliverance. 






Q. 12. Since then, by the righteous judgment of God, we deserve temporal and 
eternal punishment; is there no way by which we may escape that punishment, and 
be again received into favour? 

A. God will have his justice a satisfied : and therefore we must make this full b 
satisfaction, either by ourselves, or by another. 

a Ex. 34 : 7. I Deut. 24 : 16. 2 Cor. 5 : 14, 15. 

Q. 13. Can we ourselves then make this satisfaction ? 

A. By no c means ; but on the contrary we d daily increase our debt. 

e Job 9 : 2, 3. Rom. 3 : 20. d Hosea 12 : 1. Mat. 6 : 12. Isa. 64 : G. 

Q. 14. Can there be found anywhere, one who is a mere creature, able to satisfy 
for us ? 

A. None ; for first, God will not punish any other creature for the sin e which man 
hath committed ; and further, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God's 
eternal wrath against sin, so as to /deliver others from it. 

<?Ezek. 18: 20. /Psa. 130: 8. Psa. 49: 7, 8. 

Q. 15. What sort of a mediator and deliverer then must we seek for ? 

A. For one who is very man, g and perfectly righteous ; and yet more powerful 
than all creatures ; that is, one who is also very h God. 



g 1 Cor. 15 : 21. Rom. 



h Rom. 9 : 5. Isa. 7 : 14. 



VI. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 16. Why must he be very man. and also perfectly righteous? 

the justice of God requires that the same human nature, which hath 



A. E 

tinned 
nor, b 



mid <i likewise make satisfaction for i 
not satisfy for other's 1 . 
i Itom. 5: 12, 15. h 1 Pet, 3: 18. Isa. 58: 11. 



and one, who is himself a sin- 



CATECHISM. 5 

Q. 17. Why must he in one person be also very God ? 

A. That he might, by the power of his Godhead, c sustain in his human nature, 
the burden of God's wrath ; and might d obtain for, and restore to us, righteous- 
ness and life. 

c 1 Pet. 3: 18. Acts 2: 24. Isa. 53: 8. d 1 John 1: 2. Jer. 23: 6. 2 Tim. 1 : 
10. John 6 : 51. 

Q. 18. Who then is that Mediator, who is in one person both very God, and a real 
righteous man ? 

A. Our Lord Jesus e Christ : " who of God is made unto/us wisdom, and right- 
eousness, and sanctification, and redemption." 

e Mat. 1 : 23. 1 Tim. 3 : 16. Luke 2 : 11. /I Cor. 1 : 30. 

Q. 19. "Whence knowest thou this ? 

A. From the holy Gospel, which God himself revealed first g in Paradise ; and 
afterwards published by the Patriarchs h and Prophets ; and was pleased to repre- 
sent it, by the shadows * of sacrifices and the other ceremonies of the law ; and 
lastly, has accomplished it,? by his only begotten Son. 

g Gen. 3:15. h Gen. 22 : 17, 18, and 28 : 14. Rom 1 : 2. Heb. 1:1, i John 
5 : 46. Heb. 10 : 7, 8, 9. j Rom. 10 : 4. Heb. 1 : 2 and 13: 8. 



VTX LORD'S DAT. 

Q. 20. Are all men then, as they perished in Adam, saved by Christ ? 

A. No ; only a those who are ingrafted into him, b and receive all his benefits by 
a true faith. 

a Mat. 1 : 21. Isa. 53 : 11. John 10 : 14, 15. b John 1 : 12, 13. Rom. 11 : 20. 
Heb. 10 : 39. 

Q. 21. What is true faith? 

A. True faith is not only a certain knowledge, c whereby I hold for truth all that 
God has revealed to us in his word, but also an assured d confidence, which the 
Holy e Ghost works by the Gospel, /in my heart ; that not only to others, but to me 
also, g remission of sin, everlasting righteousness h and salvation, are freely given 
by God, i merely of grace, only for the sake of Christ's merits. 

c John 6 : 69. John 17 : 3. Heb. 11 : 3, 6. d Eph. 3 : 12. e Rom. 1 : 16 and 4 : 
16. 1 Cor. 12 : 9. GaL 5 : 22. Acts 16 : 14. Matt. 16 : 17. John 3 : 5. /Rom 10 : 
10, 17. Matt. 9:2. g Rom. 4: 24, 25 and 5: 1. h GaL 2: 20. Eph. 2: 8. * Rom. 
3 : 24, 25, 26. 

Q. 22. What is then neccessary for a Christian to believe? 

A. All things j promised us in the Gospel, which the articles of our Catholic un- 
doubted Christian faith briefly teach us. 

j John 20 : 31. Mat. 28 : 19, 20. 

Q. 23. What are these articles? 

A. I. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth: 
II. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord : 
in. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary : 

IV. Suffered under Pontius Pilate ; was crucified, dead and buried : Hq 
descended into Jiell : 

V. The third day he rose again from the dead. 

VI. Re ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the 
Fatlier Almighty : 

VIL From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 
VEIL I believe in the Holy Ghost : 

IX. I believe in a holy Catholic Church: the comrmimon of saints: 

X. The forgiveness of sins : 

XL The resurrection of the body. 
XTT And, the Ufe everlasting. Amen. 



VHI. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 24. How are these articles divided? 

A. Into three parts ; the first a is of God the Father, and our creation ; the sec- 
and b of God the Son, and our redemption ; the third c of God the Holy Ghost, 
and our sanctification. 

a Gen. 1. b. 1 Pet. 1 : 18, 19. c 1 Pet. 1 : 2, 22. 



O DOCTRINAL STANDARDS. 

Q. 25. Since there is but one only d divine essence, why speakest thou of Father, 
Son, and Holy Ghost? 

A. Because God hath so e revealed himself in his word, that these three distinct 
persons are the one only true and eternal God. 

d Deut. (5:4. e Gen. 1 : 26. Isa. 61 : 1. John 14: 16, 17. 1 John 5: 7. John 
1:18. Matt, 2S : 19. 2 Cor. 13 : 14. Eph. 2:18. Rev. 1 : 4, 5. 



IX. LORD'S DAY. 
Of God the Father. 

Q. 26. What believest thou when thou sayest, "I believe in God the Father Al- 
mighty t maker of heaven and earth ?" 

A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (who a of nothing made 
heaven and earth, with all that is in them : who likewise upholds and b governs the 
same by his eternal counsel and providence), is for the sake of Christ his Son, my 
God and my Father; on whom I rely so entirely, that I have no doubt, but he will 
provide me with all things necessary c for soul and body : and further, that he will 
make whatever evils he sends upon me, in this valley of tears, d turd out to my ad- 
vantage ; for he is able to do it, being almighty e God, and willing, being a / faith- 
ful Father. 

a Gen. 1 and 2. Psa. 33: 6. b Psa. 115: 3. Matt. 10: 29. Heb. 1 : 3. John 
5:17. c John 1: 12,16. Rom. 8:15, 16. Gal. 4: 5, 6. Eph. 1 : 5. 1 John 3:1. 
d Rora.8: 23. e Job 22: 25. Rom. 4: 21. /Matt. 6: 26 and 7: 11. 2 Cor. 6: 18. 



X. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 27. What dost thou mean by the providence of God? 

A. The almighty and every where present power a of God ; whereby, as it were 
by his hand, he b upholds and governs heaven, earth, and all creatures ; so that 
herbs and grass, rain c and drought, fruitful d and barren years, meat and drink, 
e health and sickness, /riches and poverty, yea, and all things g come not by 
chance, but by his fatherly hand. 

a Acts 17 : 25-23. b Heb. 1 : 3. c Jer. 5 : 24. d Acts 14: 17. e Job 5: 18. John 
9: 3. /Prov. 22: 2. Job 1 : 21. g Matt. 10: 29, 30. Eph. 1 : 11. 

Q. 28. What advantage is it to us to know that God has created, and by his pro- 
vidence doth still uphold all things ? 

A. That we may be patient h in adversity ; thankful i in prosperity ; and that in 
all things, which may hereafter befall us, we place our firmj trust in our faithful 
God and Father, that nothing shall k separate us from his love : since all creatures 
are so in his hand, that without his will they I cannot so much as move. 

h Rom. 5:3. Psa. 39:9. i Deut. 8:10. IThess. 5:18. j Rom. 5: 3-6. k Rom. 
8 : 33, 39. 1 Job 1 : 12 and 2 : 6. Isa. 10 : 15. 



XI. LORD'S DAY. 
Of God the Son. 

Q. 29. Why is the Son of God called Jesus, that is a Saviour ? 

A. Because he saveth us, and delivereth us from our a sins ; and likewise, because 
we ought not to seek, neither can find b salvation in any other. 

a Matt. 1 : 21. b Acts 4: 12. 

Q. 30. Do such then believe in Jesus the only Saviour, who seek their salvation 
and happiness of saints, of themselves, or any where else? 

A. They do not; for though they boast of him in words, yet in deeds they deny c 
Jesus the only deliverer and Saviour ; for one of these two things must be true, that 
either Jesus is not a complete Saviour ; or that they, who by a true faith receive this 
Saviour, must find all things in him d necessary to their salvation. 

c 1 Cor. 1-13, 31. Gal. 5.4. d Col. 2 : 20. Isa. 9 : 6, 7. Col. 1 : 19, 20. 



CATECHISM. 



XII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 81, Why is he called Christ, that is, anointed? 

A. Because he is ordained of God the Father, and a anointed with the Holy 
Ghost, to be our b chief Prophet and teacher ; who has fully revealed to us the se- 
cret counsel and will of God concerning our redemption ; and to be our only High 
Priest, c who by the one sacrifice of his body has redeemed us, and makes continual 
d intercession with the Father for us; and also to be our eternal King, e who gov- 
erns us by his word and Spirit ; and who defends and/preserves us in (the enjoy- 
ment of) that salvation, he has purchased for us. 

a Heb. 1:9. b Deut. 18: 18. Acts 3 : 22. John 1: 18 and 15: 15. Matt. 11: 
2T. c Psa. 110: 4. Heb. 7: 21 and 10: 14. d Rom. 8: 34. e Psa. 2 : C. Luke 1 : 
33. /Matt. 28: 18. John 10: 28. 

Q. 32. But why art thou called a Christian ? 

A. Because I am a member of Christ g by faith, and thus am partaker h of his 
anointing; that so I may i confess his name and present myself a living 7 sacrifice 
of thankfulness to him: and also that with a free and good conscience I may fight 
against sin and k Satan in this life : and afterwards I reign with him eternally 
over all creatures. 

g\ Cor. 6:15. h 1 John 2: 27. Joel 2: 28. i Matt. 10: 82. >) Rom. 12:1. 
k Eph. 0:11,12. 1 Tim. 1 : 18, 19. I 2 Tim. 2 : 12. 



XIII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 33. Why is Christ called the only begotten Son of God, since we are also the 
children of God? 

A. Because Christ alone is the etei'nal and natural Son of a God; but we are 
children b adopted of God, by grace, for his sake. 

a John 1.1. Heb. 1: 2. Gal. 4: 4. Psa. 2:7. b Rom. 8: 15-17. Eph. 1: 5, 
6. 

Q. 34. Wherefore callest thou him our Lord? 

A. Because he hath redeemed us, both soul and body, from all our sins, not with 
gold or silver, c but with his precious blood, and hath delivered us from all the 
power of the devil ; and thus hath made us his own property. 

clPet. 1: 18,19. 1 Cor. 6: 20. 



XIV. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 35. What is the meaning of these words, " He was conceived by the Holy 
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary ?" 

A That God's eternal Son, who a is, and continueth true and eternal b God. 
took upon him the very nature c of man, of the flesh and d blood of the Virgin Mary, 
by the operation of the Holy Ghost ; e that he might also be the true seed of David, 
/like unto his brethren in all things, g sin excepted. 

a John 1 : 1. Col. 1 : 15. Heb. 1:5. b Rom. 9:5. 1 John 5: 20. Heb. 1 : S. 
c John 1:14. Gal. 4:4. d Matt, 1:18. Luke 1 : 35. e Acts 2 : 30. Rom. 1 : 3. 
/Heb. 2: 17. Phil. 2: 7. g Heb. 4:15. 

Q. 36. What profit dost thou receive by Christ's holy conception and nativity ? 

A. That he is our g mediator ; and with his innocence and perfect holiness, covers 
in the sight of h God, my sins, wherein I was conceived and brought forth. 

g Heb. 2 : 16, 17. 1 Tim. 2:5. h Psa. 32 : 1. 1 Cor. 1 : 30. Rom. 8 : 34, 



XV. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 37. What dost thou understand by the words, " He suffered ?" 
A. That he, all the time that he lived on earth, but especially at the end of his 
life, a sustained in body and soul, the wrath of God against the sins of all mankind 
that so by his passion, as the only b propitiatory sacrifice, he might redeem our 
body and soul from everlasting damnation, and obtain for us the favour of God, 
righteousness and eternal life. 
a 1 Pet. 2 : 24. Isa. 53 : 12. 6 1 John 2 : 2. Rom. 8 : 25. 
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DOCTRINAL STANDARDS. 



Q. 38. Why did he suffer under Pontius Pilate, as his judge ? 

A. That he, being innocent, and yet condemned e by a temporal judge, might 
thereby free us from the severe judgment of God to which we were exposed, d. 

c Luke 23: 14. John 19: 4. Psa. 69: 4. d Gal. 3: 13, 

Q. 39. Is there any thing more in Ids being crucified than if he had died some 
other death? 

A. Yes [there is] ; for thereby I am assured, that he took on him the curse which 
lay upon me ; for the death of the cross was e accursed of God. 

e Deut. 21 : 23. Gal. 3 : 13. 



XVI LORD'S DAT. 

Q. 40. Why was it necessary for Christ to humble himself even unto death? 

A. Because with respect to the justice and truth of God, satisfaction for our sins 
could be made a no otherwise than by the death of the Son b of God. 

a Gen. 2: IT. Heb. 9 : 22. b Heb. 2: 9, 10. Phil. 2: 8. Luke 24: 26. 

Q. 41. Why was he also " buried ?" 

A. Thereby to prove that he c was really dead. 

c Acts 13 : 29. Mark 15 : 43-46. 

Q. 42. Since then Christ died for us, why must we also die ? 

A. Our death is not a satisfaction for our sins, but only an abolishing of sin, and a 
passage into d eternal fife. 

tf John5: 24. Phil. 1 : 23. 

Q. 43. What further benefit do we receive from the sacrifice and death of Christ 
on the cross ? 

A. That by virtue thereof, our old man is crucified, dead, and e buried with him ; 
that so the corrupt inclinations of the flesh may no more /reign in us ; but that we 
may g offer ourselves unto him a sacrifice of thanksgiving. 

e Rom. 6: 6, 7, &c. /Rom. 6: 12. g Rom. 12: 1. 

Q. 44. Why is there added, "he descended into hell?" 

A. That in my greatest temptations, I may be assured, and wholly comfort myself 
in this, that my Lord Jesus Christ, by his inexpressible anguish, pains, terrors, and 
hellish agonies, in which he was plunged during all his sufferings, but especially on 
the cross, hath h delivered me from the anguish and torments of hell. 

Alsa. 53: 10. Matt. 27: 46. 



XVLT. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 45. What doth the resurrection of Christ profit us ? 

A. First, by his resurrection he hath overcome death, that he might a make us 
partakers of that righteousness which he had purchased for us by his death; sec- 
ondly, we are also by his power b raised up to a new life; and lastly, the resurrec- 
tion of Christ is a c sure pledge of our blessed resurrection. 

a 1 Cor. 15: 16. Rom. 4: 25. b Rom. 6: 4. Col. 8: 1, Ac. cl Cor. 15. Rom. 
&: 11. 



XVIII. LORD'S DAY. 



Q. 46. How dost thou understand these words, " he ascended into heaven?" 

A. That Christ, in sight of his disciples, was a taken up from earth into heaven ; 
and that he continues b there for our interest, until he come again to judge the 
quick and the dead. 

a Acts 1 . 9. Mark 16: 19. b Heb. 4: 14. Rom. S: 34. Eph. 4: 10. 

Q. 47. Is not Christ then with us even to the end of the world, as he hath 
promised ? 

A. Christ is very man and very God : with respect to his c human nature, he is 
no more on earth"; but with respect to his d Godhead, majesty, grace and Spirit, he 
is at no time absent from us. 

c Acts 3: 21. John 3: 13. John 16: 2S. d : Matt. 28: 20. 



CATECHISM. y 

Q. 43. But if his human nature is not present, wherever his Godhead is, are not 
then two natures in Christ separated from one another? 

A. Not at all ; for since the Godhead is incomprehensible and <? omnipresent, ii 
must necessarily follow that/the same is not limited with the human nature he as- 
sumed, and yet remains personally united to it. 

e Acts 7: 49. Psa. 139 : 7-10. /Matt 28: 20. John 16: 28 and 17: 11. John 
3: 13. 

Q. 49. Of what advantage to us is Christ's ascension into heaven ? 

A. First that he is our g advocate in the presence of his Father in heaven; sec- 
ondly, that we have our flesh in heaven, as a sure pledge that he, as the head, 
will also h take up to himself us, his members ; thirdly, that he * sends us his Spirit 
as an earnest, by whose power we " seek the things which are above, where Christ 
sitteth on the right hand of God, j and not things on earth." 

grHeb. 9: 24. 1 John 2: 1. Rom. 8: 34. h John 14: 2. Eph. 2: 6. iJohn 
14 : 16. 2 Cor. 1 : 22, 2 Cor. 5:5. j CoL 3 : 1. Phil. 3: 20. 



XIX. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 50. Why is it added "and sitteth at the right hand of God?" 

A. Because Christ is ascended into heaven for this end, that he might there a ap- 
pear as head of his Church, by whom the Father b governs all things. 

a Eph. 1 : 20-22. CoL 1 : 1& b Matt. 28: 18. John 5: 22. 

Q. 51. "What profit is this glory of Christ, our head, unto us? 

A. First, that by his Holy Spirit he c poureth out heavenly graces upon us his 
members : and then that by his power he defends d and preserves us against all 
enemies. 

c Eph. 4:8. d Psa. 2 : 9. John 10 : 28. 

Q. 52. What comfort is it to thee that " Christ shall come again to judge the 
quick and the dead ?" . . . 

A. That in all my sorrows and persecutions, with uplifted head e I look for the 
very same person, who before offered himself for my sake to the tribunal of God, 
and hath removed all curse from me, to come as judge from heaven : who shall cast 
all his / and my enemies into everlasting condemnation, but shall translate g me 
with all his chosen ones to himself, into heavenly joys and glory. 

6 Luke 21: 23. Rom. 8: 23, 24. 1 Thess. 4: 16. /2 Thess. 1: 6-9. Matt 25: 41 
g Matt 25: 34. 



XX LORD'S DAY. 
Of God tbe Holy Ghost. 

Q. 53. What dost thou believe concerning the Holy Ghost? 

A. First, that he is true and coeternal God with the Father and the a Son : sec- 
ondly, that he is also given b me, to c make me by a true faith, partaker of Christ 
and all his benefits, that he may d comfort me and e abide with me for ever. 

a Gen. 1:2. Isa. 4S : 16. Matt. 28: 19. b 1 Cor. 3: 16. 2 Cor. 1 : 22. c Gal. 
3 : 14, 1 Pet. 1:2, d Acts 9: 31. e John 14^ 16. 1 Pet 4: 14 



XXL LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 54. What believest thou concerning the " Holy Catholic Church " of Christ? 

A. That the Son of God a from the b beginning to the end of the world, gathers, 
e defends, and d preserves to himself by his e Spirit and word, out of the / whole 
human race, a g Church chosen to everlasting life, agreeing in true faith ; and that 
I am and for ever shall remain, a h living member thereof. 

a John 10: 11. b Gen. 26: 4. c Rom. 9: 24. Eph. 1:10. d John 10: 16. 6 Isa. 
59 : 21. /Deut. 10 : 14, 15. g Acts 13 : 48. hi Cor. 1 : 8, 9. Rom. 8: 35, etc. 

Q. 55. What do you understand by " the communion of saints ?" 

A. First, that all and every one who believes, being members of Christ, are in 
common, i pai-takers of him and of all his riches and gifts : secondly, that every 
one must know it to be his duty, readily and,;' cheerfully to employ his gifts, for the 
advantage and salvation of other members. 

1 1 John 1 : 3, 4. John 15 : 5. 1 Cor. 12 : 13, j 1 Cor. 13 : 5. Phil. 2 : 4-6. 






10 DOCTRINAL STANDARDS. 

Q. 56. What believest thou concerning " the forgiveness of sins ?" 

A. That God for the sake of k Christ's satisfaction, will no more I remember my 

sins, neither my corrupt nature, against which I have to struggle all my life long ; 

but will graciously impute to me the righteousness of Christ, that I may never be 

on condemned before the tribunal of God. 

k 1 John 2: 2. 2 Cor. 5 : 19,-21. I Jer. 31 ; 34. Psa. 103 : 3, 4, 10, 11. Rom. S : 

1-3. m John 3 : 18. Rom. 8 : 34. 



XXH. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 57. What comfort doth the " resurrection of the body " afford thee ? 

A. That not only my soul after this life shall be immediately taken a up to Christ 
its head ; but also, that this my body, being raised by the power of Christ, shall be 
reunited with my soul, and & made like unto the glorious body of Christ. 

a Luke 23 : 43. Phil. 1 : 23. & 1 Cor. 15 : 53. Job 19 : 25, 26. Phil. 3 : 21. 

Q- 5S. What comfort takest thou from the article of "life everlasting?" 

A. That c since I now feel in my heart the beginning of eternal joy, after this life, 
d I shall inherit perfect salvation, which e " eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nei- 
ther hath it entered into the heart of man " to conceive ; and that, to praise God 
therein for ever ! 

c 2 Cor. 5: 2, 3, 6. Rom. 14: 17. d Psa. 16: 11. 1 Pet. 1 : 5, 9. el Cor. 2: 9. 



XXIII. LORD'S DAT. 

Q. 59. But what doth it profit thee now that thou believest all this? 

A. That I am righteous in Christ before God, and an heir of eternal life, a 

a Rom. 5:1. 1 : 17. John 3 : 36. 

Q. 60. How art thou righteous before God? 

A. Only ft by a true faith in Jesus Christ : so that, though my conscience accuse 
me, that I have grossly transgressed all the commands of God, and c kept none of 
them, and am still d, inclined to all evil ; notwithstanding, God, without any e merit 
of mine, but only of mere /grace, grants g and h imputes to me, the perfect i satis- 
faction, righteousness and holiness of Christ; even so, as if I never had had, nor 
committed any sin: yea, as if I had fully,? accomplished all that obedience which 
Christ hath accomplished for me; h inasmuch as I embrace such benefit with a 
believing heart. 

& Rom. 3 : 22, etc. Gal. 2 : 16. Eph. 2 : 8, 9. e Rom. 3 : 9, etc. d Rom. 7 : 23. 
e Rom. 3 : 24. /Tit. 3 : 5. Eph. 2 : 8, 9. g Rom. 4 : 4, 5. 2 Cor. 5 : 19. h 1 John 
2:1. i Rom. 3 : 24, 25. j 2 Cor. 5: 21. Tc Rom. 3 : 28. John 3 : 18. 

Q. 61. Why say est thou, that thou art righteous by faith only? 

A. Not that I am acceptable to God on account of the I worthiness of my faith ; 
but because only the satisfaction, righteousness and holiness of Christ is my righteous- 
ness before m God; and that I cannot receive n and apply the same to myself in 
any other way than by faith only. 

I Psa. 16:2. Eph. 2:8, 9. m 1 Cor. 1 : 30. 1 Cor. 2: 2. til John 5: 10. 



XXIV. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 62. But why cannot our good works be the whole or part of our righteousness 
before God 9 . 

A. Because that the righteousness, which can be approved of before the tribunal 
of God, must be absolutely perfect, and in all respects a conformable to the divine 
law : and also that our best works in this life are all imperfect and b defiled with 
sin. 

a Gal. 3: 10. Deut. 27: 26. & Isa. 64: 6. 

Q. 63. What ! do not our good works merit, which yet God will reward in this and 
in a future life ? 

A. This reward is not of merit, but of grace, c 

c Luke 17 : 10. 

Q. 64. But doth not this doctrine make men careless and profane ? 

A. By no means : for it is impossible that those, who are implanted into Christ 
by a true faith, should not bring forth fruits of d thankfulness. 

(ZMatt. 7: 17.18. John 15: 5. 



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XXV. LORD'S DAY. 
Of the Sacraments. 

Q. 65. Since then we are made partakeis of Christ and all his benefits by faith 
only, whence doth this faith proceed ? 

A. From the Holy Ghost, who works a faith in our hearts by the preaching of the 
gospel, and b confirms it by the use of the sacraments. 

a Eph. 2 : 8 and 6 : 23. Phil. 1 : 29. b Matt, 28 : 19. Rom. 4 : 11. 

Q. 66. What are the sacraments ? 

A. The sacraments are holy visible signs and seals, appointed of God for this end, 
that by the use thereof he may the more fully declare and seal to us the promise 
of the gospel, viz : that he grants us freely the remission of sin and c life eternal, 
for the sake of that one sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross. 

c Gen. 17:11. Rom. 4:11. Ex.12: Lev. 6 : 25. Acts 22 : 16 and 2 : 38. Matt. 
26: 28. 

Q. 67. Are both word and sacraments, then, ordained and appointed for this end, 
that they may direct our faith to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, as the 
only ground of our salvation ? 

A. Yes, indeed : for the Holy Ghost teaches us in the gospel, and assures us by 
the sacraments, d that the whole of our salvation depends upon that one sacrifice 
of Christ which he offered for us on the cross. 

d Rom. 6 : 3. Gal. 3 : 27. 

Q. 68. How many sacraments has Christ instituted in the new covenant or testa- 
ment? 

A. e Two : namely, holy baptism and the holy supper. 

e 1 Cor. 10 : 2-1 



XXVI. LORD'S DAY. 
Of Holy Baptism. 

Q. 69. How art thou admonished and assured by holy baptism, that the one sacri- 
fice of Christ upon the cross is of real advantage to thee ? 

A. Thus: That Christ appointed a this external washing with water, adding 
thereto this b promise, that I am as certainly washed by his blood and Spirit from 
all the pollution of my soul, that is, from all my sins, as I am c washed externally 
with water, by which the filthiness of the body is commonly washed away. 

a Matt. 28 : 19. Acts 2 : 38. b Mark 16 : 16. Matt. 3 : 11. Rom. 6:3. c Mark 
1 : 4. Luke 3 : 3. 

Q. 70. What is it to be washed with the blood and Spirit of Christ ? 

A. It is to receive of God the remission of sins, freely, for the sake of Christ's 
blood, which he d shed for us by his sacrifice upon the cross : and also to be re- 
newed by the Holy Ghost, and sanctified to be members of Christ ; that so we may 
more and more die unto sin, and e lead holy and unblamable lives. 

d Heb. 12 : 24. 1 Pet. 1 : 2. Rev. 1:5. e John 1 : 33. Rom. 6 : 4. Col. 2 : 11. 

Q. 71. Where has Christ promised us that he will as certainly wash us by his 
blood and Spirit, as we are washed with the water of baptism? 

A. In the institution of baptism which is thus expressed, "/go ye therefore, and 
teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost, g," " he that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved ; but he that 
believeth not, shall be damned." This promise is also repeated, where the scrip- 
ture calls baptism " the h washing of regeneration, and the washing i away of sins." 

/Matt. 28 : 19. g Mark 16 : 16. h Tit. 3:5. i Acts 22 : 16. 



XXVn. LORD'S DAY. 



Q. 72. Is, then, the external baptism with water, the washing away of sin itself? 
A. Not at all : for the a blood of Jesus Christ only, and the Holy Ghost, cleans 
3 from all b sin. 

a Matt. 3:11. 1 Pet. 3:21. b 1 John 1 : 7. 1 Cor. 6:11. 



12 DOCTRINAL STANDARDS. 

Q. 73. Why then doth the Holy Ghost call baptism "the washing of regenera- 
tion," and "the washing iuvay of sins?" 

A. God speaks thus not without great cause, to wit, not only thereby to teach us, 
that as the filth of the body is purged away by water, so our sins are c removed by 
the blood and Spirit of Jesus Christ ; but especially, that by d this divine pledge 
and sign he may assure us, that we are spiritually cleansed from our sins, as really 
as we are externally washed with water. 

c Rev. 1:5. 1 Cor. 6: 11. d Mark 10: 16. Gal. 3: 27. 

Q. 74. Are infants also to be baptized ? 

A. Yes ; for since they, as well as the adult, are included in the e covenant 
and/Church of God; and since ^redemption from sin by the blood of Christ, and 
the h Holy Ghost, the author of faith is promised to them no less than to the adult ; 
they must therefore by baptism, as a sign of the covenant, be also admitted into 
the Christian Church ; and be distinguished * from the children of infidels, as was 
done in the old covenant or testament by,; circumcision, instead of which, k bap- 
tism is instituted in the new covenant. 

e Gen. 17 : 7. Acts 2 : 39. /I Cor. 7 : 14. Joel 2 : 16. g Matt. 19 : 14. h Luke 
1:15. Psa.22: 10. Acts 2: 39. i Acts 10: 47. 1 Cor. 12 : 13 and 7 : 14. j Gen. 
17: 14. k Col. 2: 11-13. 



Of the Holy Sapper of oar Lord Jesus Christ. 

XXVIII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 75. How art thou admonished and. assured in the Lord's supper, that thou 
art a partaker of that one sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross, and of all 
his benefits ? 

A. Thus : That Christ has commanded me and all believers, to eat of this broken 
bread, and to drink of this cup, in remembrance of him ; a adding these promises : 
first, that his body was offered and broken on the cross for me, and his blood shed 
for me, as certainly as I see with my eyes, the bread of the Lord broken for me, 
and the cup communicated to me : and further, that he feeds and nourishes my 
soul to everlasting life, with his crucified body and shed blood, as assuredly as I 
receive from the hands of the minister, and taste with my mouth the bread and cup 
of the Lord, as certain signs of the body and blood of Christ. 

a Matt. 26: 26-28. Mark 14: 22-24. Luke 22: 19, 20. 1 Cor. 10: 16 and 11: 
23-25. 

Q. 76. What is it then to eat the crucified body, and drink the shed blood of 
Christ ? 

A. It is not only to embrace with a believing heart all the sufferings and death of 
Christ, and thereby to 6 obtain the pardon of sin and life eternal ; but also, besides 
that, to become more and more c united to his sacred body, by the Holy Ghost, 
who dwells both in Christ and in us ; so that we, d though Christ is in heaven and 
we on earth, are notwithstanding " Flesh of his flesh, and bone of & his bone ;" and 
that we live /"and are governed forever by one Spirit, as members of the same 
body are by one soul. 

& John 6 : 35, 40, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54 e John 6 : £5, £6. d Acts 1 : 9-11 and 
3: 21. 1 Cor II: 26. eEph.5: 29-32. 1 Cor. 6: 15,17,19. 1 John 3 : 24. /John 
0: 56-5S Eph. 4: 15, 16. 

Q. 77. Where has Christ promised that he will as certainly feed and nourish be- 
lievers with his body and blood, as they eat of this broken bread, and drink of this 
cup? 

A. In the institution of the supper, which is thus expressed; g "The Lord Jesus, 
the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, arid when he had given thanks, 
he brake it, and said, Take eat; this is my body, which is broken for you; this 
do in remembrance of me : after the same manner also he took the cup, when he 
had supped, saying, this h cup is the new testament in my blood ; i this do ye, as 
oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For, as often as ye eat this bread, and 
drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." 

This promise is repeated by the holy apostle Paul, where he says, ,j " The cup of 
blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread 
which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? for we, being many, 
are one bread and one body, because we are all partakers of that one bread." 

ff 1 Cor. 11 : 23. Matt, 26: 26. Mark 14: 22. Luke 22: 19. h Ex. 24: 8. Heb. 
9 : 20. i Ex. 13: 9. I Cor. 11 : 26. J 1 Cor. 10: 16, 17. 



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XXIX. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 78. Do then the bread ami wine become the very body and blood of Christ? 

A. Not at all: (i but as the water in baptism is not changed into the blood of 
Christ, neither is the washing away of sin itself, being only the sign and confirma- 
tion thereof appointed of God ; so the bread in the Lord's supper is not changed 
into the very t> body of Christ ; though agreeably to the c nature and properties of 
sacraments, it is called the body of Christ Jesus. 

a 1 Cor. 10: 1-4. 1 Pet. 3 : 21. John 6: 35, 62, 63. & 1 Cor. 10 : 16, etc., and 
11: 20, etc. c Gen. 17 : 10, 11, 14. Ex. 12 : 26, 27, 43, 48. Acts 7 ; 8. Matt. 26 : 26. 
Mark 14 : 24. 

Q. 79. Why then doth Christ call the bread his body, and the cup his blood, or the 
new covenant in his blood ; and Paul the " Communion of the body and blood of 
Christ?" 

A. Christ speaks thus, not without great reason, namely, not only thereby to teach 
us, that as bread and wine support this temporal life, so his crucified body and shed 
blood are the true meat and drink, whereby our souls are d fed to eternal life ; but 
more especially by these visible signs and pledges to assure us, that we are as really 
partakers of this true body and blood (by the operation of the Holy Ghost) as we 
6 receive by the mouths of our bodies these holy signs in remembrance of him ; and 
that all his sufferings/' and obedience are as certainly ours, as if we had in our own 
persons suffered and made satisfaction for our sins to God. 

d John 6 : 51, 55, 56. e 1 Cor. 10 : 16, 17 and 11 : 26-28. Eph. 5 : 30. /Rom. 
5: 9, 18, 19 and 8: 4. 



XXX. LORD'S DAT. 

Q. 80. What difference is there between the Lord's supper and the Popish mass? 

A. The Lord's supper testifies to us, that we have a full pardon of all sin a by the 
only sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which he himself has once accomplished on the cross ; 
and that we by the Holy Ghost are ingrafted h into Christ, who, according to his 
human nature, is now not on earth, but in e heaven, at the right hand of God his 
Father, and will there d be worshipped by us : but the mass teacheth, that the liv- 
ing and dead have not the pardon of sins through the sufferings of Christ unless 
Christ is also daily offered for them by the priests ; and further, that Christ is bodily 
under the form of bread and wine, and therefore is to be e worshipped in them; so 
that the mass, at bottom, is nothing else than a/denial of the one sacrifice and suf- 
ferings of Jesus Christ, and an accursed idolatry. 

a Heb. 7: 27 and 9: 12, 26. Matt. 26: 28. Luke 22: 19, 20. 2 Cor. 5: 21. 
1> 1 Cor. 6; 17 and 12: 13. c Heb. 1 : 3 and 8: 1, etc. d Col. 3: 1. Phil. 
3: 20. Luke 24: 52, 53. Acts 7: 55 e In canone Missas and de consecra. 
distinct 2. Concil. Trid. Sess. 13 : 15. /Isa. 1 : 11, 14. Matt. 15: 9. Col.2 : -_2, 23. 
Jer. 2: 13. 

Q. 81. For whom is the Lord's Supper instituted? 

A. For those who are truly sorrowful g for their sins, and yet trust that these are 
forgiven them for the sake of Christ ; and that their remaining infirmities h are cov- 
ered by his passion and death; and who also earnestly i desire to have their faith 
more and more strengthened, and their lives more holy ; but hypocrites, and such 
as turn not to God, with sincere hearts, eat and,;' drink judgment to themselves. 

firMatt. 5: 3, 6. Luke 7: 37, 38 and 15: 18,19. Isa 66: 2. h Psa. 103: 3. 
i Psa 116: l-'-14. 1 Pet. 2: 11,12. j 1 Cor. 10: 20, etc., and 11 : 28, etc. Tit. 1 : 16. 
Psa. 50: 15, 16. 

Q S2. Are they also to be admitted to this supper, who, by confession and life, de- 
clare themselves infidels and ungodly ? 

A. No : for by this, the covenant of God would be profaned, and his wrath I: kin- 
dled against the whole congregation ; therefore it is the duty of the Christian 
Church, according to the appointment of I Christ and his apostles, to exclude such 
persons, by the keys of the kingdom of heaven, till they show amendment of life. 

fcl Cor. 10: 21 and 11: 80,81. Isa.l; 11,13. Jer. 7: 21. Psa.50: 16, 22. ZMatt. 
18:17,18. 

XXXI. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 83. What are a the keys of the kingdom of heaven? 

A. The preaching h of the holy Gospel, and Christian discipline, c or excommu- 
nication out of the Christian Church : by these two, the kingdom of heaven is 
opened to believers, and shut against, unbelievers. 

a Matt, 16: 19. & John 20: 23 c Matt. IS: 15-18. 



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DOCTRINAL STANDARDS. 






Q. S4 How is the kingdom of heaven opened and shut by the preaching of the 
holy Gospel? 

A. Thus : when according to the command of d Christ, it is declared and publicly 
testified to all and every believer, that, whenever they e receive the promise of the 
gospel by a true faith, all their sins are really forgiven them of God, for the sake 
of Christ's merits ; and on the contrary, when it is declared and testified to all un- 
believers, and such as do not sincerely repent, that they stand exposed to the wrath 
of God, and eternal/ condemnation, so long as they are g unconverted ; according 
to which testimony of the gospel, God will judge them, both in this and the life to 
come. 

d Matt. 28 : 19. e John 3 ; 18, 36. Mark 16 ; 16. /2 Thess. 1 ; 7-9. g John 20 : 
21-23. Matt. 16: 19. Rom. 2; 2, 13-17. 

Q. 85. How is the kingdom of heaven shut and opened by Christian discipline ? 

A. Thus ; when according h to the command of Christ, those, who under the 
name of Christians, maintain doctrines, or practices i inconsistent therewith, and 
will not, after having been often brotherly admonished, renounce their errors and 
wicked course of life, are complained of to the Church, ,;' or to those, who are 
thereunto k appointed by the Church : and if they despise their admonition, I are 
by them forbid the use the sacraments ; whereby they are excluded from the Chris- 
tian Church, and by God himself from the kingdom of Christ ; and when they prom- 
ise and show real amendments, are again in received as members of Christ and his 
Church. 

h Matt. IS : 15. i 1 Cor. 5 : 12. j Matt. 18 : 15-18. k Rom. 12 : 7-9. 1 Cor. 12 ; 
28. 1 Tim. 5 : 17. 2 Thess. 3 : 14. I Matt, 18 : 17. 1 Cor. 5 : 3-6. m 2 Cor. 2 ; 
6-8. 10: 11. Luke 15; 18. 



THE THIRD PART. 

Of Thankfulness. 

XXXII. LORD'S DAY. 






Q. 86. Since then we are delivered from our misery, merely of grace, through 
Christ, without any merit of ours, why must we still do good works ? 

A Because Christ, having redeemed and delivered us by his blood, also renews us 
by his Holy Spirit, after his own image ; that so we may testify by the whole of our 
conduct, our gratitude a to God for his blessings, and that he may be b praised by 
us ; also, that every one may be c assured in himself of his faith, by the fruits 
thereof; and that, oy our godly conversation, others may be d gained to Christ. 

a 1 Cor. 6 : 19, 20. Rom. 6 : 13 and 12 : 1, 2. 1 Pet, 2 : 5, 9, 10. b Matt. 5 ; 16. 
1 Pet. 2 ; 12. c 2 Pet. 1 ; 10. Gal. 5 : 6, 24. 1 Pet, 3 : 1,2. Matt. 5 : 16. Rom. 
14: 19. 

Q. 87. Cannot they then be saved, who continuing in their wicked and ungrateful 
lives, are not converted to God ? 

A. By no means : for the holy Scripture declares e that no unchaste person, idola- 
ter, adulterer, thief, covetous man, drunkard, slanderer, robber, or any such like, 
shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

e 1 Cor. 6 : 9, 10. Eph. 5 : 5, 6. 1 John 3 : 14, 15. Gal. 5 : 21. 



XXXIII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 88. Of how many parts doth the true conversion of man consist? 

A. Of two parts : of a the mortification of the old, and of the quickening of the 
new man. 

a Rom. 6 ; 4-6. Eph. 4: 22, 23. Col. 3:5. 1 Cor. 5 : 7. 

Q. 89. What is the mortification of the old man ? 

A. It is a & sincere sorrow of heart, that we have provoked God by our sins, and 
more and more to hate and flee from them. 

& Psa. 51 : 3, 8, 17. Luke 15: 18. Rom. 8: 13. Joel 1 : 12, 18. 

Q. 90. What is the quickening of the new man? 

A. It is a sincere joy of heart in God, through Christ, c and with love and d de- 
light to live according to the will of God in all good works 

e Rom. 5; 1,2 and 14: 17. Isa. 57 : 15. d Rom. 6; 10, 11. 1 Pet, 4: 2. Gal. 
2: 20. 



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Q. 91. But what are good works? 

A. Only those which proceed from a true e faith, are performed according to the 
/law of God, and to his g glory ; and not such as are h founded on our imagina- 
tions, or the institutions of men. 

e Rom. 14 : 23. f\ Sam. 15 : 22. Eph. 2 : 2, 10. g\ Cor. 10 : 31. h Deut. 12 : 32. 
Ezek.20: 18. Matt, 15: 9. 



XXXIV. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 92. What is the law of God? 

A. God spake all these words, Exod. xx., Deut. v., saying, I am the Lord thy God 
which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

I. Com. Thou shalt have no other gods be/ore me. 

II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness of 
any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in 
the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor 
serve them: fori, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity 
of the fathers upon the children, unto the third, and fourth generation of them 
that hate me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and 
keep my commandments. 

III. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the 
LORD will not hold him guiltless^ that taketh his name in vain. 

IV. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour 
and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God : 
in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy 
man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is 
within thy gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the 
sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the 
LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the 
Zand, which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 

VI. Thou shalt not kill. 

VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

VIII. Thou shalt not steal. 

IX Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 

X. Thou slialt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor 
Ms ass, nor any thing that is thy neighboxir's. 

Q. 93. How are these ten commands divided ? 

A. Into two a tables : the b first of which teaches us, how we must behave towards 
God ; the second, what duties we owe to our neighbour. 

a Ex. 34 : 23, 29. Deut. 4 : 13 and 10 : 3, 4. b Matt. 22 ; 3T-39. 

Q. 94. What doth God enjoin in the first command? 

A. That I, as sincerely as I desire the salvation of my own soul, avoid and flee 
from all c idolatry, sorcery, d soothsaying, superstition, e invocation of saints, or 
any other creatures ; and learn/rightly to know the only true God ; g trust in him 
alone, with humility h and patience i submit to him ; j expect all good things from 
him only ; k love, I fear, and m glorify him with my whole heart : so that I re- 
nounce n and forsake all creatures, rather than o commit even the least thing con- 
trary to his will. 

c 1 Cor. 6 : 9, 10 and 10 : 7, 14. Lev. 18 : 21. d Deut. 18 : 10-12. e Matt. 4 : 10. 
Rev. 19 : 10. /John IT : 3. g Jer. 17 : 5, 7. h Heb. 10 : 36. Col. 1 : 11. Rom. 5 : 
3, 4, Phil. 2: 14. i 1 Pet. 5: 5, 6. j Psa. 104: 27. Isa. 45: 7. James 1 : 17. 
k Deut. 6: 5. Matt. 22:37. I Deut. 6:13. Matt. 10: 28. m Matt. 5: 16. wMatt. 
5: 29,30. Acts 5 : 29. Matt. 10: 37. o Matt. 5: 19. 

Q. 95. What is idolatry ? 

A. Idolatry is, instead of or besides that one true God, who has manifested him- 
self in his word, to contrive or have any other object, in which men place their 
trust, p 

p 2 Chron. 16 : 12. Phil. 3 : 19. Gal. 4 : 8. Eph. 2 : 12. Col. 3 : 5. 






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XXXV. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 96. What doth God require in the second command? 

A. That we in no wise a represent God by images, nor worship 5 him in any other 
way than he has commanded in his word. 

a Deut. 4 : 15. Isa. 40 : 18. Rom. 1 : 23, etc. Acts It : 29. 61 Sam. 15 : 23. 
Deut. 12 : 30. 

Q. 97. Are images then not at all to be made ? 

A. God neither can, nor c may be represented by any means : but as to crea- 
tures, though they may be represented, yet God forbids to make, or have any re- 
semblance of them, either in order to worship them, d or to serve God by them. 

c Deut. 4: 15, 16. Isa. 46:5. Rom. 1:23. d Ex. 23 : 24 and 34 : 13, 14. Numb. 
33: 52. Deut. 7: 5. 

Q. 98. But may not images be tolerated in the churches, as books of the laity? 

A. No : for we must not pretend to be wiser than God, who will have his people 
taught, e not by dumb images, /but by the lively preaching of his word. 

6 Jer. 10 : 1, etc. Hab. 2 : 18, 19. /2 Tim. 3 : 16. 2 Pet. 1 : 19. 



XXXVI. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 99. What is required in the third command ? 

A. That we, not only by cursing or a perjury, but also by l> rash swearing, must 
not profane or abuse the name of God, nor by silence or connivance be partakers 
of these horrible sins in others : and, briefly, that we use the holy name of c God no 
otherwise than with fear and reverence ; so that he may be rightly d confessed and 
e worshipped by us, and be glorified in all our words and works. 

a Lev. 24: 11 and 19: 12. & Matt. 5: 37. Lev. 5:4. c Isa. 45: 23, 24. d Matt. 
10 : 32. e 1 Tim. 2:8. /I Cor. 10 : 31. Col. 3 : 17. 

Q. 100. Is then the profaning of God's name, by swearing and cursing, so heinous a 
sin, that his wrath is kindled against those who do not endeavour, as much as in 
them lies, to prevent and forbid such cursing and swearing? 

A. It undoubtedly is : g for there is no sin greater, or more provoking to God, than 
the profaning of his name ; and therefore he has commanded this h sin to be pun- 
ished with death. 

g Lev. 5:1. h Lev. 24 : 15. 



XXXVII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 101. May we then swear religiously by the name of God? 

A. Yes : either when the magistrates demand it of the subjects, or when neces- 
sity requires us thereby to confirm a fidelity and truth to the glory of God, and the 
safety of our neighbour : for such an oath is b founded on God's word, and there- 
fore was justly c used by the saints, both in the Old and New Testament. 

a Ex. 22:11. Neh. 13:25. & Deut 6:13. Heb. 6: 16. c Gen. 21:24. Jos. 
9: 15, 19. 1 Sam. 24: 22. 2 Cor. 1 : 23. Rom. 1 : 9. 

Q. 102. May we also swear by saints or any other creatures? 

A. No : for a lawful oath is calling upon God, as the only one who knows the 
heart: that he will bear witness to the truth, and punish me, if I swear d falsely; 
which honour is e due to no creature. 

d 2 Cor. 1 : 23. e Matt. 5 : 34, 35. 



XXXVIII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 103. What doth God require in the fourth command? 

A. First ; that the ministry of the Gospel, and the schools be a maintained ; and 
that I, especially on the Sabbath, 6 that is, on the day of rest, c diligently frequent 
the Church of God, d to hear his word, to use the sacraments, e publicly to call 
upon the Lord, and contribute to the relief of the/poor, as becomes a Christian; 
secondly, that all the days of my fife I cease from my evil works, and yield myself 
to tiie Lord, to work by his Holy Spirit in me : and thus g begin in this life the eter- 
nal Sabbath. 

a Deut. 12 : 19. Tit. 1:5. 1 Tim. 3:15. 1 Cor. 9:11. 2 Tim. 2 : 2 and 3 : 15. 
h Lev. 23 : 3. c Acts 2: 42, 46. 1 Cor. 14: 19, 29, 31. d 1 Cor. 11 : 33. Heb. 10: 
25. e 1 11m. 2:1. /I Cor, 16:2. g Isa. 66: 23. 



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XXXIX. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 104. What doth God require in the fifth command ? 

A. That I show all honour, love and fidelity, to my father and mother, and all in 
authority over me, and a submit myself to their good instruction and correction, 
with due obedience; and also patiently bear with their & weaknesses and infir- 
mities, since it pleases c God to govern us by their hand. 

a Eph. 6 : 1,2, etc. Col. 3 : 18, 20. Eph. 5 : 22. Rom. 1 : 30. b Prov. 23 : 22. 
c Eph. 6: 5,6. Col. 3 : 19, 21. Rom. 13 : 1-8. Matt. 22 : 21. 



XL. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 105. What doth God require in the sixth command? 

A. That neither in thoughts, nor words, nor gestures, much less in deeds, I dis- 
honour, hate, wound or a kill my neighbour, by myself or by another ; but that I 
lay b aside all desire of revenge; also, that I c hurt not myself, nor wilfully expose 
myself to any danger: wherefore also the magistrate d is armed with the sword, to 
prevent murder. 

a Matt. 5: 21,22, Prov. 12: 18. Matt. 26: 52. b Eph. 4: 26. Rom. 12: 19 
Matt. 5: 39, 40. o Matt. 4: 5-7. Col. 2: 23. d Gen. 9: 6. Matt. 26: 52. Rom. 
13: 4. 

Q. 1 06. But this command seems only to speak of murder ? 

A. In forbidding murder, God teaches us that he abhors the causes thereof: such 
as e envy,/hatred, anger, and desire of revenge ; and that g he accounts all these 
as murder. 

e James 1 : 20. Gal. 5: 20. /Rom. 1 : 29. 1 John 2:9. g 1 John 3 : 15. 

Q. 107. But is it enough that we do not kill any man in the manner mentioned 
above? 

A. No : for when God forbids envy, hatred and anger, he commands us to h love 
our neighbour as ourselves ; to show i patience, peace, j meekness, Jc mercy, and 
all kindness, towards him ; I and prevent his hurt as much as in us lies : and that 
we m do good even to our enemies. 

h Matt. 22 : 39 and 7:12. * Rom. 12 : 10. j Eph. 4 : 2. Gal. 6 : 1,2. Matt. 5 : 5. 
Rom. 12 : 18. k Ex. 23 : 5. I Matt. 5 : 45. m Rom. 12 : 20. 



XLI. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 10S. What doth the seventh command teach us? 

A. That all uncleanness is accursed a of God : and that therefore we must with all 
our hearts b detest the same, and live c chastely and temperately, whether in d 
holy wedlock or in a single life. 

a Lev. 18 : 27. b Deut. 29 : 20-23. Jude 23. c 1 Thess. 4 : 3, 4. d Heb. 13 : 4. 
1 Cor. 7 : 4, 9. 

Q. 109. Doth God forbid in this command, only adultery, and such like gross 
sins? 

A. Since both our body and soul are temples of the Holy Ghost, he commands us 
to preserve them pure and holy ; therefore he forbids all unchaste actions, e ges- 
tures, words, thoughts, /desires, and whatever g can entice men thereto. 

e Eph. 5: 3. 1 Cor. 6: 18. /Matt. 5: 28. g Eph. 5: 18. 1 Cor. 15: 33. 



XLII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 110. What doth God forbid in the eighth command? 

A. God forbids not only those a thefts, and b robberies, which are punishable by 
the magistrate ; but he comprehends under the name of theft all wicked tricks and 
devices, whereby we design to c appropriate to ourselves the goods which belong to 
our neighbour: whether it be by force, or under the appearance of right ; as by 
unjust d weights, ells, e measures, fraudulent merchandise, false coins, /usury, or 
by any other way forbidden by God ; as also all g covetousness, all abuse and waste 
of his gifts. 

a 1 Cor. 6:10. b\ Cor. 5 : 10. c Luke 3 : 14. 1 Thess. 4:6. d Prov. 11 : 1. 
eEzek.45: 9-11. Deut. 25: 13. /Psa. 15: 5. Luke 6: 35. $rLuke!2:15. 






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Q. 111. But what doth God require in this command? 

A. That I promote the advantage of my neighbour in every instance I can or may ; 
and deal with him as I h desire to be dealt with by others ; further also, that I faith- 
fully labour, so that I * may be able to relieve the needy. 

h Matt. 7 : 12. i Phil. 2 : 4. Eph. 4: 28. 



XLIII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 112. What is required in the ninth command ? 

A. That I beat' false witness a against no man ; nor falsify b any man's words ; 
that I be no backbiter, c nor slanderer ; that I do not judge, or join d in condemn- 
ing any man rashly, or unheard ; but that I e avoid all sorts of lies and deceit, as 
the proper works /of the devil, unless I would bring down upon me g the heavy wrath 
of God : likewise that in judgment and all other dealings I love the truth, speak it 
uprightly h and confess it ; also that I defend and promote, * as much as I am able, 
the honour and good character of my neighbour. 

a Prov. 19 : 5, 9 and 21 : 28. b Psa. 15: 3. c Rom. 1 : 29, 30. d Matt. 7: 1, etc. 
Luke 6: 37. e Lev. 19:11. /John 8: 44. g Prov. 1 2 : 22 and 13 : 5. & 1 Cor. 13:6. 
Eph. 4: 25. i\ Pet. 4; 8, and 12: 17. Phil. 2: 3. 



XLIV. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 113. What doth the tenth commandment require of us ? 

A. That even the smallest inclination or thought, contrary to any of God's com- 
mands, never rise in our hearts ; but that at all times we hate all sin with our whole 
hearts, a and delight in all righteousness. 

a Rom. 7 : 7, etc. James 1 : 14, 15. 

Q. 114. But can those, who are converted to God, perfectly keep these com- 
mands ? 

A. No : but even the holiest men, while in this life, have only small beginnings 
of this b obedience ; yet so, that with a c sincere resolution, they begin to live, not 
only according to some, but all the commands of God. 

b Rom. 7 : 14. James 3:2. e Rom. 7 : 22, 15, etc. 

Q. 115. Why will God then have the ten commands so strictly preached since no 
man in this life can keep them ? 

A. First : that all our life time, we may learn d more and more to know our sin- 
ful nature, and thus become the more earnest in seeking the remission of sin, e and 
righteousness in Christ ; likewise, that we constantly endeavour and pray to God 
for the grace of the Holy Spirit ; that we may become more and more conformable 
to the image of God,/till we arrive at the perfection proposed to us, in a life to 
come. 

d 1 John 1 : 9. Rom. 3 : 20, 5 : 13 and 7:7. e Rom. 7 : 24. / 1 Cor. 9 : 24. 
Phil. 3: 12-14. 



Of Prayer. 

XLV. LORD'S DAY. 



Q. 116. Why is prayer necessary for Christians? 

A. Because it is the chief part of a thankfulness which God requires of us ; and 
also because God will give his grace and Holy Spirit to those only, who with sin- 
cere desires continually ask them of him, and b are thankful for them. 

a Psa. 50: 14, 15. Phil. 4:6. b Matt. 7: 7, 8. Luke 11 : 9, 18. Psa. 50: 15. 

Q. 117. What are the requisites of that prayer, which is acceptable to God, and 
which he will hear? 

A. First, that we from the heart c pray to the one true God only, who hath mani- 
fested himself in his word, for all things he hath commanded us to ask of him : 
d secondly, that we rightly and thoroughly know our need and misery, that so we 
may e deeply humble ourselves in the presence of his Divine Majesty : thirdly, that 
we be fully persuaded that he, notwithstanding we are /unworthy of it, will, for the 
sake of Christ our Lord, certainly g hear our prayer, as he has h promised us in his 
word. 

c John 4 : 22, 23. Heb. 11 : 6. d Rom. 8 : 26. e 2 Chron. 7 : 14. James 4 : 6. 
/"Luke 18: 13. Dan. 9:18. g Psa. 34: 15-17. Isa. 66: 2. 1 John 5: 14, 15. 
ft Rom. 8 : 15 and 10 : 13. James 1 : 6, etc. John 14 : 13, 14. Matt. 7 : 8. Psa Y 
143: 1. 



CATECHISM. 19 

Q. 118. What hath God commanded us to ask of him? 

A. All i things necessary for soul and body ; which Christ our Lord has comprised 
in that prayer, he himself^ has taught us. 

i James 1 ; IT. Matt. 6: 33. j Matt. 6 : 9, 10, etc. Luke 11 : 2, etc. 
Q. 119. What are the words of that prayer? 

A. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom 
come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread ; and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors • and lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 



XLVI. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 120. Why hath Christ commanded us to address God thus: "Our Father?" 
A. That immediately, in the very beginning of our prayer, he might excite in us a 
child-like reverence for, and confidence in God, which are the foundation of our 
prayer: namely, that God has become our Father in Christ, a and will much less 
deny us what we ask of him in true faith, than our parents b will refuse us earthly 
things. 

a Matt. 6:9. b Matt. 7 : 9-11. Luke 11 : 11. Isa. 49 : 15. 

Q. 121. Why is it here added, "Which art in heaven?" 

A. Lest we should form any c earthly conceptions of God's heavenly majesty, 
and that we d may expect from his almighty power all things necessary for soul and 
body. 

c Jer. 23: 24. d Acts 17: 24. Rom. 10: 12. 



XL VII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 122. Which is the first petition? 

A. a " Hallowed be thy name ;" that is, grant us first rightly b to know thee, 
and to c sanctify, glorify and praise thee, in all thy works, in which thy power, 
wisdom, goodness, justice, mercy and truth, are clearly displayed ; and further, 
also, that we may so order and direct our whole lives, our thoughts, words and ac- 
tions, that thy name may never be blasphemed, but rather d honoured and praised 
on our account. 

a Matt. 6:9. b John 17 : 8. Jer. 9 : 23, 24. Matt. 16: 17. James 1 : 5. c Psa. 
119 : 137, 138. Luke 1 : 46. Psa. 145 : 8, 9. d Psa. 115 : 1 and 71 : 8. 






XLVIII. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 123. Which is the second petition? 

A. a" Thy Kingdom come;" that is, rule us so by thy word and Spirit, that we 
may b submit ourselves more and more to thee ; preserve and c increase thy Church ; 
destroy the d works of the devil, and all violence which would exalt itself against 
thee; and also, all wicked counsels devised against thy holy word; till the full e 
perfection of thy kingdom takes place,/wherein thou shalt be all in all. 

a Matt. 6:10. & Matt, 6:33. Psa. 119:5. c Psa. 51 : 18. c?Uohn3:8. Rom. 
16: 20. e Rev. 22: 17, 20. /I Cor. 15: 28. 



XLIX. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 124. Which is the third petition? 

A. a "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven ;" that is, grant that we and 
all men may renounce b our own will, and without murmuring c obey thy will, which 
is only good ; that so every one may attend to and d perform the duties of his sta- 
tion and calling, as willingly and faithfully as the e angels do in heaven. 

a Matt. 6: 10. b Matt. 16:24. Tit. 2:12. c Luke 22: 42. dl Cor. 7:24. 
Eph. 4: 1. e Psa. 103: 20. 



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L. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 125. Which is the fourth petition? 

A. a" Give us tJiis day our daily oread;' 1 '' that is, be pleased to provide us 
with all things b necessary for the body, that we may thereby acknowledge thee to 
be the only fountain of all c good, and that neither our care nor industry, nor even 
thy gifts can d profit us without thy blessing ; and therefore that we may withdraw 
our trust from all creatures, and place e it alone in thee. 

a Matt. 6 : 11. b Psa. 145 : 15. Matt. 6 : 25, etc. c Acts 17 : 25 and 14 : 17. 
d 1 Cor. 15 : 58. Deut. 8 : 3. Psa. 127 : 1, 2. e Psa. 62 : 8, 10 and 55 : 22. 



LI. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 126. Which is the fifth petition? 

A. a "And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors ;" that is, be pleased 
for the sake of Christ's blood, b not to impute to us, poor sinners, our transgressions, 
nor that depravity which always cleaves to us ; even as we feel this evidence of thy 
grace in us, that it is our firm resolution, from the heart to c forgive our neighbour. 

a Matt. 6 : 12. b Psa. 51 : 1. 1 John 2:1,2. c Matt. 6 : 14, 15. 









IH. LORD'S DAY. 

Q. 127. Which is the sixth petition? 

A. a "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil;'''' that is, 
since we are so weak in ourselves, that we cannot stand b a moment ; and besides 
this, since our mortal enemies, c the devil, the d world, and our own e flesh cease 
not to assault us ; do thou, therefore, preserve and strengthen us by the power of 
thy Holy Spirit, that we may not be overcome in this spiritual warfare ; /but con- 
stantly and strenuously may resist our foes, till at last we g obtain a complete vic- 
tory. 

a Matt. 6:13. b John 15 : 5. Psa. 103 . 14. c 1 Pet. 5 : 8. d Eph. 6 : 12. John 
15 : 19. e Rom. 7 : 23. Gal. 5:17. /Matt. 26 : 41. Mark 13 : 33. g\ Thess. 3 : 
13 and 5: 23. 

Q. 128. How dost thou conclude thy prayer? 

A. h"For tMne is the kingdom, and the power and the glory for ever;''' 
that is, all these we ask of thee, because thou, being our King and almighty, art will- 
ing and able to i give us all good ; and all this we pray for, that thereby not we, 
but thy holy namej may be glorified for ever. 

h Matt. 6; 13. i Rom. 10 : 12. 2 Pet. 2:9. j John 14 : 13. Psa. 115:1. Phil. 
4: 20. 

Q. 129. What doth the word "Amen'''' signify? 

A. "Amen" signifies, it shall Jc truly and certainly be ; for my prayer is more as- 
suredly heard I of God, than I feel in my heart that I desire these things of him. 

h Jer. 28: 6. 2 Cor. 1; 20. Jlsa. 65: 24. 2 Tim. 2: 13. 



COMPENDIUM. 21 



A COMPENDIUM 



THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, 

FOR THOSE WHO INTEND TO APPROACH THE HOLY SUPPER 
OF THE LORD. 



Question 1. How many things are necessary for thee to know, that thou enjoying 
real comfort mayest live and die happily? 

Answer. Three : first, how great my sins and miseries are : the second, how I 
may be delivered from all my sins and miseries : the third, how I shall express my 
gratitude to God for such deliverance. 



THE FIRST PAST. 

Of the Misery of Man. 

Q. 2. Whence knowest thou thy misery? 

A Out of the law of God. 

Q. 3. What hath God commanded thee in his law? 

A. That is contained in the ten commandments, which he hath revealed in Scrip- 
ture, as follows : 

Exodus xx. and Deut. 5 : 4, 5, &c. I am the LORD thy God, which have brought 
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

I. Com. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

n. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness of 
any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that 
is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them 
nor serve them: for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the 
iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth genera- 
tion of them that hate me, and showing mercy unto thousands of them that 
love me and keep my commandments. 

III. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the 
LORD will not hold him gwiltless, that taketh his name in vain. 

IV. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour 
and do all thy work ; but the seventh day is the salbath of the LORD thy God : 
tn %t thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy 
man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that 
ts wtthtn thy gates.^ For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the 
™'7>^T, a 1% in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the 
LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

thl'iS^L^*/ a f^i>^ t7 W mother , thai *M/ days may be long upon 
the land, whxch the LORD thy God giveth thee. 

VL Thou shalt not kill. 

VH. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

VIIL Thou shalt not steal. 

IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 

X. Thou- shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbour s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox nor 
his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 



22 DOCTRINAL STANDARDS. 

Q. 4. How are the ten commandments divided? 

A. Into two tables. 

Q. 5. Which is the sum of what God requires of thee in the four commandments 
of the first table ? 

A. That I love the Lord my God with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my 
mind, and with all my strength : this is the first and great commandment. 

Q. 6. Which is the sum of what God commands thee in the six commandments of 
the second table? 

A. That I love my neighbour as myself: on these two commandments hang the 
whole law and the prophets. 

Q. 7. Canst thou keep all these things perfectly? 

A. In no wise : for I am prone by nature to hate God and my neighbour ; and to 
transgress the commandments of God in thought, word and deed. 

Q. 8. Hath God created thee naturally so wicked and perverse ? 

A. By no means : but he created me good and after his own image, in the true 
knowledge of God, in righteousness and in holiness. 

Q. 9. Whence then proceeds that depravity which is in thee? 

A. From the fall and disobedience of Adam and Eve in Paradise; hence our 
nature is become so corrupt that we are all conceived and born in sin. 

Q. 10. What was that disobedience? 

A. That they did eat of the fruit of the tree, which God had forbidden them. 

Q. 11. Does the disobedience of Adam concern us? 

A. Certainly : for he is the father of us all ; and we have all sinned in him. 

Q. 12. Are we then incapable of doing any good of ourselves, and prone to all 
manner of wickedness ? 

A. Indeed we are : unless we are regenerated by the Spirit of God. 

Q. 13. Will God suffer such disobedience and corruption to go unpunished? 

A. By no means : but in his just judgment will punish them, both in time and 
eternity, as it is written : " cursed is every one that continueth not in all things, 
which are written in the book of the law, to do them." 



THE SECOND PART. 

Of Man's Deliverance. 

Q. 14. By what means canst thou escape this punishment, and be again received 
into favour ? 

A. By such a Mediator, who is in one person very God, and a real righteous 
man. 

Q. 15. Who is that Mediator? 

A. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who in one person is true God, and a real righteous 
man. 

Q. 16. Could not the angels be our mediators? 

A. No : for they are neither God nor men. 

Q. 17. Cannot the saints be our mediators ? 

A. No : For they themselves have sinned, and have Qbtained salvation by no 
other means than through this Mediator. 

Q. 18. Shall all men then be saved by the Mediator, Jesus, as they are all con- 
demned in Adam? 

A. No : but those only who receive him by a true faith : as it is written, John 3 : 
16, "for God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoso- 
ever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting fife." 

Q. 19. What is true faith ? 

A. It is a certain knowledge of God, and of his promises revealed to us in the 
Gospel, and an hearty confidence that all my sins are forgiven me for Christ's 
sake. 

Q. 20. What is the sum of that which God hath promised in the Gospel, and com- 
manded us to believe? 

A. That is comprehended in the twelve articles of the Catholic Christian Faith, 
which are as follows : 



COMPENDIUM. 23 



I. II eliere in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heat-en and earth. 

II. And in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord: 

III. Mho was conceived by the Holy Ghost, bom of the Virgin Mary: 

IV. Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and bu/ied; he des- 
cended into hell. 

V. The third day he rose again from the dead. 

VI. lie ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the 
Fatlier Almighty. 

VII. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 

VIII. I believe in the Holy Ghost. 

IX. I believe in the holy Catholic Church: the communion of saints: 

X. The forgiveness of sins : 

XI. The resurrection, of the body: 
XII And the life everlasting. 

Q. 21. When you profess to believe in God the Father, and the Son, and the 
Holy Ghost, do you mean three Gods thereby ? 

A. In no wise : for there is but one only true God. 

Q. 2i. Why do you then name three, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost? 

A. Because God hath so revealed himself in his word, that these three distinct 
persons are the only one and true God, and we also are baptized in the name of 
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Q. 23 What believest thou when thou sayest, "I believe in God, the Father Al- 
mighty, maker of heaven and earth ?" 

A. That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who of nothing made heaven 
and earth, and still upholds them by his providence, is my God and Father, for 
Christ his Son's sake. 

Q. 24. What believest thou when thou sayest, " And in Jesus Christ his only be- 
gotten Son our Lord? 1 ' 

A. That Jesus Christ is the eternal and only Son of the Father, coessential with 
God the Father, and the Holy Ghost. 

Q. 25. Do you not believe that he also became man? 

A. Yes ; for he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. 

Q. 26. Is his Godhead then changed into humanity? 

A. No : for the Godhead is immutable. 

Q 27. How is he then become man? 

A. By assuming the human nature into a personal union with his divine. 

Q 2S. Did he then bring his human nature from heaven? 

A. No ; but he took it on him of the Virgin Mary, by the operation of the Holy 
Ghost, and is thus become like unto us his brethren in all thines, sin excepted, 
Heb. 2: IT and I: 15. 

Q 29 Why is he called Jesus, that is, Saviour? 

A Because he saves his people from their sins. 

Q. 80. Is there no other Saviour? 

A. No : for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby 
we must be saved, than the name of Jesus, Acts 4: 12. 

Q. 31. Why is he called Christ, that is, Anointed? 

A. Because he was anointed with the Holy Ghost, and ordained by God the 
Father, to be our chief Prophet, our only High Priest and our eternal King. 

Q. 32. What then hath Jesus Christ done to save us? 

A He has suffered for us, was crucified and died, was buried, and descended into 
hell ; that is, he suffered the torments of hell, and thus became obedient to his 
Father, that he might deliver us from the temporal and eternal punishment due 
to sin. 

Q. 33. In which nature hath he suffered this? 

A Only in his human nature, that is, in soul and body. 

Q. 34. What hath then his Godhead contributed hereto? 

A. His Godhead, by its power, in such wise strengthened the assumed human na- 
ture, that it could bear the burden of God's wrath against sin, and deliver us 
from it. 

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24: DOCTKINAL STA.\\DAIiD8. 

Q. 35 Did Christ then remain under the power of death ? 

A. No : but he rose from the dead the third day for our justification, Rom 4: io. 

Q. 86. "Where is Christ now, as to his human nature? 

A. He is ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father; that 
is, exalted in the highest glory, far above all creatures, Eph. 1 : 20, 5Sl. 

Q. 37. To what end is he there so highly exalted? 

A. Particularly that he might from thence govern his Church, and there be our 
intercessor with the Father. 

Q. 3S. Is he not with us, then, even unto the end of the world, as he hath promised 
us, Matt. 23: 20? 

A. With respect to his Godhead, majesty, grace and spirit, he is never absent from 
us ; but with respect to his human nature, he remains in heaven until he shall 
come again to judge the quick and the dead. 

Q 39. What do you believe concerning the Holy Ghost ? 

A. That he is the true and coeternal God with the Father and Son : and that he, 
being given to me of the Father through Christ, regenerates me and leads me into 
all truth, comforts me, and will abide with me for ever. 

Q. 40. What believest thou concerning the Holy Catholic Church ? 

A. That the Son of God gathers by his word and Spirit out of the whole human 
race, those, who are chosen to eternal life, to be a Church to himself; of which I 
believe I am and always shall remain a living member. 

Q. 41. Where doth he gather his Church? 

A. Where God's word is purely preached, and the holy sacraments administered 
according to the institution of Christ. 

Q. 42. What benefits doth Christ bestow on his Church ? 

A. He grants her remission of sins, the resurrection of the flesh, and eternal life. 

Q 43. What doth it profit thee now that thou believest all this? 

A. That I am righteous in Christ before God, Rom. 5; 10. 

Q 44. How art thou righteous before God? 

A. Only by a true faith in Jesus Christ. 

Q. 45. How is it to be understood that thou art justified by faith ouly ? 

A. Thus : that the perfect satisfaction and righteousness of Christ alone are im- 
puted to me of God, by which my sins are forgiven me, and I become an heir cf 
everlasting life ; and that I cannot receive that righteousness by any other means 
than by faith. 

Q. 45. Why cannot our good works be our righteousness before God, or some 
part thereof? 

A. Because even our best works in this life, are imperfect and polluted with sins. 

Q. 47. Do our good works then merit nothing, which yet God will reward in this 
and in a future life ? 

A. This reward is not given out of merit, but of grace. 

Q. 48. Who worketh that faith in thee ? 

A. The Holy Ghost. 

Q. 49. By what means? 

A. By the hearing of the word preached, Rom 10: 14-17. 

Q. 50. How does he strengthen that faith? 

A. By the same word preached, and by the use of the holy sacraments. 

Q. 51. What are the sacraments ? 

A. They are holy signs and seals instituted by God, thereby to assure us, that he 
of grace grants us remission of sins, and life eternal, for the sake of that one sacri- 
fice of Christ finished on the cross. 

Q. 52. How many sacraments hath Christ instituted in the new testament ? 

A. Two : holy baptism, and the holy supper. 

Q. 53. Which is the outward sign in baptism ? 

A. The water, with which we are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Q. 54. What doth that signify and seal ? 

A. The washing away of sins by the blood and Spirit of Jesus Christ. 



COMPENDIUM. 25 



Q. 55. Where hath Christ promised and assured us of this? 

A. En the institution of baptism ; which is as follows, "Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the Gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall 
be saved, but he that believeth not, shall be damned. 1 ' 

Q. 56. Are infants also to be baptized? 

A. Yes : for they, as well as the adult, are comprehended in the covenant of God, 
and in his Church. 

Q. 57. What is the outward sign in the Lord's Supper? 

A. The broken bread that we eat, and the poured out wine which we drink, in 
remembrance of the sufferings and death of Christ. 

Q. 5S. What is thereby signified and sealed? 

A. That Christ, with his crucified body and shed blood, feeds and nourishes our 
souls to everlasting life. 

Q. 59. Where hath Christ promised such things to us ? 

A. In the institution of the Lord's Supper, which is thus expressed by St. Paul, 
(1 Cor. 1 1 : 23-26), " For I have received of the Lord, that which also I delivered unto 
you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread ; and 
when he had given thanks, brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is 
broken for you : this do in remembrance of trie. After the same manner also he 
took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my 
blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in rcm< ml ranee of me. For as oft as ye 
eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." 

Q. 60. Is the bread changed into the body of Christ, and the wine into his blood? 

A. No : no more than the water in baptism is changed into the blood of Christ. 

Q. 61. After what manner must you examine yourself before you come to the 
Lord's Supper? 

A. 1. I must examine whether I abhor myself for my sins, and humble myself be- 
fore God on account of them. 2. Whether I believe and trust that all my sins are 
forgiven me for Christ's sake. 3. Whether I also have a sincere resolution hence- 
forward, to walk in all good works. 

Q. 62. May those be admitted to the Lord's Supper, who teach false doctrines or 
lead offensive lives ? 

A. No : lest the covenant of God be profaned, and his wrath kindled against the 
whole Church. 

Q. 63. How must we then deal with such persons ? 

A. According to the appointment given us by Christ, (Matt. 18: 15-17.) "If thy 
brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him 
alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother ; but if he will not hear 
thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three wit- 
nesses every word may be established : and if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it 
unto the Church ; but if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as an 
heathen man and a publican." 



THE THIRD PART. 

Of the Gratitude we owe to God for Redemption. 

64. Since we are saved merely of grace through Christ, why must we then yet do 
good works ? 

A. Not to merit heaven thereby (which Christ hath done) ; but because this is 
commanded me of God. 

Q. 65. What purpose, then, do your good works answer? 

A. That I may thereby testify my thankfulness to God for all his benefits, and 
that he may be glorified by me ; and that also I may be assured of the sincerity of 
my faith, by good works, as the fruits thereof ; and that my neighbours may be 
edified thereby and gained to Christ. 

Q. 66. Shall they also be saved who do no good works? 

A. No : for the Scripture saith, that neither fornicators, nor idolaters nor adul- 
terers, nor whoremongers, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, 
nor robbers, nor such like, shall inherit the kingdom of God, (1 Cor. 6: 9 and 10), 
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Q. 67. Wherein doth the conversion of man consist ? 

A. In a hearty repentance, and avoiding of sin, and in an earnest desire after, 
and doing of, all good words. 

Q. 6S. What are good works? 

A. Only those which proceed from a true faith ; are done according to the law of 
God and to his glory ; and not those, which are founded on human institutions or 
on our own imaginations. 

Q. 69. Can they, who are converted to God, perfectly keep the law? 

A. Not at all : but even the most holy men, as long as they are in this life, have 
only a small beginning of this obedience ; yet so, that they with a sincere resolution 
begin to live not only according to some, but according to all the commandments 
of God, as they also constantly pray to God that they may daily increase therein. 

Q. TO. To whom must we pray for this ? 

A. Not to any creature, but to God alone, who can help us and will hear us for 
Jesus Christ's sake. 

Q. 71. In whose name must we pray to God? 

A. Only in the name of Christ, (John 16: 23), and not in the name of any saints. 

Q. 72. What must we pray to God for ? 

A. For all things necessary for soul and body, which Christ our Lord has com- 
prised in the prayer he himself has taught us. 

Q. 73. What are the words of that prayer? 

A. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. 
And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors ; and lead us not into tempta- 
tion, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the 
glory, for ever. Amen. 

Q 74. What do you desire of God in this prayer? 

A. 1. That all things which tend to the glory of God, may be promoted, and what- 
soever is repugnant thereto, or contrary to his will, may be prevented. 2. That he 
may provide me with all things necessary for the body, and as to my soul, preserve 
me from all evil, which might in any wise be detrimental to my salvation. Amen. 



When those who are inclined to become members in full communion of the 
Church, and to approach the Holy Supper of the Lord, thordughly know and con- 
fess these fundamental truths, they are then to be asked whether they have any 
doubt in any point concerning the doctrine ; to the end they may be satisfied : and 
in case any of them should answer in the affirmative, endeavours must be used to 
convince them from the Scriptures ; and if they are all satisfied, they must be asked 
whether they have experienced the power of the truth in their hearts, and are will- 
ing and desirous to be saved by Jesus Christ from their sins ; and whether they pro- 
pose, by the grace of God, to persevere in this doctrine, to forsake the world, and 
to lead a new Christian life. Lastly, they are to be asked whether they will submit 
themselves to the Christian discipline 

Which being done, they are to be exhorted to peace, love and concord with all 
men ; and to reconciliation, if there is any variance subsisting between them and 
their neighbours. 



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THE CONFESSION OF FAITH 

OF THE 

REFORMED PROTESTANT BUTCH CHURCH. 

REVISED IN THE NATIONAL SYNOD, HELD AT DORDRECHT, IN THE 
YEARS, 1618 AND 1619. 



ARTICLE I. — THERE IS ONE ONLY GOD. 

We all believe with the heart, and confess with the mouth, that there is one only 
simple, and spiritual Being, which we call God; and that he is eternal, incompre- 
hensible, invisible, immutable, infinite, almighty, perfectly wise, just, good, and the 
overflowing fountain of all good. 

II. — BY WHAT MEANS GOD IS MADE KNOWN UNTO US. 

We know him by two means : first, by the creation, preservation and govern- 
ment of the universe ; which is before our eyes as a most elegant book, wherein all 
creatures, great and small, are as so many characters leading us to contemplate 
the invisible things of God, namely, his eternal power and Godhead, as the 
apostle Paul saith, (Rom. 1 : 20.) All which things are sufficient to convince men, and 
leave them without excuse. Secondly, he makes himself more clearly and fully 
known to us, by his holy and divine Word ; that is to say, as far as is necessary for 
us to know in this life, to his glory and our salvation. 

III. — OF THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD. 

We confess that this Word of God was not sent, nor delivered, by the will of man, 
but that holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, as the 
apostle Peter saith. And that afterwards God, from a special care which he has for 
us and our salvation, commanded his servants, the prophets and apostles, to com- 
mit his revealed Word to writing ; and he himself wrote with his own finger the 
two tables of the law. Therefore we call such writings Holy and divine Scriptures. 

IV. — CANONICAL BOOKS OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. 

We believe that the Holy Scriptures are contained in two books, namely, the 
Old and New Testaments, which are canonical, against which nothing can be al- 
leged These are thus named in the Church of God. The books of the Old Testa- 
ment are, the five books of Moses, viz : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deu- 
teronomy ; the book of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, two books of Samuel, and two of the 
Kings, two books of the Chronicles, commonly called Paralipomenon, the first of 
Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther ; Job, the Psalms of David, the three books of Solomon, 
namely, the Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs ; the four great prophets, 
Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel; and the twelve lesser prophets, namely, 
Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, 
Zechariah and Malachi. 

Those of the New Testament, are the four evangelists ; viz : Matthew, Mark, Luke 
and John ; the Acts of the Apostles ; the fourteen epistles of the apostle Paul ; viz : 
one to the Romans, two to the Corinthians, one to the Galatians, one to the Ephe- 
sians, one to the Philippians, one to the Colossians, two to the Thessalonians, two 
to Timothy, one to Titus, one to Philemon, and one to the Hebrews : the seven epis- 
tles of the other apostles, namely, one of James, two of Peter, three of John, one 
of Jude ; and the Revelation of the apostle John. 

V. — WHENCE DO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES DERIVE THEIR DIGNITY AND AUTHORITY. 

We receive all these books, and these only, as holy and canonical, for the regu- 
lation, foundation and confirmation of our faith ; believing without any doubt, all 
things contained in them, not so much because the Church receives and approves 
them as such, but more especially because the Holy Ghost Avitnesseth in our hearts 
that they are from God, whereof they carry the evidence in themselves. For the 
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VI. — THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CANONICAL AND APOCRYPHAL BOOKS. 

We distinguish those sacred books from the apocryphal; viz: the third and 
fourth book of Esdras, the books of Tobias, Judith, 'Wisdom, Jesus Syrach, Baruch, 
the appendix to the book of Esther, the Song of the three Children in the Furnace, 
the history of Susannah, of Bell and the Dragon, the prayer of Manasses, and the 
two books of Maccabees. All which the Church may read and take instruction 
from, so far as they agree with the canonical books; but they are far from having 
such power and efficacy, as that we may from their testimony confirm any point of 
faith, or of the Christian religion ; much less to detract from the authority of the 
other sacred books. 

VII. — THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES TO BE THE ONLY RULE OF FAITH. 

We believe that these Holy Scriptures fully contain the will of God, and that 
whatsoever man ought to believe, unto salvation, is sufficiently taught therein. For 
since the whole manner of worship which God requires of us, is written in them at 
large, it is unlawful for any one, though an apostle, to teach otherwise than we are now 
taught in the Holy Scriptures : Nay, though it were an angel from heaven, as the 
apostle Paul saith. For, since it is forbidden, to add unto Of take away an]/ tiling 
from the icord of God, it doth thereby evidently appear, that the doctrine thereof 
is most perfect and complete in all respects. Neither may Ave compare any writings 
of men, though ever so holy, with those divine Scriptures, nor ought we to compare 
custom, or the great multitude, or antiquity, or succession of times or persons, or 
councils, decrees or statutes, with the truth of God, for the truth is above all ; for 
all men are of themselves liars, and more vain than vanity itself. Therefore, we 
reject with all our hearts, whatsoever doth not agree with this infallible rule, which 
the apostles have taught us, saying, try the spirits whether they are of God : like- 
wise, if there come any vnto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not 
into your house. 

VIII. — GOD IS ONE IN ESSENCE, YET DISTINGUISHED IN THREE PERSONS. 

According to this truth and this Word of God, we believe in one only God, who is 
one single essence, in which are three persons, really, truly, and eternally distinct, 
according to their incommunicable properties ; namely, the Father, and the Son, 
and the Holy Ghost. The Father is the cause, origin and beginning of all things, 
visible and invisible ; the Son is the word, wisdom and image of the Father; the 
Holy Ghost is the eternal power and might, proceeding from the Father and the 
Son. Nevertheless God is not by this distinction divided into three, since the Holy 
Scriptures teach us, that the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, have each 
his personality, distinguished by their properties ; but in such wise that these three 
persons are but one only God. Hence then, it is evident, that the Father is not the 
Son, nor the Son the Father, and likewise the Holy Ghost is neither the Father nor 
the Son. Nevertheless these persons thus distinguished are not divided, nor inter- 
mixed: for the Father hath not assumed the flesh, nor hath the Holy Ghost, but 
the Son only. The Father hath never been without his Son, or without his Holy 
Ghost. For they are all three coeternal and coessential. There is neither first nor 
last; for they are all three one, in truth, in power, in goodness, and in niercy. 

IX. — THE PROOF OF THE FOREGOING ARTICLE OF THE TRINITY OF PERSONS IN ONE GOP. 

All this we know, as well from the testimonies of holy writ, as from their opera- 
tions, and chiefly by those we feel in ourselves. The testimonies of the Holy 
Scriptures, that teach us to believe this Holy Trinity, are written in many places of 
the Old Testament, which are not so necessary to enumerate, as to choose them out 
witli discretion and judgment. In Genesis 1 : 26, "il, God saith : Let us make man 
in our image, after our likeness, etc. So God created man in his own image, 
male and female created he them. And Gen. 8: '2.2, Behold, the man Jias be- 
come as one of vs. From this saying, let us make man in our image, it appears 
that there are more persons than one in the Godhead: and when he saith, God 
created, this signifies the unity. It is true he doth not say how many persons there 
are, but that which appears to us somewhat obscure in the Old Testament, is very 
plain in the New. 

For when our Lord was baptized in Jordan, the voice of the Father was heard, 
saying, this is my beloved So?i : the Son was seen in the water; and the Holy 
Ghost appeared in the shape of a dove. This form is also instituted by Christ in the 
baptism of all believers. BajAize all nations, hi the name of the Father, and 
of the San, and of the Holy Ghost. In the Gospel of Luke, the Angel Gabriel thus 
addressed Mary, the mother of our Lord : The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, 
and i/w power of the highest shall orershadow thee, therefore also that holy 
thing, which shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. Likewise, 



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the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the lore of God, and the communion 
of the Holy Ghost be with you. And there are three that bear record in Hea- 
ven, tlie Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one. In 
all which places we are fully taught, that there are three persons in one only divine 
essence. And although this doctrine far surpasses all human understanding; nev- 
ertheless we now believe it by means of the Word of God, but expect hereafter to 
enjoy the perfect knowledge and benefit thereof in heaven. Moreover we must 
observe the particular offices and operations of these three persons towards us. 
The Father is called our Creator by his power ; the Sou is our Saviour and Redeemer 
by his blood ; the Holy Ghost is our Sanctifier by his dwelling in our hearts. This 
doctrine of the Holy Trinity hath always been defended and maintained by the 
true Church, since the times of the apostles to this very day, against the Jews', Mo- 
hammedans, and some false Christians and heretics, as Marcion, Manes, Praxeas, 
Sabellius, Samosatenus, Anus, and such like, who have been justly condemned by 
the orthodox fathers. Therefore, in this point, we do willingly receive the three 
creeds, namely, that of the Apostles, of Nice, and of Athanasius : likewise that, 
which, conformable thereunto, is agreed upon by the ancient fathers. 

X. — JESUS CHRIST IS TRUE AND ETERNAL GOD. 

We believe that Jesus Christ, according to his divine nature, is the only begotten 
Son of God, begotten from eternity, not made nor created (for then he should be a 
creature), but eoessential and coeternal with the Father, the express image of his 
person, and the brightness of his glory, equal unto him in all things. Who is the 
Son of God, not only from the time that he assumed our nature, but from all eter- 
nity, as these testimonies, when compared together, teach us. Moses saith, that 
God created, the world; and John saith, that all things were made by that 
Word, which he calleth God : And the apostle saith, that God mode the worlds by 
his Son: likewise, that God created all things by Jesus Christ. Therefore it 
must needs follow, that he, who is called God, the Word, the Son, and Jesus Christ, 
did exist at that time when all things were created by him. Therefore the prophet 
Micah saith, his goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. And the 
apostle, lie hath neither beginning of days nor end of life: He therefore is that 
true, eternal and almighty God, whom we invoke, worship and serve. 

XI. — THE HOLT GHOST IS TRUE AND ETERNAL GOD. 

We believe and confess also, that the Holy Ghost, from eternity, proceeds from 
the Father and Son ; and therefore is neither made, created, nor begotten, but only 
proeeedeth from both; who in order is the third person of the Holy Trinity ; of one 
and the same essence, majesty and glory with the Father, and the Son : and there- 
fore, is the true and eternal God, as the Holy Scripture teaches us. 



We believe, that the Father, by the Word, that is, by his Son, created of nothing, 
the heaven, the earth, and all creatures, as it seemed good unto him, giving unto 
every creature its being, shape, form, and several offices to serve its Creator: that 
he doth also still uphold and govern them by his eternal providence and infinite 
power, for the service of mankind, to the end that man may serve his God. He 
also created the angels good, to be his messengers and to serve his elect ; some of 
whom are fallen from that excellency, in which God created them, into everlasting 
perdition ; and the others have, by the grace of God, remained steadfast and con- 
tinued in their primitive state. The devils and evil spirits are so depraved, that 
they are enemies of God and every good thing, to the utmost of their power, as 
murderers, watching to ruin the Church and every member thereof, and by their 
wicked stratagems to destroy all : and are therefore, by their own wickedness, ad- 
judged to eternal damnation, daily expecting their horrible torments. Therefore 
we reject and abhor the error of the Sadducees, who deny the existence of spirits 
and angels: and also that of the Manichees, who assert that the devils have their 
origin of themselves, and that they are wicked of their own nature, without having 
been corrupted. 

Xm. — OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE. 

We believe that the same God, after he had created all things, did not forsake 
them, or give them up to fortune or chance, but that he rules and governs them, 
according to his holy will, so that nothing happens in this world without his ap- 
pointment: nevertheless, God neither is the author of, nor can be charged with, the 
sins which are committed. For his power and goodness are so great and incom- 
prehensible, that he orders and executes his work in the most excellent and just 
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doth surpassing human understanding, we will not curiously inquire into it farther 
than our capacity will admit of; but with the greatest humility and reverence 
adore the righteous judgments of God, which are hid from us, contenting ourselves 
that we are disciples of Christ, to learn only those things which he has revealed to 
us in his Word, without transgressing these limits. This doctrine affords us unspeaka- 
ble consolation, since we are taught thereby, that nothing can befall us by chance, 
but by the direction of our most gracious and heavenly Father ; who watches over 
us with a paternal care, keeping all creatures so under his power, that not a hair of 
our head, (for they are all numbered), nor a sparrow can fall to the ground, with- 
out the will of our Father, in whom we do entirely trust; being persuaded, that he 
so restrains the devil and all our enemies, that without his will and permission, they 
cannot hurt us. And therefore, we reject that damnable error of the Epicureans, 
who say that God regards nothing, but leaves all things to chance. 

XIV. — OF TH3 CREATION AND FALL OF MAN, AND HIS INCAPACITY TO PERFORM WHAT 
IS TRULY GOOD. 

We believe that God created man out of the dust of the earth, and made and 
formed him after his own image and likeness, good, righteous and holy, capable in 
all things to will, agreeably to the will of God. But being in honour, he under- 
stood it not, neither knew his excellency, but wilfulfully subjected himself to sin, 
and consequently to death and the curse, giving ear to the words of the devil. For 
the commandment of life, which he had received, he transgressed ; and by sin sepa- 
rated himself from God, who was his true life, having corrupted his whole nature ; 
whereby he made himself liable to corporal and spiritual death. And being thus 
become wicked, perverse, and corrupt in all his ways, he hath lost all his excellent 
gifts, which he had received from God, and only retained a few remains thereof, 
which, however, are sufficient to leave man without excuse ; for all the light which 
is in us is changed into darkness, as the Scriptures teach up; saying: The light 
sliineikin darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not : where St. John 
calleth men darkness. Therefore we reject all that is taught repugnant to this, 
concerning the free will of man, since man is but a slave to sin ; and has nothing 
of himself, unless it is given him from heaven. For who may presume to boast, 
that lie of himself can do any good, since Christ saith, no man can come to me, 
except the Father which hath sent me, draw him? Who will glory in his own 
will, who understands, that to be carnally minded, is enmity against God t 
Who can speak of his knowledge, since the natural man reeeiveth not the things 
of the Spirit of God? In short, who dare suggest any thought, since he knows 
that we are not sufficient of 'ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves, but that 
our sufficiency is of God ? And therefore what the apostle saith ought justly to be 
held sure and firm, that God worketh in us both to xcill and to do of his good 
pleasure. For there is no will nor understanding, conformable to the divine will 
and understanding, but what Christ hath wrought in man : which he teaches us, 
when he saith, without me ye can do nothing. 

XV. — OF ORIGINAL SIN. 

We believe that, through the disobedience of Adam, original sin is extended to 
all mankind ; which is a corruption of the whole nature, and an hereditary disease, 
wherewith infants themselves are infected even in their mother's womb, and which 
produceth in man all sorts of sin, being in him as a root thereof; and therefore is 
so vile and abominable in the sight of God, that it is sufficient to condemn all 
mankind. Nor is it by any means abolished or done away by baptism ; since sin 
always issues forth from this woful source, as water from a fountain : notwithstand- 
ing it is not imputed to the children of God unto condemnation, but by his grace 
and mercy is forgiven them. Not that they should rest securely in sin, but that a 
sense of this corruption should make believers often to sigh, desiring to be delivered 
from this body of death. Wherefore we reject the error of th:j Pelagians, who as- 
sert that sin proceeds only from imitation. 

XVI. — OF ETERNAL ELECTION. 

We believe that all the posterity of Adam, being thus fallen into perdition and 
ruin, by the sin of our first parents, God then did manifest himself such as he is ; 
that is to say, merciful and just : merciful, since he delivers and preervess from 
this perdition all, whom he, in his eternal and unchangeable council, of mere good- 
ness hath elected in Christ Jesus our Lord, without any respect to their works : 
just, in leaving others in the fall and perdition wherein they have involved them- 
selves. 

XVII. — OF THE RECOVERY OF FALLEN MAN. 

We believe that our most gracious God, in his admirable wisdom and goodness, 
seeing that man had thus thrown himself into temporal and spiritual death, and 
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trembling fled from his presence, promising him that he would give his Son, who 
should be made of a tcoman, to bruise the head of the serpent, and would make 
him happy. 

XVIII. — OF THE INCARNATION OF JESUS CHRIST. 

We confess, therefore, that God did fulfil the promise, which he made to the 
fathers, by the mouth of his holy prophets, when he sent into the world, at the time 
appointed by him, his own, only begotten and eternal Son, who took upon him the 
form of a servant, and became like unto men, really assuming the true human 
nature, with all its infirmities, sin excepted, being conceived in the womb of the 
blessed Virgin Mary, by the power of the Holy Ghost, without the means of man : 
and did not only assume human nature as to the body, but also a true human soul, 
that he might be a real man. For since the soul was lost as well as the body, it 
was necessary that he should take both upon him, to save both. Therefore, we 
confess, (in opposition to the heresy of the Anabaptists, who deny that Christ as- 
sumed human flesh of his mother), that Christ is become a partaker of the flesh 
and blood of the children ; that he is a fruit of the loins of David after the 
flesh ; made of the seed of David according to the flesh ; a fruit of the womb 
of the Virgin Mary ; made of a woman ; a branch of David ; a shoot of the root of 
Jesse; sprung from the tribe of Judah; descended from the Jews according 
to the flesh: of' the seed of Abraham, since he took upon him the seed of Abra- 
ham, and became like unto his brethren in all things, sin excepted; so that in 
truth he is our Immanuel, that is to say, God with us. 

XIX. — OF THE UNION AND DISTINCTION OF THE TWO NATURES IN THE PERSON OF 
CHRIST. 

We believe that by this conception, the person of the Son is inseparably united 
and connected with the human nature; so that there are not two Sons of God, nor 
two persons, but two natures united in one single person ; yet each nature retains 
its own distinct properties. As then the divine nature hath always remained un- 
created, without beginning of days or end of life, filling heaven and earth : so also 
hath the human nature not lost its properties, but remained a creature, having be- 
ginning of days, being a finite nature, and retaining all the properties of a real 
body And though he hath by his resurrection given immortality to the same, nev- 
ertheless he hath not changed the reality of his human nature ; forasmuch as our 
salvation and resurrection also depend on the reality of his body. But these two 
natures are so closely united in one person, that they were not separated even by 
his death. Therefore that which he, when dying, commended into the hands of his 
Father, was a real human spirit, departing from his body. But in the mean time 
the divine nature always remained united with the human, even when he lay in the 
grave : and the Godhead did not cease to be in him, any more than it did when he 
was an infant, though it did not so clearly manifest itself for a while. Wherefore 
we confess, that he is very God, and very Man ; very God by his power to con- 
quer death ; and very man that he might die for us according to the infirmity of 
his flesh. 

XX. — GOD HATH MANIFESTED HIS JUSTICE AND MERCY IN CHRIST. 

We believe that God, who is perfectly merciful and just, sent his Son to assume 
that nature in which the disobedience was committed, to make satisfaction in the 
same, and to bear the punishment of sin by his most bitter passion and death. God 
therefore manifested his justice against his Son, when he laid our iniquities upon 
him ; and poured forth his mercy and goodness on us, who were guilty and worthy 
of damnation, out of mere and perfect love, giving his Son unto death for us, and 
raising him for our justification, that through him we might obtain immortality and 
life eternal. 

XXI. — OF THE SATISFACTION OF CHRIST, OUR ONLY HIGH PRIEST, FOR US. 

We believe that Jesus Christ is ordained with an oath to be an everlasting High 
Priest, after the order of Melchisedec : who hath presented himself in our behalf 
before his Father, to appease his wrath by his full satisfaction, by offering himself 
on the tree of the cross, and pouring out his precious blood to purge away our sins ; 
as the prophets had foretold. For it is written, he teas wounded for our trans- 
gressions, he ivas bruised for our iniquities : the chastisement of our peace 
was upon him, and with' his stirpes we are healed ' : lie was brought as a 
lamb to the slaughter, and numbered with the transgressors : and condemned 
by Pontius Pilate as a malefactor, though he had first declared him innocent. 
Therefore, he restored that which he took not away , and sneered the just for 
the unjust, as well in his body as soul, feeling the terrible punishment which our 
sins had merited ; insomuch that his sweat became like nntodro/js of blood fall- 
ing on the ground. He called out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken 



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one t And hath suffered all this for the remission of our sins. "Wherefore we justly 
say with the Apostle Paul, that we know nothing \ Out Jesus Vhriftt, una him 
crucified ; we count all things but loss and dung for the excellency of the 
knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord : in whose wounds we find all manner of 
consolation. Neither is it necessary to seek or invent any other means of being 
reconciled to God, than this only sacrifice, once offered, by which believers are 
made perfect for ever. This is also the reason why he was called by the angel of 
God, Jesus, that is to say, Saviour, because he should save his people from their 
sins. 

XXII. — OF OUR JUSTIFICATION THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. 

We believe that, to attain the true knowledge of this great mystery, tha Holy 
Ghost kindleth in our hearts an upright faith, which embraces Jesus Christ with all 
his merits, appropriates him, and seeks nothing more besides him. For it must needs 
follow, either that all things which are requisite to our salvation are not in Jesus 
Christ, or if all things are in him, that then those, who possess Jesus Christ through 
faith, have complete salvation in Him. Therefore, for any to assert that Christ is 
not sufficient, but that something more is required besides him, would be too gross a 
blasphemy; for hence it would follow, that Christ was but half a Saviour There- 
fore we justly say with Paul, that ice are justified by faith alone, or by faith 
without vvorks. However, to speak more clearly, Ave do not mean that faith 
itself justifies us, for it is only an instrument with which we embrace Christ our 
Righteousness. But Jesus Christ, imputing to us all his merits, and so many holy 
works, which he hath done for us and in our stead, is our Righteousness. And 
faith is an instrument that keeps us in communion with him in all his benefits, which, 
when become ours, are more than sufficient to acquit us of our sins. 

XXIII. — OUR JUSTIFICATION CONSISTS IN THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN AND THE IMPUTATION 
OF CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

We believe that our salvation consists in the remission of our sins for Jesus 
Christ's sake, and that therein our righteousness before God is implied; as David 
and Paul teach us, declaring this to be the happiness of man, that God imputes 
righteousness to him without works. And the same apostle saith, that we are jus- 
tified J reely by his grace, through the redemption which is in Jesus Christ, 
And therefore we always hold fast this foundation, ascribing all the glory to God, 
humbling ourselves before him, and acknowledging ourselves to be such as we really 
are, without presuming to trust in any thing in ourselves, or in any merit of ours, 
relying and resting upon the obedience of Christ crucified alone, which becomes 
ours, when we believe in him. This is sufficient to cover all our iniquities, and to 
give us confidence in approaching to God; freeing the conscience of fear, terror, 
and dread, without following the example of our first father, Adam, who, trem- 
bling, attempted to cover himself with fig leaves. And verily, if we should appear 
before God, relying on ourselves or on any other creature, though ever so little, we 
should, alas ! be consumed. And therefore every one must pray with David : 
Lord, enter not into judgment with thy servant : for in thy sight shall no 
man living be justified. 

XXIV. — OF MAN'S SANCTIFICATION AND GOOD WORKS. 

We believe that this true faith being wrought in man by the hearing of the Word 
of God, and the operation of the Holy Ghost, doth regenerate and make him a new 
man, causing him to live a new life, and freeing him from the bondage of sin. 
Therefore it is so far from being true, that this justifying faith makes men remiss 
in a pious and holy life, that on the contrary without it they would never do any 
thing out of love to God, but only out of self-love or fear of damnation. Therefore 
it is impossible that this holy faith can be unfruitful in man : for we do not speak 
of a vain faith, but of such a faith, as is called in Scripture, a faith that icorketh 
by lore, which excites man to the practice of those works, which God has com- 
manded in his Word. Which works as they proceed from the good root of faith, are 
good and acceptable in the sight of God, for as much as they are all sanctified by 
his grace : howbeit they are of no account towards our justification. For it is by 
faith in Christ that we are justified, even before we do good works, otherwise 
they could not be good works, any more than the fruit of a tree can be good, be- 
fore the tree itself is good. Therefore we do good works, but not to merit by them, 
(for what can we merit?) nay, we are beholden to God for the irood works we do, 
and not he to us, since it is he that icorketh in us both to will and to do of his 
good pleasure. Let us therefore attend to what is written, when ye shall have 
done all those things which are commanded you, say we are unprofitable ser- 
vants: we have done that which was our duty to do. In the mean time, we do 
not deny that God rewards good works, but it is through his grace that he crowns 
his gifts." Moreover, though we do good workSj we do not found our salvation upon 



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them ; fov we can do no work but what is polluted by our flesh, and also punishable; 
and although we could perform such works, still the remembrance of one sin is 
sufficient to make God reject them. Thus, then, we should always be in doubt, 
tossed to and fro without any certainty, and poor consciences would be continually 
vexed, if they relied not on the merits of the suffering and death of our Saviour. 

XXV. — OF THE ABOLISHING OF THE CEREMONIAL LAW. 

We believe that the ceremonies and figures of the law ceased at the coming of 
Christ, and that all the shadows are accomplished; so that the use of them must be 
abolished amongst Christians : yet the truth and substance of them remain with us 
in Jesus Christ, in whom they have their completion. In the mean time, we still 
use the testimonies taken out of the law and the prophets, to confirm us in the 
doctrine of the Gospel, and to regulate our life in all honesty, to the glory of God, 
according to his will. 

xxvi. — or Christ's intercession. 

We believe that we have no access unto God, save alone through the only Media- 
tor and Advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous, who therefore became man, having 
united in one person the divine and human natures, that we men might have access 
to the divine Majesty, which access would otherwise be barred against us. But this 
Mediator, whom the Father hath appointed between him and us, ought in no wise 
to affright us by his majesty, or cause us to seek another according to our fancy. 
For there is no creature either in heaven or on earth, who loveth us more than Jesus 
Christ ; who, tlwugh he was in th&form of God, yet made Manselfof no repu- 
tation, and took upon him the form of a man, and of a set cant for us, and 
teas made like unto his brethren in all things. If, then, we should seek for 
another mediator, who would be well affected towards us, whom could we find, who 
loved us more than he who laid down his life for us, even when we were his ene- 
mies? And if we seek for one who hath power and majesty, who is there that hath 
so much of both as he who situ at the right hand of his Father, and who hath all- 
power in heaven and on earth t And who will sooner be heard than the own well 
beloved Son of God? Therefore it was only through diffidence that this practice of 
dishonouring instead of honouring the saints, was introduced, doing that, which 
they never have done nor required, but have on the contrary steadfastly rejected 
according to their bounden duty, as appears by their writings Neither must we 
plead here our unworthiness; for the meaning is not that we should offer our 
prayers to God on account of our own worthiness, but only on account of the ex- 
cellency and worthiness of our Lord Jesus Christ, whose righteousness is become 
ours by faith. Therefore the Apostle to remove this foolish fear or rather distrust 
from us, justly saith, that Jesus Christ watt made like unto his brethren in all 
things, tluithemight be a merciful and faithful high priest, to make, recon- 
ciliation for the sins of the people. For in that fie himself hath suffered, being 
tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. And further to encourage 
us, he adds, seeing then that we hare a great high priest, that is passed into 
the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us holdfasiour profession. For ice hare 
not an high priest zvhich cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities : 
out was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us there- 
fore coma boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and 
find grace to help in time of need. The same Apostle saith, having boldness to 
enter into the holiest by tlie blood of Jesus; let us draw near with a true 
heart in full assurance of faith, etc. Likewise, Christ hath an unchangeable 
priesthood, xvherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost, that come 
unto God by him, seeing he eve) 1 liveth to make intercession for them. What 
more can be required ? since Christ himself saith, lam the way, and the truth, and, 
the life ; no man cometh unto the Father b ut bym e. To what purpose should we 
then seek another advocate, since it hath pleased God to give us his own Son as an 
advocate? Let us not forsake him to take another, or rather to seek after anothf", 
wi hout ever being able to find him; for God well knew, when he gave him to us, 
that we were sinnei-s. Therefore according to the command of Christ, we call upon 
the heavenly Father through Jesus Christ, our only Mediator, as we are taught in 
the I ord's prayer; being assured that whatever we ask of the Father in his name 
will be granted us. 

XXYII. — OF THE CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN CUCKCH. 

We believe and profess one catholic or universal Church, which is an holy con- 
gregation of true Christian believers, all expecting their salvation in Jesus Christ, 
being washed by his blood, sanctified and sealed by the Holy Ghost. This Church 
hath been from the beginning of the world, and will be to the end thereof; which 
is evident from this, that Christ is an eternal king, which, without subjects, cannot 
be. And this holy Church is preserved or supported by God against the rage of 
the whole world; though she sometimes (for a while) appear very small, and in the 



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eyes of men, to be reduced to nothing: as during the perilous reign of Ahab, the 
Lord reserved unto him seven thousand men, who had not lowed their knees 
to Baal. Furthermore, this holy Church is not confined, bound, or limited to a 
certain place or to certain persons, but is spread and dispersed over the whole 
world ; and yet is joined and united with heart and will, by the power of faith, in 
one and the same spirit. 

XXVIII. — EVERT ONE IS BOUND TO JOIN HIMSELF TO THE TRUE CHURCH. 

We believe, since this holy congregation is an assemblage of those who are saved, 
and out of it there is no salvation, that no person of whatsoever state or con- 
dition he may be, ought to withdraw himself, to live in a separate state from it ; but 
that all men are in duty bound to join and unite themselves with it ; maintaining 
the unity of the Church ; submitting themselves to the doctrine and discipline thereof; 
bowing their necks under the yoke of JesusChrist ; and as mutual members of the same 
body, serving to the edification of the brethren, according to the talents God has 
given them. And that this may be the more effectually observed, it is the duty of 
all believers, according to the Word of God, to separate themselves from all those 
who do not belong to the Church, and to join themselves to this congregation, 
wheresoever God hath established it, even though the magistrates and edicts of 
princes were against it; yea, though they should suffer death or any other corporal 
punishment. Therefore all those who separate themselves from the same or do not 
join themselves to it, act contrary to the ordinance of God. 

XXIX. — OF THE MARKS OF THE TRUE CHURCH, AND WHEREIN SHE DIFFERS FROM THE 
FALSE CHURCH. 

We believe that we ought diligently and circumspectly to discern from the Word 
of God, which is the true Church, since all sects which are in the world assume to 
themselves the name of the Church But we speak not here of hypocrites, who are 
mixed in the Church with the good, yet are not of the Church, though externally in 
it; but we say that the body and communion of the true Church, must be distin- 
guished from all sects, who call themselves the Church. The marks by which the 
true Church is known are these: if the pure doctrine of the Gospel is preached 
therein ; if she maintains the pure administration of the sacraments as instituted by 
Christ ; if church discipline is exercised in punishing of sin : in short, if all things 
are managed according to the pure Word of Cod, all things contrary thereto re- 
jected ; and Jesus Christ acknowledged as the only Head of the Church. Hereby 
the true Church may certainly be known, from which no man has a right to separate 
himself. With respect to those who are members of the Church, they may be known 
by the marks of Christians : namely, by faith ; and when they have received Jesus 
Christ the only Saviour, they avoid sin, follow after righteousness, love the true God 
and their neighbour, neither turn aside to the right or left, and crucify the flesh 
with the works thereof. But this is not to be understood, as if there did not re- 
main in them great infirmities ; but they fight against them through the Spirit, all 
the days of their life, continually taking their refuge in the blood, death, passion, and 
obedience of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom they hare remission of sins through 
faith in Mm. As for the false church, she ascribes more power and authority to 
herself and her ordinances, than to the Word of God, and will not submit herself to 
the yoke of Christ. Neither does she administer the Sacraments, as appointed by 
Christ in his Word, but adds to and takes from them, as she thinks proper; she re- 
lieth more upon men than upon Christ ; and persecutes those, who live holily ac- 
cording to the Word of God, and rebuke her for her errors, covetousness and 
idolatry. These two churches are easily known and distinguished from each other. 

XXX. — CONCERNING THE GOVERNMENT OF, AND OFFICES IX, THE CHURCH. 

We believe that this true Church must be governed by the spiritual policy, which 
our Lord has taught us in his Word ; namely, that there must be ministers or pas- 
tors, to preach the Word of God, and to administer the Sacraments; also elders 
and deacons, who, together with the pastors, form the council of the Church : that 
by these means the true religion may be preserved, and the true doctrine every 
where propagated, likewise transgressors punished and restrained by spiritual 
means; also that the poor and distressed may be relieved and comforted, accord- 
ing to their necessities. By these means every thing will be carried on in the 
Church with good order and decency, when faithful men are chosen, according to 
the rule prescribed by St. Paul in his epistle to Timothy. 

XXXI. — OF THE MINISTERS, ELDERS AND DEACONS. 

We believe that the ministers of God's Word, and the elders and deacons, ought 
to be chosen to their respective offices by a lawful election by the Church, with call- 
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Therefore every one must take heed, not to intrude himself by indecent vae:u s, but 
is bound to wait till it shall please God to call him; that he may have testimony of 
his calling, and be certain and assured that it is of the Lord. As for the ministers 
of God's Word, they have equally the same power and authority wheresoever they 
are, as they are all ministers of Christ, the only universal Bishop, and the only 
Head of the Church. Moreover, that this holy ordinance of God may not be vio- 
lated or slighted, we say that every one ought to esteem the ministers of God's 
Word and the elders of the Church very highly for their work's sake, and be at 
peace with them without murmuring, strife or contention, as much as possible. 

XXXII. — OF THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE CHURCH. 

In the mean time we believe, though it is useful and beneficial, that those, who 
are rulers of the Church, institute and establish certain ordinances among them- 
selves for maintaining the body of the Church ; yet they ought studiously to take 
care, that they do not depart from those things which Christ, our only master, hath 
instituted. And therefore, we reject all human inventions, and all laws which 
man would introduce into the worship of God, thereby to bind and compel the con- 
science, in any manner whatever. Therefore we admit only of that, which tends to 
nourish and preserve concord and unity, and to keep all men in obedience to God. 
For this purpose, excommunication or church discipline is requisite, with the seve- 
ral circumstances belonging to it, according to the Word of God. 

XXXIII. — OF THE SACRAMENTS. 

We believe that our gracious God, on account of our weakness and infirmities, 
hath ordained the Sacraments for us, thereby to seal unto us his promises, and to 
be pledges of the good will and grace of God towards us, and also to nourish and 
strengthen our faith; which he hath joined to the Word of the Gospel, the better 
to present to our senses, both that which he signifies to us by his Word, and that 
which he works inwardly in our hearts, thereby assuring and confirming in us the 
salvation which he imparts to us. For they are visible signs and seals of an inward 
and invisible thing, by means whereof, God worketh in us by the power of the Holy 
Ghost. Therefore the signs are not in vain or insignificant, so as to deceive us. 
For Jesus Christ is the true object presented by them, without whom they would be 
of no moment. Moreover, we are satisfied with the number of Sacraments, which 
Christ our Lord hath instituted, which are two only, namely, the Sacrament of 
Baptism, and the Holy Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

XXXIV. — OF HOLY BAPTISM. 

We believe and confess that Jesus Christ, who is the end of the law, hath made 
an end, by the shedding of his blood, of all other sheddings of blood which men 
could or would make as a propitiation or satisfaction for sin : and that he, having 
abolished circumcision, which was done with blood, hath instituted the Sacrament 
of Baptism instead thereof; by which we are received into the Church of God, and 
separated from all other people and strange religions, that we may wholly belong 
to him, whose ensign and banner we bear : and which serves as a testimony unto us, 
that he will for ever be our gracious God and Father. Therefore he has commanded 
all those, who are his, to be baptized with pure water, in the name of the Father, and 
of the Son,and of the Holy Ghost : thereby signifying to us, that as water washeth 
away the filth of the body, when poured upon it, and is seen on the body of the bap- 
tized, when sprinkled upon him ; so doth the blood of Christ, by the power of the 
Holy Ghost, internally sprinkle the soul, cleanse it from its sins, and regenerate us 
from children of wrath unto children of God. Not that this is effected by the external 
water, but by the sprinkling of the precious blood of the Son of God ; who is our 
lied Sea, through which we must pass, to escape the tyranny of Pharaoh, that is, 
the devil, and to enter into the spiritual land of Canaan. Therefore, the ministers, 
on their part, administer the Sacrament, and that which is visible, but our Lord 
giveth that which is signified by the Sacrament, namely, the gifts and invisible 
grace; washing, cleansing and purging our souls of all filth and unrighteousness; 
renewing our hearts and filling them with all comfort ; giving unto us a true assu- 
rance of his fatherly goodness ; putting on us the new man, and putting off the old 
man with all his deeds. Therefore, we believe, that every man, who is earnestly 
studious of obtaining life eternal, ought to be but. once baptized with this only Bap- 
tism, without ever repeating the same: since we cannot be born twice. Neither 
doth this Baptism only avail us, at the time when the water is poured upon us and 
received by us, but also through the whole course of our life ; therefore, we detest 
the error of the Anabaptists, who are not content with the one only baptism they 
have once received, and moreover condemn the baptism of the infants of believers, 
whom we belieA'e ought to be baptize* and sealed with the sign of the covenant, as 
the children in Israel formerly were circumcised upon the same promises, which are 
made unto our children. And, indeed, Christ shed his blood no less for the wash- 



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ing of the children of the faithful, than for adult persons ; and, therefore, they ought 
to receive the sign and sacrament of that, which Christ hath done for them;* as the 
Lord commanded in the law, that they should be made partakers of the sacrament 
of Christ's suffering and death, shortly after they were born, by offering for them a 
lamb, which was a sacrament of Jesus Christ. Moreover, what Circumcision was to 
the Jews, that Baptism is to our children. And for this reason, Paul calls Baptism 
the Circumcision of Christ. 

XXXV. — OF THE HOLT SUPPER OP OUR LORD JESCS CHRIST. 

We believe and confess that our Saviour Jesus Christ did ordain and institute the 
Sacrament of the Holy Supper, to nourish and support those whom he hath already 
regenerated and incorporated into his family, which is his Church. Now those, 
who are regenerated, have in them a twofold life, the one corporal and temporal, 
which they have from the first birth, and is common to all men: the other spiritual 
and heavenly, which is given them in their second birth, which is effected by the 
word of the Gospel, in the communion of the body of Christ ; and this life is not 
common, but is peculiar to God's elect. In like manner God hath given us, for the 
support of the bodily and earthly life, earthly and common bread, which is subser- 
vient thereto, and is common to all men, even as life itself. But for the support of 
the spiritual and heavenly life, which believers have, he hath sent a living bread, 
which descended from heaven, namely, Jesus Christ, who nourishes and strengthens 
the spiritual life of believers, when t:iey eat him, that is to say, when they apply 
and receive him by faith in the Spirit. Christ, that he might represent unto us this 
spiritual and heavenly bread, hath instituted an earthly and visible bread, as a 
sacrament of his body, and wine as a sacrament of his blood, to testify by them 
unto us, that, as certainly as we receive and hold this Sacrament in our hands, and 
eat and drink the same with our mouths, by which our life is afterwards nourished, 
we also do as certainly receive by faith (which is the hand and mouth of our soul) 
the true bo.iy and blood of Christ our only Saviour in our souls, for the support of 
our spiritual life. Now, as it is certain and beyond all doubt, that Jesus Christ hath 
not enjoined to us the use of his Sacraments in vain, so he works in us all that he 
represents to us by these holy signs, though the manner surpasses our understanding, 
and cannot be comprehended by us, as the operations of the Holy Ghost, are hidden 
and incomprehensible. In the meantime we err not, when we say, that what is eaten 
and drunk by us is the proper and natural body, and the proper blood of Christ. 
But the manner of our partaking of the same, is not by the mouth, but by the Spirit 
through faith. Thus, then, though Christ always sits at the right hand of his Father 
in the heavens, yet doth he not, therefore, cease to make us partakers of himself 
by faith. This feast is a spiritual table, at which Christ communicates himself with 
all his benefits to us, and gives us there to enjoy both himself and the merits of his 
sufferings and death, nourishing, strengthening and comforting our poor comfortless 
souls, by the eating of his flesh, quickening and refreshing them by the drinking 
of his blood. Further, though the Sacraments are connected with the thing signi- 
fied, nevertheless both are not received by all men : the ungodly indeed receives 
the Sacrament to his condemnation, but he doth not receive the truth of the Sacra- 
ment. As Judas and Simon the sorcerer, both indeed received the Sacrament, but 
not Christ, who was signified by it, of whom believers only are made partakers. 
Lastly, we receive this holy Sacrament in the assembly of the people of God, with 
humility and reverence, keeping up amongst us a holy remembrance of the death 
of Christ our Saviour, with thanksgiving : making there confession of our faith and 
of the Christian religion. Therefore, no one ought to come to this table, without 
having previously rightly examined himself; lest by eating of this bread and drink- 
ing of this cup, he eat and drink judgment to himself. In a word, we are excited 
by the use of this holy Sacrament, to a fervent love towards God and our neigh- 
bour. Therefore, we reject all mixtures aud damnable inventions, which men 
have added unto and blended with the Sacraments, as profanations of them : and 
affirm that we ought to rest satisfied with the ordinance, which Christ and his apos- 
tles have taught us, and that we must speak of them in the same manner as they 
have spoken. 

XXXVI. — OF MAGISTRATES. 

We believe that our gracious God, because of the depravity of mankind, hath ap- 
pointed kings, princes and magistrates, willing that the world should be governed 
by certain laws and policies; to the end that the dissoluteness of men might be re- 
strained, and all things carried on among them with good order and decency. For 
this purpose he hath invested the magistracy with the sword, for the punishment 
of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well. And their office is, not 
only to have regard unto and watch for the welfare of the civil state ; hut also that 
they protect the sacred ministry ; and thus may remove and prevent all idolatry and 
false worship; that the kingdom of antichrist may be thus destroyed, and the king- 



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rlom of Christ promoted. They must therefore countenance the preaching of the 
"Word of the Gospel everywhere, that God may be honoured and worshipped by every 
one, as he commands in his Word, Moreover, it is the bounden duty of every one, of 
what state, quality, or condition soever he may be, to subject himself to the magis- 
trates ; to pay tribute, to show due honour and respect to them, and to obey them 
in all things which are not repugnant to the Word of God ; to supplicate for them 
in their prayers, that God may rule and guide them in all their ways, and that we 
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. Wherefore we 
detest the Anabaptists and other seditious people, and in general all those who re- 
ject the higher powers and magistrates, and would subvert justice, introduce a com- 
munity of goods, and confound that decency and good order, which God hath es- 
tablished among men. 

XXXVtl. — OF THE LAST JUDGMENT. 

Finally we believe, according to the Word of God, when the time appointed by 
the Lord (which is unknown to all creatures) is come, and the number of the elect 
complete, that our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven, corporally and visibly, 
as he ascended, with great glory and majesty to declare himself judge of the quick 
and the dead; burning this old world with fire and flame, to cleanse it. And then 
all men will personally appear before this great judge, both men and women and 
children, that have been from the beginning of the world to the end thereof, being sum- 
moned by the voice of the archangel, and by the sound of the trumpet of God. For 
all the dead shall be raised out of the earth, and their souls joined and united with 
their proper bodies in which they formerly lived. As for those, who shall then be 
living, they shall not die as the others, but be changed in the twinkling of an eye, 
and from corruptible, become incorruptible. Then the books (that is to say the 
consciences) shall be opened, and the dead judged according to what they shall 
have done in this world, whether it be good or evil. Nay, all men shall give an ac- 
count of every idle word they have spoken, which the world only counts amuse- 
ment and jest; and then the secrets and hypocrisy of men shall be disclosed and 
laid open before all. And therefore the consideration of this judgment, is justly 
terrible and dreadful to the wicked and ungodly, but most desirable and comforta- 
ble to the righteous and the elect : because then their full deliverance shall be per- 
fected, and there they shall receive the fruits of their labour and trouble which 
they have borne. Their innocence shall be known to all, and they shall see the ter- 
rible vengeance which God shall execute on the wicked, who most cruelly perse- 
cuted, oppressed and tormented them in this world ; and who shall be convicted by 
the testimony of their own consciences, and being immortal, shall be tormented in 
that everlasting fire, which is prepared for the devil and his angels. But on the 
contrary, the faithful and elect shall be crowned with glory and honour ; and the 
Son of God will confess their names before God his Father, and his elect angels ; 
all tears shall be wiped from their eyes ; and their cause, which is now condemned 
by many judges and magistrates, as heretical and impious, will then be known to 
be the cause of the Son of God. And for a gracious reward, the Lord will cause 
them to possess such a glory, as never entered into the heart of man to conceive. 
Therefore we expect that great day with a most ardent desire, to the end that we 
may fully enjoy the promises of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 

Even so, come Lord Jesus. Rev. 22 : 20. 



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CANONS, 

RATIFIED IN; THE NATIONAL SYNOD OF THE 

REFORMED CHURCH, 

HELD AT DORDRECHT, IN THE YEARS 1618 AND 1619. 



FIRST HEAD OF DOCTRINE. 



Of Divine Predestination. 

Article, I. As all men have sinned in Adam, lie under the curse, and are obnoxi- 
ous to eternal death, God would have done no injustice by leaving them all to 
perish, and delivering them over to condemnation on account of sin, according to 
the words of the Apostle, (Rom. 3 : 19,) " that every mouth may be stopped, and all 
the world may become guilty before God:" (v. 23,) "for all have sinned, and come 
short of the glory of God :" and (6 : 23,) " for the wages of sin is death." 

Art. II. But " in this the love of God was manifested, that he sent his only begot- 
ten Son into the world," " that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but 
have everlasting life." 1 John 4; 9. John 3: 16. 

Art. III. And that men may be brought to believe, God mercifully sends the 
messengers of these most joyful tidings, to whom he will, and at what time he 
pleaseth ; by whose ministry men are called to repentance and faith in Christ cruci- 
fied. (Rom. 10 : 14, 15.) " How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not 
believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard ? And 
how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall thev preach except they 
be sent?" 

Art. IV. The wrath of God abidetli upon those who believe not this Gospel. But 
such as receive it, and embrace Jesu^ the Saviour by a true and living faith, are by 
him delivered from the wrath of God an 1 from destruction, and have the gift of 
eternal life conferred upon them. 

Art. V. The cause or guilt of this unbelief as well as of all other sins, is no wise in 
God but in man himself: whereas faith in Jesus Christ, and salvation through him is 
the free gift of God, as it is written, " By grace ye are saved through faith, and that 
not of yourselves ; it is the gift of God." (Eph. 2 : 8.) " And unto you it is given 
in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him," &c. Phill. 1 : '.9. 

Art. VI. That some receive the gift of faith from God, and others do not receive 
it, proceeds from God's eternal decree, "For known unto God are all his works 
from the beginning of the world." Acts 15: IS. Eph. 1: 11. According to which 
decree, he graciously softens the hearts of the elect, however obstinate, and inclines 
them to belieA'e ; while he leaves the nonelect in his just judgment to their own 
wickedness and obduracy. And herein is especially displayed the profound, the 
merciful, and at the same time the righteous discrimination between men, equally 
involved in ruin ; or that decree of election and reprobation, revealed in th ■ v or I 
of God, which though men of perverse, impure and unstable minds, wrest it to their 
own destruction, yet to holy and pious souls affords unspeakable consolation. 

Art. VII. Election is the unchangeable purpose of God, whereby, before the 
foundation of the world, he hath, out of mere grace, according to the sovereign 
good pleasure of his own will, chosen, from the whole human race, which had fallen 
through their own fault, from their primitive state of rectitude, into sin and destruc- 
tion, a certain number of persons to redemption in Christ, whom he from eternity 
appointed the Mediator and head of the elect, and the foundation of Salvation. 

This elect number, though by nature neither better nor more deserving than 
others, but with them involved in one common misery, God hath decreed to give to 
Christ, to be saved by him, and effectually to call and draw them to his communion 
by his Word and Spirit, to bestow upon them true faith, justification and sanctifica- 
tion ; and having powerfully preserved them in the fellowship of his Son, finally, to 
glorify them for the demonstration of his mercy, and for the praise of the riches of 
his glorious grace : as it is written, " According as he hath chosen us in him, before 



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the foundation of the world, that we should he holy, and without hlame hefore him 
in love ; having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to 
himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his 
grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved." (Eph. 1 : 4-6.) And 
elsewhere, "Whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, 
them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified." Horn. 
8: 20. 

Art. VIII. There are not various decrees of election, but one and the same de- 
cree respecting all those who shall be saved both under the Old and New Testa- 
ment; since the Scripture declares the good pleasure, purpose and counsel of the 
divine will to be one, according to which he hath chosen us from eternity, both to 
grace and to glory, to salvation and the way of salvation, which he hath ordained 
that we should walk therein. 

Art. IX. This election was not founded upon foreseen faith, and the obedience 
of faith, holiness, or any other good quality or disposition in man, as the pre- 
requisite, cause or condition on which it depended ; but men are chosen to faith and 
to the obedience of faith, holiness, etc. Therefore, election is the fountain of every 
saving good; from which proceed faith, holiness, and the other gifts of salvation, 
and finally eternal life itself, as its fruits and effects, according to that of the Apos- 
tle. " He hath chosen us (not because we were, but) that we should be holy and 
without blame before him in love. Eph. 1 : 4. 

Art. X. The good pleasure of God is the sole cause of this gracious election ; 
which doth not consist herein, that God foreseeing all possible qualities of human 
actions, elected certain of these as a condition of salvation, but that he was pleased 
out of the common mass of sinners to adopt some certain persons as a peculiar 
people to himself, as it is written, " For the children being not yet born, neither 
having done any good or evil, etc., it was said (namely to Rebecca) the elder shall 
serve the younger ; as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." 
(Rom. 9 : 11-13) "And as many as were ordained to eternal life believed." Acts 
13 : 48. 

Art. XI. And as God himself is most wise, unchangeable, omniscient and omnipo- 
tent, so the election made by him can neither be interrupted nor changed, recalled 
nor annulled ; neither can the elect be cast away, nor their number diminished. 

Art. XII. The elect, in due time, though in various degrees and in different 
measures, attain the assurance of this their eternal and unchangeable election, not 
by inquisitively prying into the secret and deep things of God ; but by observing in 
themselves with a spiritual joy and holy pleasure, the infallible fruits of election 
pointed out in the Word of God ; such as a true faith in Christ, filial fear, a godly 
sorrow for sin, a hungering and thirsting after righteousness, etc. 

Art. XIII. The sense and certainty of this election afford to the children of God 
additional matter for daily humiliation before him, for adoring the depth of his 
mercies, and rendering grateful returns of ardent love to him who first manifested 
so great love towards them. The consideration of this doctrine of election is so far 
from encouraging remissness in the observance of the divine commands, or from 
sinking men into carnal security, that these, in the just judgment of God, are the 
usual effects of rash presumption or of idle and wanton trifling with the grace of 
election, in those who refuse to walk in the ways of the elect. 

Art. XIV. As the doctrine of divine election by the most wise counsel of God, 
was declared by the prophets, by Christ himself, and by the apostles, and is clearly 
revealed in the Scriptures both of the Old and New Testament; so it is still to be 
published in due time and place in the Church of God, for which it was peculiarly 
designed, provided it be done with reverence, in the spirit of discretion and piety, 
for the glory of God's most holy name, and for enlivening and comforting his peo- 
ple, without vainly attempting to investigate the secret ways of the Most High. 

Art. XV. What peculiarly tends to illustrate and recommend to us the eternal 
and unmerited grace of election, is the express testimony of sacred Scripture, that 
not all, but some only, are elected, while others are passed by in the eternal de- 
cree; whom God, out of his sovereign, most just, irreprehensible and unchangeable 
good pleasure, hath decreed to leave in the common misery into which they have 
wilfully plunged themselves, and not to bestow upon them saving faith and the 
grace of conversion ; but permitting them in his just judgment to follow their 
own way, at last for the declaration of his justice, to condemn and punish them for 
ever, not only on account of their unbelief, but also for all their other sins. And 
this is the decree of reprobation which by no means makes God the author of sin, 
(the very thought of which is blasphemy), but declares him to be an awful, irrepre- 
hensible, and i-ighteous judge and avenger. 

Art. XVI. Those who do not yet experience a lively faith in Christ, an assured 
confidence of soul, peace of conscience, an earnest endeavour after filial obedience, 
and glorying in God through Christ, efficaciously wrought in them, and do never- 
theless persist in the use of the means which God hath appointed for working these 
graces in us, ought not to be alarmed at the mention of reprobation, nor to rank 
themselves among the reprobate, but diligently to persevere in the use of means, 






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and with ardent desires devoutly and humbly to wait for a season of richer grace. 
Much less cause have they to be terrified by the doctrine of reprobation, wlio, 
though they seriously desire to be turned to God, to please him only, and to be de- 
livered from the body of death, cannot yet reach that measure of holiness and 
faith to which they aspire; since a merciful God has promised that he will not 
quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed. But this doctrine is justly 
terrible to those, who, regardless of God, and of the Saviour Jesus Christ, have 
wholly given themselves up to the cares of the world, and the pleasures of the 
flesh, so long as they are not seriously converted to God. 

Art. XVII. Since we are to judge of the will of God, from his Word, which 
testifies that the children of believers are holy, not by nature, but in virtue of the 
covenant of grace, in which they together with the parents, are comprehended, 
godly parents have no reason to doubt of the election and salvation of their chil- 
dren whom it pleaseth God to call out of this life in their infancy. 

Art. XVIII. To those who murmur at the free grace of election, and just severity 
of reprobation, we answer with the Apostle : " Nay but, man, who art thou that 
repliest against God?" (Rom. 9: 20); and quote the language of our Saviour, "Is 
it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?" (Matt. "20; 15.) And 
therefore with holy adoration of these mysteries, we exclaim in the words of the 
apostle : " the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how 
unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath 
known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his counsellor ? or who hath first 
given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through 
him, and to him are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen." 



SECOND HEAD OF DOCTRINE. 



Of the death of Christ, and the redemption of men 
thereby. 

Art. I. God is not only supremely merciful, but also supremely just. And his 
justice requires (as he hath revealed himself in his Word) that our sins committed 
against his infinite majesty should be punished, not only with temporal, but with 
eternal punishments, both in body and soul; which we cannot escape, unless satis- 
faction be made to the justice of God. 

Art. II. Since therefore we are unable to make that satisfaction in our own per- 
sons, or to deliver ourselves from the wrath of God, he hath been pleased of his in- 
finite mercy to give his only begotten Son, for our surety, who was made sin, and 
became a curse for us and in our stead, that he might make satisfaction to divine 
justice on our behalf. 

Art. III. The death of the Son of God is the only and most perfect sacrifice and 
satisfaction for sin ; is of infinite worth and value, abundantly sufficient to expiate 
the sins of the whole world. 

Art. IV. This death derives its infinite value and dignity from these considera- 
tions ; because the person who submitted to it was not only really man, and per- 
fectly holy, but also the only begotten Son of God, of the same eternal and infinite 
essence with the Father and Holy Spirit, which qualifications were necessary to con- 
stitute him a Saviour for us ; and because it was attended with a sense of the wrath 
and curse of God due to us for sin. 

Art. V. Moreover the promise of the Gospel is, that whosoever believeth in Christ 
crucified, shall not perish, but have everlasting life. This promise, together with 
the command to repent and believe, ought to be declared and published to all na- 
tion 1 ;, and to all persons promiscuously and without distinction, to whom God out of 
his good pleasure sends the Gospel. 

Art. VI. And, whereas many who are called by the Gospel, do not repent nor 
believe in Christ, but perish in unbelief; this is not owing to any defect or insuffi- 
ciency in the sacrifice offered by Christ upon the cross, but is wholly to be imputed 
to themselves. 

Art. VII. But as many as truly believe, and are delivered and saved from sin 
and destruction through the death of Christ, are indebted for this benefit solely to 
the grace of God given them in Christ from everlasting, and not to any merit of 
their own. 

Art. VIII. For this was the sovereign counsel and most gracious will and pur- 
pose of God the Father, that the quickening and saving efficacy of the most precious 
death of his Son, should extend to all the elect, for bestowing upon them alone the 
gift of justifying faith, thereby to bring them infallibly to salvation : that is, it was 
the will of God, that Christ by the blood of the cross, whereby he confirmed the new 



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covenant, should effectually redeem out of every people, tribe, nation, and lan- 
guage, all those, and those only, who were from eternity chosen to salvation, and 
given to him by the Father ; that he should confer upon them faith, which together 
with all the other saving gifts of the Holy Spirit, he purchased for them by his death ; 
should purge them from all sin, both original and actual, whether committed before 
or after believing; and having faithfully preserved them even to the end, should at 
last bring them free from every spot and blemish to the enjoyment of glory in his 
own presence for ever. 

Art. IX. This purpose proceeding from everlasting love towards the elect, has 
from the beginning of the world to this day been powerfully accomplished, and will 
henceforward still continue to be accomplished, notwithstanding all the ineffectual 
opposition of the gates of hell: so that the elect in due time may be gathered to- 
gether into one, and that there never may be wanting a Church composed of be- 
lievers, the foundation of which is laid in the blood of Christ, which may stead- 
fastly love and faithfully serve him as their Saviour, who as a bridegroom for 
his bride, laid down his life for them upon the cross ; and which may celebrate 
his praises here and through all eternity. 



THIRD AND FOURTH HEADS OF DOCTRINE. 



Of tlic corruption of man, his conversion to God, and the 
manner thereof. 

Art.l. Man was originally formed after the image of God. His understanding 
was adorned with a true and and saving knowledge of his Creator, and of spiritual 
things ; his heart and will were upright ; all his affections pure ; and the whole Man 
was holy : but revolting from God by the instigation of the devil, and abusing the 
freedom of his own will, he forfeited these excellent gifts : and on the contrary en- 
tailed on himself blindness of mind, horrible darkness, vanity and perverseness of 
judgment ; became wicked, rebellious, and obdurate in heart and will, and impure 
in his affections. 

Art. II. Man after the fall begat children in his own likeness. A corrupt stock 
produced a corrupt offspring. Hence all the posterity of Adam, Christ only except- 
ed, have derived corruption from their original parent, not by imitation, as the 
Pelgians of old asserted, but by the propagation of a vicious nature. 

Art. III. Therefore all men are conceived in sin, and are by nature children of 
wrath, incapable of any saving good, prone to evil, dead in sin, and in bondage 
thereto ; and without the regenerating grace of the Holy Spirit, they are neither 
able nor willing to return to God, to reform the depravity of their nature, nor to 
dispose themselves to reformation. 

Art. IV. There remain, however, in man since the fall, the glimmerings of natu- 
ral light, whereby he retains some knowledge of God, of natural things, and of the 
difference between good and evil, and discovers some regard for virtue, good order 
in society, and for maintaining an orderly external deportment. But so far is this 
light of nature from being sufficient to bring him to a saving knowledge of God, and 
to true conversion, that he is incapable of using it aright even in things natural and 
civil. Nay farther, this light, such as it is, man in various ways renders wholly 
polluted, and holds it in unrighteousness , by doing which he becomes inexcusable 
before God. 

Art. V. In the same light are we to consider the law of the decalogue, delivered 
by God to his peculiar people the Jews, by the hands of Moses. For though it dis- 
covers the greatness of sin, and more and more convinces man thereof, yet as it 
neither points out a remedv, nor imparts strength to extricate him from misery, and 
thus being weak through the flesh, leaves the transgressor under the curse, man 
cannot by this law obtain saving grace. 

Art. VI. What therefore neither the light of nature nor the law could do, that 
God performs by the operation of his Holy Spirit through the word or ministry of 
reconciliation : which is the glad tidings concerning the Messiah, by means whereof 
it hath pleased God to save such as believe, as well under the Old, as under the 
New Testament. 

Art. VII. This mystery of his will, God discovered to but a small rrr 1 or under 
the Old Testament; under the New, he reveals himself to many, without any dis- 
tinction of people. The cause of this dispensation is not to be ascribed to the su- 
perior worth of one nation above another, nor to their making a better use of the 
light of nature, but results wholly from the sovereign good pleasure and unmerited 
love of God. Hence they, to whom so great and so gracious a blessing is communi- 
cated, above their desert, or rather notwithstanding their demerits, are bound to 
acknowledge it with humble and grateful hearts, and with the apostle to adore, not 



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curiously to pry into the severity and justice of God's judgments displayed in 
others, to whom this grace is not given. 

Art. VIII. As many as are called by the Gospel, are unfeignedly called : for God 
hath most earnestly and truly declared in his word, what will be acceptable to him ; 
namely, that all who are called, should comply with the invitation. He moreover 
seriously promises eternal life and rest, to as many as shall come to him, and be- 
lieve on him. 

Art. IX. It is not the fault of the Gospel, nor of Christ offered therein, nor of 
God, who calls men by the Gospel, and confers upon them various gifts, that those 
who are called by the ministry of the Word, refuse to come and be converted. The 
fault lies in themselves ; some of whom when called, regardless of their danger, re- 
ject the word of life ; others, though they receive it, suffer it not to make a lasting 
impression on their heart; therefore, their joy, arising only from a temporary faith, 
soon vanishes, and they fall away ; while others choke the seed of the word by per- 
plexing cares, and the pleasures of this world, and produce no fruit. This our Sa- 
viour teaches in the parable of the sower. Matt. 13. 

Art. X. But that others who are called by the Gospel, obey the call and are con- 
verted, is not to be ascribed to the proper exercise of free will, whereby one distin- 
guishes himself above others equally furnished with grace sufficient for faith and 
conversion, as the proud heresy of Pelagius maintains ; but it must be wholly to 
God, who, as he hath chosen his own from eternity in Christ, so he confers upon 
them faith and repentance, rescues them from the power of darkness, and translates 
them into the kingdom of his own son, that they may show forth the praises of him, 
who hath called them out of darkness into his marvellous light ; and may glory not 
in themselves, but in the Lord, according to the testimony of the apostles in various 
places. 

Art. XI. But when God accomplishes his good pleasure in the elect, or works in 
them true conversion, he not only causes the Gospel to be externally preached to 
them, and powerfully illuminates their minds by his Holy Spirit, that they may 
rightly understand and discern the things of the Spirit of God ; but by the efficacy 
of the same regenerating Spirit, he pervades the inmost recesses of the man ; he 
opens the closed, and softens the hardened heart, and circumcises that which was 
uncircumcised ; infuses new qualities into the will, which, though heretofore dead, 
he quickens ; from being evil, disobedient, and refractory, he renders it good, obe- 
dient and pliable ; actuates and strengthens it, that like a good tree, it may bring 
forth the fruits of good actions. 

Art. XII. And this is the regeneration so highly celebrated in Scripture and de- 
nominated a new creation ; a resurrection from the dead : a making alive, which 
God works in us without our aid. But this is no wise effected merely by the exter- 
nal preaching of the Gospel, by moral suasion, or such a mode of operation, that 
after God has performed his part, it still remains in the power of man to be regene- 
rated or not, to be converted or to continue unconverted ; but it is evidently a su- 
pernatural work, most powerful, and at the same time most delightful, astonishing, 
mysterious and ineffable; not inferior in efficacy to creation or the resurrection 
from the dead, as the Scripture inspired by the author of this work declares ; so 
that all in whose hearts God works in this marvellous manner, are certainly, infalli- 
bly and effectually regenerated, and do actually believe. Whereupon the will 
thus renewed, is not only actuated and influenced by God, but in consequence of 
this influence, becomes itself active. Wherefore also, man is himself rightly said to 
believe and repent, by virtue of that grace received. 

Art. XIII. The manner of this operation cannot be fully comprehended by be- 
lievers in this life. Notwithstanding which, they rest satisfied with knowing and 
experiencing, that by this grace of God they are enabled to believe with the heart, 
and to love their Saviour. 

Art. XIV. Faith is therefore to be considered as the gift of God, not on account 
of its being offered by God to man, to be accepted or rejected at his pleasure ; but 
because it is in reality conferred, breathed, and infused into him ; nor even because 
God bestows the power or ability to believe, and then expects that man should, by 
the exercise of his own free will, consent to the terms of salvation, and actually be- 
lieve in Christ ; but because he who works in man both to will and to do, and indeed 
all things in all, produces both the will to believe and the act of believing also. 

Art. XV. God is under no obligation to confer this grace upon any ; for how can 
he be indebted to man, who had no previous gift to bestow as a foundation for such 
recompense? Nay, who has nothing of his own but sin and falsehood? He there- 
fore who becomes the subject of this grace, owes eternal gratitude to God, and gives 
him thanks for ever. Whoever is not made partaker thereof, is either altogether 
regardless of these spiritual gifts and satisfied with his own condition; or, is in no 
apprehension of danger, and vainly boasts the possession of that which he has not. 
With respect to those, who make an external profession of faith, and live regular 
lives, we are bound after the example of the Apostle to judge and speak of them in 
the most favourable manner ; for the secret recesses of the heart are unknown to us. 



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And as to others, who have not yet been called, it is our duty to pray for them to 
God, who calleth those things which be not, as though they were. But we are in no 
wise to conduct ourselves towards them with haughtiness, as if we had made our- 
selves to differ. 

Art. XVI. But as man by the fall did not cease to be a creature endowed with 
understanding and will, nor did sin, which pervaded the whole race of mankind, 
deprive him of the human nature, but brought upon him depravity, and spiritual 
death ; so also this grace of regeneration, does not treat men as senseless stocks and 
blocks, nor takes away their will and its properties, neither does violence thereto ; 
but spiritually quickens, heals, corrects, and at the same time sweetly and power- 
fully bends it: that where carnal rebellion and resistance formerly prevailed, a 
ready and sincere spiritual obedience begins to reign ; in which the true and spiri- 
tual restoration and freedom of our will consist. Wherefore, unless the admirable 
author of every good work, wrought in us, man could have no hope of recovering 
from his fall by his own free will, by the abuse of which, in a state of innocence, he 
plunged himself into ruin. 

Art. XVII. As the almighty operation of God, whereby he prolongs and supports 
this our natural life, does not exclude, but requires the use of means, by which God 
of his infinite mercy and goodness hath chosen to exert his influence ; so also the 
beforementioned supernatural operation of God, by which we are regenerated, in 
no wise excludes or subverts the use of the Gospel, which the most wise God has 
ordained to be the seed of regeneration, and food of the soul. Wherefore as the 
apostles, and the teachers who succeeded them, piously instructed the people con- 
cerning this grace of God, to his glory, and the abasement of all pride, and in the 
meantime, however, neglected not to keep them by the sacred precepts of the Gos- 
pel in the exercise of the Word, the sacraments and discipline : so even to this day, 
be it far from either instructors or instructed to presume to tempt God in the Church, 
by separating what he of his good pleasure hath most intimately joined together. 
For grace is conferred by means of admonitions ; and the more readily we perform 
our duty, the more eminent usually is this blessing of God working in us, and the 
more directly is his work advanced ; to whom alone all the glory both of means, 
aud their saving fruit and efficacy, is for ever due. Amen. 



FIFTH HEAD OF DOCTRINE. 



Of the Perseverance of the Saints. 

Art. I. Whom God calls, according to his purpose, to the communion of his Son 
our Lord Jesus Christ, and regenerates by the Holy Spirit, he delivers also from 
the dominion and slavery of sin in this life ; though not altogether from the body 
of sin and from the infirmities of the flesh, so long as they continue in this world. 

Art. II. Hence spring daily sins of infirmity, and hence spots adhere to the best 
works of the saints ; which furnish them with constant matter for humiliation before 
God and flying for refuge to Christ crucified ; for mortifying the flesh more and 
more by the spirit of prayer and by holy exercises of piety ; and for pressing for- 
ward to the goal of perfection, till being at length delivered from this body of death, 
they are brought to reign with the Lamb of God in heaven. 

Art. III. By reason of these remains of indwelling sin, and the temptations of 
sin and of the world, those who are converted could not persevere in a state of 
grace, if left to their own strength. But God is faithful, who having conferred 
grace, mercifully confirms and powerfully preserves them therein, even to the end. 

Art. IV. Although the weakness of the flesh cannot prevail against the power of 
God, who confirms and preserves true believers in a state of grace, yet converts 
are not always so influenced and actuated by the Spirit of God, as not in some par- 
ticular instances, sinfully to deviate from the guidance of divine grace, so as to be 
seduced by, and to comply with the lusts of the flesh ; they must therefore be con- 
stant in watching and prayer, that they be not led into temptation. When these are 
neglected, they are not only liable to be drawn into great and heinous sins, by 
Satan, the world and the flesh, but sometimes by the righteous permission of God 
actually fall into these evils. This, the lamentable fall of David, Peter, and other 
saints described in Holy Scriptures, demonstrates. 

Art. V. By such enormous sins, however, they very highly offend God, incur a 
deadly guilt, grieve the Holy Spirit, interrupt the exercise of faith, very grievously 
wound their consciences, and sometimes lose the sense of God's favour, for a time, 
until on their returning into the right way by serious repentance, the light of God's 
fatherly countenance again shines upon them. 



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Art. VI. But God, who is rich in mercy, according to his unchangeable purpose of 
election, does not wholly withdraw the Holy Spirit from his own people, even in 
their melancholy falls ; nor suffer them to proceed so far as to lose the grace of 
adoption, and forfeit the state of justification, or to commit the sin unto death ; nor 
does he permit them to be totally deserted, and to plunge themselves into everlast- 
ing destruction. 

Art. VII. For in the first place, in these falls he preserves in them the incor- 
ruptible seed of regeneration from perishing or being totally lost; and again, by 
his Word and Spirit, he certainly and effectually renews them to repentance, to a 
sincere and godly sorrow for their sins, that they may seek and obtain remission in 
the blood of the Jiediator, may again experience the favour of a reconciled God, 
through faith adoie his mercies, and henceforward more diligently work out their 
own salvation with iear and trembling. 

Art. VIII. Thus, it is not in consequence of their own merits or strength, but of 
God's free mercy, that they do not totally fall from faith and grace, nor continue 
and perish finally in their backslidings ; which, with respect to themselves is not only 
possible, but would undoubtedly happen ; but with respect to God, it is utterly im- 
possible, since his counsel cannot be changed, nor his promise fail, neither can the 
call according to his purpose be revoked, nor the merit, intercession and preserva- 
tion of Christ be rendered ineffectual, nor the sealing of the Holy Spirit be frus- 
trated or obliterated. 

Ait. IX. Of this preservation of the elect to salvation, and of their perseverance 
in the faith, true believers for themselves may and do obtain assurance according 
to the measure of their faith, whereby they arrive at the certain persuasion, that 
they ever will continue true and living members of the Church ; and that they ex- 
perience forgiveness of sins, and will at last inherit eternal life. 

Art. X. This assurance, however, is not produced by any peculiar revelation 
contrary to, or independent of the Word of God; but springs f:om faith in God's 
promises, which he has most abundantly revealed in his Word for our comfort ; 
from the testimony of the Holy Spirit, witnessing with our spirit, that we are chil- 
dren and heirs of God (Rom. 8: 16); and lastly, from a serious and holy desire to 
preserve a good conscience, and to perform good works And if the elect of God 
were deprived of this solid comfort, that they shall finally obtain the victory ; and 
of this infallible pledge or earnest of eternal glory, they would be of all men the 
most miserable. 

Art. XI. The Scripture moreover testifies, that believers in this life have to strug- 
gle with various carnal doubts, and that under grievous temptations they are not 
always sensible of this full assurance of faith, and certainty of persevering. But 
God, who is the Father of all consolation, does not suffer them to be tempted above 
that they are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that 
they may be able to bear it; (1 Cor. 10: 13): and by the Holy Spirit again inspires 
them with the comfortable assurance of persevering. 

Art. XII. This certainty of perseverance, however, is so far from exciting in be- 
lievers a spirit of pride, or of rendering them carnally secure, that on the contrary, 
it is the real source of humility, filial reverence, true piety, patience in every tribu- 
lation, fervent prayers, constancy in suffering, and in confessing the truth, and of 
solid rejoicing in God : so that the consideration of this benefit should serve as an 
incentive to the serious and constant practice of gratitude and good works, as ap- 
pears from the testimonies of Scripture and the examples of the saints. 

Art. XIII. Neither does renewed confidence of persevering produce licentious- 
ness or a disregard to piety, in those who are recovered from backsliding : but it 
renders them much more careful and solicitous to continue in the ways of the Lord, 
which he hath ordained, that they who walk therein may maintain an assurance of 
persevering; lest by abusing his Fatherly kindness, God should turn away his gra- 
cious countenance from them, to behold which is to the godly dearer than life ; the 
withdrawing whereof is more bitter than death; and they in consequence hereof 
should fall into mor- grievous torments of conscience. 

Art XIV. And as it hath pleased God, by the preaching of the Gospel, to begin 
this work of grace in us, so he preserves, continues, and perfects it by the hearing 
and reading of his Word, by meditation thereon, and by the exhortations, threaten- 
ings, and promises thereof, as well as by the use of the Sacraments. 

Art. XV. The carnal mind is unable to comprehehend this doctrine of the perse- 
verance of the saints, and the certainty thereof; which God hath most abundantly 
revealed in his "Word, for the glory of his name, and the consolation of pious souls, 
and which he impresses upon the hearts of the faithful. Satan abhors it ; the world 
ridicules it ; the ignorant and hypocrite abuse, and heretics oppose it. But the 
spouse of Christ hath always most tenderly loved and constantly defended it, as an 
inestimable treasure: and God, against whom neither counsel nor strength can pre- 
vail, will depose her to continue this conduct to the end. Now, to this one God, 
Father, Sox, and Holt Spirit, be honour and glory, for ever Amen. 



CANONS. 



CONCLUSION. 

And this is the perspicuous, simple, and ingenuous declaration of the orthodox 
doctine respecting the five articles which have been controverted in the Belgic 
churches ; and the rejection of the errors, with which they have for some time been 
troubled. This doctrine, the Synod judges to be drawn from the "Word of God, and 
to be agreeable to the confession of the Reformed Churches. "Whence it clearly 
appears, that some, whom such conduct by no means became, have violated all 
truth, equity, and charity, in wishing to persuade the public : 

"That the doctrine of the Reformed churches concerning predestination, and the 
points annexed to it, by its own genius and necessary tendency, leads off the minds 
of men from all piety and religion : that it is an opiate administered by the flesh 
and the devil; and the strong hold of Satan, where he lies in wait for all ; and from 
which he wounds multitudes, and mortally strikes through many with the darts both 
of despair and security ; that it makes God the author of sin, unjust, tyrannical, 
hypocritical: that it is nothing more than an interpolated Stoicism, HI anicheism, 
Libertinism, Turkism : that it renders men carnally secure, since they are persuaded 
by it that nothing can hinder the salvation of the elect, let them live as they please ; 
and therefore, that they may safely perpetrate every species of the most atrocious 
crimes ; and that, if the reprobate should even perforin truly all the works of the 
saints, their obedience would not in the least contribute to their salvation : that the 
same doctrine teaches, that God, by a mere arbitrary act of his will, without the 
least respect or view to any sin, has predestinated the greatest part of the world to 
eternal damnation ; and, has created them for this very purpose : that in the same 
manner in which the election is the fountain and cause of faith and good works, 
reprobation is tne cause of unbelief and impiety : that many children of the faith- 
ful are torn, guiltless, from their mothers' breasts, and tyrannically plunged into 
hell; so that, neither baptism nor the prayers of the Church at their baptism, can at 
all profit them:" and many other things of the same kind, which the Reformed 
Churches not only do not acknowledge, but even detest with their whole soul. 

Wherefore, this Synod of Dort, in the name of the Lord, conjures as many as 
piously call upon the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ, to judge of the faith of the 
Reformed Churches, not from the calumnies which, on every side, are heaped upon 
it ; nor from the private expressions of a few among ancient and modern teachers, 
often dishonestly quoted, or corrupted and wrested to a meaning quite foreign to 
their intention ; but from the public confessions of the churches themselves, and 
from this declaration of the orthodox doctrine, confirmed by the unanimous consent 
of all and each of the members of the whole Synod. Moreover, the Synod warns 
calumniators themselves, to consider the terrible judgment of God which awaits them, 
for bearing false witness against the confessions of so many churches ; for distress- 
ing the consciences of the weak ; and for labouring to render suspected the society 
of the truly faithful. Finally, this Synod exhorts all their brethren in the Gospel of 
Christ, to conduct themselves piously and religiously in handling this doctrine, 
both in the universities and churches ; to direct it, as well in discourse as in writing, 
to the glory of the Divine Name, to holiness of life, and to the consolation of af- 
flicted souls ; to regulate, by the Scripture, according to the analogy of faith, no' 
only their sentiments, but also their language ; and, to abstain from all those phrases 
which exceed the limits necessary to be observed in ascertaining the genuine sense 
of the Holy Scriptures, and may furnish insolent sophists with a just pretext for vio- 
lently assailing, or even vilifying, the doctrine of the Reformed Churches. 

May Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who, seated at the Father's right hand, gives 
gifts to men, sanctify us in the truth ; bring to the truth those who err; shut the 
mouths of the calumniators of sound doctrine, and endue the faithful ministers of his 
Word with the spirit of wisdom and discretion, that all their discourses may tend to 
the glory of God, and the edification of those who hear them. Amen. 

That this is our faith and decision, we certify by subscribing our names. 

Here follow the names, not only of president, assistant president, an d secrk- 
taries of the Synod, and of the professors of theology in the Dutch Churches ; 
but of all the members who were deputed to the Synod, as the Representa- 
tives of their respective Churches; that is, of the Delegates from Great 
Britain, the electoral Palatinate, Hessia, Switzerland, Wetteraw, the Republic 
and Church of Geneva, the Republic and Church of Bremen, the Republic and 
Church of Emden, the Duchy of Gelderland, and of Zutphen, South Holland, 
North Holland, Zealand, the province of Utrecht, Friesland, Transylvania, the 
State of Groningea and Omland, Drent, and the French Churches. 



THE LITURGY 

OF THE 

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ou, 

THE FORMS USED THEREIN. 
I. CHRISTIAN PRAYERS. 

A PRAYER ON THE LORD'S DAY, BEFORE SERMON. 

O Eternal God, and most merciful Father, we humbly pros- 
trate ourselves before thy high majesty, against which we have 
so often and grievously offended ; and acknowledge, if thou 
shouldst enter into judgment with us, that we have deserved 
nothing but eternal death : for besides that we all are by 
original sin, unclean in thy sight and children of wrath, con- 
ceived in sin and brought forth in iniquity, whereby all man- 
ner of evil lusts, striving against thee and our neighbour, 
dwell within us ; we have also indeed, frequently and without 
end, transgressed thy precepts, neglected what thou hast com- 
manded us, and done what thou hast expressly forbidden us. 
We have strayed like sheep, and have greatly offended against 
thee, which we acknowledge, and are heartily sorry for ; nay, 
we confess to our shame, and to the praise of thy mercy 
towards us, that our sins are more than the hairs of our head, 
and that we are indebted ten thousand talents, but not able 
to pay. Wherefore we are not worthy to be called thy 
children; nor to lift up our eyes towards heaven, to pour out 
our prayers before thee. 



PRAYERS. 47 

Nevertheless, Lord God, and merciful Father, knowing 
that thou dost not desire the death of a sinner, but that he 
may turn from his wickedness and live ; and that thy mercy 
is infinite, which thou showest unto those who return to 
thee ; we heartily call upon thee, trusting in our Mediator 
Jesus Christ, who is that Lamb of God that taketh away the 
sins of the world, and we beseech thee, to commiserate our 
infirmity, forgiving us all our sins for Christ's sake. Wash 
us in the pure fountain of his blood, that we may become 
clean and white as snow. Cover our nakedness with his 
innocence and righteousness, for the glory of thy name's 
sake : clear our understanding of all blindness, and our hearts 
of all hardness and pride. 

Open the mouth of thy servant at present, and replenish 
him with thy wisdom and knowledge, that he may purely and 
confidently set forth thy word ; prepare also our hearts, that 
we may hear, understand, and keep the same : write thy laws 
(according to thy promise) in the tables of our hearts, and 
strengthen us to delight and walk in the same, to the praise 
and glory of thy name, and to the edification of thy church. 
gracious Father, we ask for, and desire all these things in 
the name of Jesus Christ, who hath taught us thus to pray : 
Our Father, etc. 



Almighty and merciful God, we acknowledge in ourselves, 
and confess before thee, as the truth is, that we are not 
worthy to lift up our eyes towards heaven, and to present 
our prayers before thee, if thou shouldst respect our merits 
and worthiness : for our consciences accuse us, and our sins 
bear witness against us ; we also know that thou art a right- 
eous judge, punishing the sins of those, who transgress thy 
commandments. But, O Lord, since thou hast commanded 
us to call upon thee in all times of necessity, and hast of 
thine ineffable mercy promised to hear our prayers, not be- 
cause of our merits, which are none, but for the merits of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, whom thou hast appointed to be our 
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48 l i t tr e a y. 

Mediator and Advocate : therefore, we forsake all other help, 
and take our refuge to thy merpy alone. 

Especially, O Lord, besides the innumerable benefits, which 
thou showest to all mankind in general on earth, thou hast 
in particular bestowed manifold favours on us, which we are 
not able to comprehend or express : for thou hast deliver- 
ed us from the woful slavery of the devil, and all idolatry, 
wherein we were held, and hast brought us to the light of 
thy truth, and to the knowledge of thy Holy Gospel. On 
the contrary, we have by our ingratitude been regardless of 
these thy benefits; we have departed from thee, and have 
followed our own devices, not honouring thee as was our 
bounden duty to do. Thus have we, O Lord, grievously 
sinned, and highly offended thee, and we can expect nothing 
else than everlasting death and damnation, if thou shouldst 
deal with us according to our deserts. Yea, we also perceive, 
O Lord, by the chastisement which thou daily art inflicting 
on us, that thou art justly displeased with us ; for since thou 
art just, thou wilt punish no man without cause : and we also 
see thine hand stretched out further to punish us. But 
though thou shouldst punish us more severely than thou 
hast hitherto done, nay, though all the plagues fell upon us, 
wherewith thou didst visit the sins of thy people Israel, wc 
must still confess that thou wouldst do us no injustice. 

But, O Lord, thou art our God, and we are but dust and 
ashes ; thou art our Creator, and we are thy handy work ; 
thou art our Shepherd, and we are thy sheep ; thou art our 
Redeemer, and we are those whom thou hast redeemed ; thou 
art our Father, and we are thy children and heirs. Therefore, 
do not punish us in thine anger, but chastise us mercifully, 
and preserve that work, which thou hast of thy mercy begun 
in us, that the whole world may know and acknowledge thee 
to be our God and Saviour. Thy people Israel frequently 
offended thee, and thou didst justly punish them ; but as oft 
as they turned themselves again to thee, thou didst always 
mercifully receive them into favour. And though their sins 
and transgressions were ever so great, thou didst always avert 
thy wrath and punishment prepared for them, by reason of the 



PRAYERS. 49 

covenant which thou hadst made with thy servants, Abraham, 
Isaac, and Jacob; so that thou never hast refused to hear the 
prayers of thy people. And we have of thy mercy even that 
same covenant, which thou hast erected in the hand of Jesus 
Christ our Mediator, between thee and ah believers : nay, it 
is now more glorious and efficacious, since Christ hath rati- 
fied and confirmed the same by his holy suffering and death, 
and entrance into his glory. Therefore, O Lord, forsaking 
ourselves, and all human assistance, we fly for succour to this 
blessed covenant of grace, by means whereof our Lord Jesus 
Christ, having offered his body once on the cross as a perfect 
sacrifice for us, hath reconciled us with thee for ever. There- 
fore, O Lord, look upon the face of thine anointed, and not 
on our sins, that thine anger may be appeased by his in- 
tercession : and cause thy face to shine on us to our joy and 
salvation. 

Take us henceforth into thy holy guidance and protection, 
and govern us by thy Holy Spirit, who, daily more and more 
mortifying our flesh with all its lusts, renews us to a better 
life, and produces in us fruits of true faith ; that hereby thy 
name may be glorified and praised to all eternity, and that 
we despising all transitory tnings, may with an ardent desire 
fix our thoughts only on things heavenly. 

And inasmuch as it is thy pleasure that we should pray 
for all mankind, we beseech thee, to extend thy blessing on 
the doctrine of thy Holy Gospel, that it may be preached 
and accepted every where ; that the whole world may be 
filled with thy saving knowledge ; that the ignorant may be 
converted, the weak strengthened ; that every one not only 
in word, but also in deed, may magnify and sanctify thy 
Holy Name. Send forth, for this end, faithful labourers into 
thy harvest : and also replenish them with thy grace, that 
they may faithfully serve before thee. On the contrary, 
utterly destroy all false teachers, ravenous wolves, and hire- 
lings, who seek their own honour and advantage, and not 
the glory of thy Holy Name, nor the welfare and salvation of 
souls. Be also pleased graciously to preserve and govern all 
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50 L I T U R Q Y. 

unity of true faith, and in godliness of life, that thy kingdom 
may daily increase, and that of Satan be destroyed, till thy 
kingdom is perfected, when thou shalt be all in all. 

Particularly we pray for these United States of America ; 
keep them under thy holy protection ; prosper them in their 
agriculture, manufactures, commerce and literature; and let 
their civil and religious rights be preserved inviolate to the 
latest posterity. 

Bless and long preserve thy servant, the President of 
the United States. Bless the Vice-President ; the Senate 
and House of Representatives, when in congress assembled. 
Bless all placed in authority throughout the states, and 
especially in the state wherein we reside; the Governor, 
the Magistrates, and all others entrusted with powers, either 
legislative or executive. Replenish them all with thy grace 
and heavenly gifts, each in the respective calling and state 
wherein thou hast placed him, that they may wisely govern 
and strenuously protect the people whom thou hast com- 
mitted to their care, faithfully defend thy worship, and rightly 
administer justice. Preside with thy Holy Spirit in their 
assemblies, that in all cases they may resolve nothing but 
what is good and becoming, and let the laws be happily 
executed ; that these United States being preserved from all 
enemies, the evil doers punished, and the just protected, thy 
name thereby may be praised, and the kingdom of the King 
of kings, Christ Jesus, promoted: and that we may lead a 
quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 

Moreover we pray for our brethren who are under per- 
secution or tyranny. Comfort them with thy Holy Spirit and 
mercifully deliver them: suffer not thy Church wholly to be 
destroyed, nor the remembrance of thy name to be abolished 
from the face of the earth, lest the enemies of thy truth 
triumph to the dishonouring and blaspheming of thy name. 
But if it is thy divine will, that the suffering Christians 
should die for the glory of thy name, and by their death 
witness unto the truth, comfort them in their sufferings, that 
they, considering them as coming from thy fatherly hand, 
may therefore, doing thy will, remain steadfast, whether in 



PRAYERS. 51 

life or death ; to thy glory, to the edification of thy Church, 
and to their salvation. We likewise beseech thee for all 
those whom thou dost afflict, with poverty, imprisonment, 
sickness of body, or trouble of mind ; comfort them all, O 
Lord, according to their several necessities. Grant that their 
chastisement may bring them to the knowledge of their sins, 
and to an amendment of their lives. Give them also firm 
patience ; alleviate their sufferings ; and finally deliver them 
that they may rejoice in thy goodness and eternally praise 
thy name. 

And now, O Lord, take us, together with all that belongs 
to or concerns us, in thy keeping. Grant that we may live 
in our respective callings according to thy will, and so use 
the gifts which we receive of thy blessing, that they may not 
impede, but rather further us to life eternal. Strengthen us 
in all temptations, that we striving in true faith, may over- 
come, and hereafter enjoy with Christ life eternal. 

We ask thee for all these things, as our faithful Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ himself hath taught us ; Our 
Father, etc. 

Afterwards the congregation is dismissed with the usual 
blessing : 

RECEIVE THE BLESSING OF THE LORD. 

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : 

The Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gra- 
cious unto thee : 

The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee 
peace. 

A PRAYER BEFORE THE EXPLANATION OF THE CATECHISM. 

O Heavenly Father, thy word is perfect, converting the 
soul; a sure testimony, making wise the simple, enlightening 
the eyes of the blind ; and a powerful means unto salvation, 
for all those who believe. And whereas we are not only 
blind by nature, but even incapable of doing any good: 
and also since thou wilt help none but those who are of a 
broken and contrite heart; we beseech thee to enlighten our 



52 -LITURGY. 

understanding with thy Holy Spirit, and give us a meek 
heart, free from all haughtiness and carnal knowledge, that 
we, hearing thy word, may rightly understand it, and regu- 
late our life accordingly. Be graciously pleased to convert 
all those who still stray from thy truth, that we may, toge- 
ther with them, unanimously serve thee in true holiness and 
righteousness all the days of our life. 

We crave all these things for Christ's sake, who hath thus 
taught us to pray in his name, and promised to hear us; Our 
Father, etc. 

A PRAYER AFTER THE EXPLANATION OF THE CATECHISM. 

O Gracious God, and merciful Father, we give thee hearty 
thanks that it hath pleased thee, not only to take us, but also 
our little children, into thy covenant, which thou hast riot 
only sealed unto them, by holy baptism, but also daily show- 
est, when thou perfectest thy praise out of their mouths, thus 
to cause the wise of the world to blush. We beseech thee, 
increase thy grace in them, that they may always grow and 
increase in Christ thy Son ; till they acquire their perfect 
manly age in all knowledge and righteousness. Give us 
grace that we may educate them, as thou hast commanded 
us, in thy knowledge and fear, so that by their godliness the 
kingdom of Satan may be destroyed, and the kingdom of 
Jesus Christ strengthened in this and other congregations, 
to the glory of thy Holy Name, and to their eternal salva- 
tion, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 



A PRAYER BEFORE SERMON IN THE WEEK. 

Heavenly Father, eternal and merciful God, we acknowl- 
edge and confess before thy divine majesty, that we are poor 
miserable sinners, conceived in sin, and born in iniquity, prone 
to all evil, unfit for any good ; and that we, by our sinful 
life, continually transgress thy holy commandments, whereby 
we provoke thine anger against us, and according to thy 
righteous judgment, expose ourselves unto eternal damnation. 
But, O Lord, we repent and are sorry that we have offended 



PRAYERS. 53 

thee; we bewail our transgressions, beseeching that thou wiit 
graciously pity our misery. Have compassion on us, O most 
bounteous God and Father, and forgive us all our sins, for 
that holy passion of thy well beloved Son Jesus Christ. Grant 
us also the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that we may, with all 
our hearts, study to know our own unrighteousness, and sin- 
cerely abhor ourselves ; that sin may be mortified in us, and 
we may be raised up to a new life ; that we may bring forth 
genuine fruits of holiness and righteousness, which through 
Jesus Christ are acceptable to thee. Give us to understand 
thy holy word according to thy divine will, that we may 
learn thereby to put our whole trust in thee alone, and with- 
draw it from all creatures ; that also our old man, with all the 
affections thereof, may be daily more and more crucified ; 
and that we may offer up ourselves unto thee a living sacri- 
fice, to the glory of thy Holy Name, and to the edification 
of our neighbours ; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who hath 
taught and commanded us to pray ; Our Father, etc. 



A PRATER AFTER SERMONT IN THE WEEK. 

Lord God Almighty, let not thy Holy Name be profaned 
for our sins, for we have divers ways sinned against thee, 
since we are not obedient to thy holy Word, as we ought io 
be, and through ignorance and murmuring daily stir up thine 
anger against us : wherefore thou dost justly punish us ; but 
O Lord, be mindful of thy great mercy, and have compassion 
on us. Give us knowledge of, and repentance for our sins, 
and amendment of our lives. Strengthen the ministers of 
thy Church, that they may faithfully and steadfastly declare 
thy holy word ; and the magistrates of thy people, that they 
may bear the sword with equity and prudence. Preserve us 
from all deceit and unfaithfulness. Confound all evil and 
subtle counsels taken against thy word and Church. O Lord, 
Avithhold not from us thy Spirit and word, but grant us in- 
crease of faith ; and in all trouble and adversity, patience and 
constancy. Assist thy Church; deliver her from all affliction, 
derision and persecution. Strengthen also the weak and sor- 



5i LITURGY. 

rowful of heart, and send us thy peace, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, who hath given us this sure promise : verily, verily , 
/ say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ash of the Father in my 
name, he loill give it you ; and hath commanded us to pray ; 
Our Father, etc. 

A MORNING PRAYER. 

O Merciful Father, we thank thee, that thou hast in faith- 
fulness watched over us the night past : and we beseech thee to 
strengthen, and henceforth guide us by thy Holy Spirit, that 
we may spend this, and all the days of our lives, in all right- 
eousness and holiness; and that whatsoever we undertake, we 
may always aim at the promoting of thy glory, and expect all 
the success of our undertakings from thy bountiful hand alone. 
And to the end that we may obtain this mercy of thee, be 
pleased (according to thy promise) to forgive all our sins, 
through the holy passion and blood-shedding of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ ; for we heartily repent of them. 
Enlighten also our hearts, that we, having cast off all works 
of darkness, may as children of light walk in a new life in 
all godliness. Bless also the preaching of thy gospel. De- 
stroy all works of the devil. Strengthen all ministers of the 
gospel, and magistrates of thy people. Comfort all those 
who are persecuted and afflicted in mind, through Jesus 
Christ thy beloved Son, who hath promised us, that thou 
wilt certainly give us whatsoever we shall ask in his name, 
and therefore hath commanded us to pray ; Our Father, etc. 



AN EVENING PRAYER. 

O Merciful God, eternal light, shining in darkness, thou 
who dispellest the night of sin, and all blindness of heart ; 
since thou hast appointed the night for rest and the day for 
labour, we beseech thee, grant that our bodies may rest in 
peace and quietness, that afterwards they may be able to en- 
dure the labour they must bear. Temper our sleep, that it 
be not disorderly, that we may remain spotless both in body 
and soul, nay, that our sleep itself may be to thy glory. En- 



PRAYEHS. 55 

lighten the eyes of our understanding, that we may not sleep 
in death ; but always look for deliverance from this misery. 
Defend us against all assaults of the devil, and take us into 
thy holy protection. And although we have not passed this 
day, without having greatly sinned against thee, we beseech 
thee to hide our sins with thy great mercy as thou hidest all 
things on earth with the darkness of the night, that we 
therefore may not be cast out from thy presence. Relieve 
and comfort all those, who are afflicted or distressed in mind, 
body or estate, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who hath 
taught us to pray ; Our Father, etc. 



A PRAYER AT THE OPENING OF THE CONSISTORY. 

Heavenly Father, eternal and merciful God, it hath pleased 
thee of thy infinite wisdom and goodness to gather a Church 
to thyself out of all nations upon the face of the earth, by 
the preaching of thy holy gospel, and to govern the same by 
the service of men. Thou hast also graciously called us up to 
this office, and commanded us to take heed unto ourselves 
and unto the flock, which Christ hath bought with his pre- 
cious blood. Since we are at this present assembled in thy 
Holy Name, after the example of the Apostolic churches, to 
consult, as our office requires, about those things which may 
come before us, for the welfare and edification of thy churches, 
for which we acknowledge ourselves to be unfit and incapable, 
as we are by nature unable of ourselves to think any good, 
much less to put it in practice : therefore, we beseech thee, O 
faithful God and Father, that thou wilt be pleased to be pres- 
ent with thy Holy Spirit, according to thy promise, in the 
midst of our present assembly, to guide us in all truth. Re- 
move from us all misapprehensions and unbecoming desires 
of the flesh, and grant that thy holy word may be the only 
rule and guide of all our consultations, that they may tend 
to the glory of thy name, to the edification of thy Church, 
and to the discharge of our own consciences, through Jesus 
Christ thy Son, who with thee and the Holy Ghost, the only 
true God, is eternally to be praised an4 magnified. Amen. 
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56 LITURGY. 



A PRAYER AT THE CLOSE OF THE CONSISTORY. 

Lord God and heavenly Father, we heartily thank thee, 
that thou hast been pleased to gather a Church to thyself in 
this part of the world, and to use our services therein, grant- 
ing us the privilege, that we may freely and without hin- 
drance preach thy holy gospel, and exercise all the duties of 
godliness. Moreover we thank thee, that thou now hast been 
present with thy Holy Spirit in the midst of this our assem- 
bly, directing our determinations according to thy will, 
uniting our hearts in mutual peace and concord. We be- 
seech thee, O faithful God and Father, that thou wilt gra- 
ciously be pleased to bless our intended labour, and effectu- 
ally to execute thy begun work : always gathering unto thy- 
self a true Church, and preserving the same in the pure doc- 
trine, and in the right use of thy holy sacraments, and in a 
diligent exercise of discipline. On the contrary, destroy all 
evil and crafty councils, which are devised against thy word 
and Church. Strengthen also all the ministers of thy Church, 
that they may faithfully and steadfastly declare thy holy 
word : and the magistrates of thy people, that they may bear 
the sword with righteousness and discretion. Particularly 
we pray for those, whom thou hast been pleased to put in 
authority over us, both those of higher and lower dignity, 
and especially for the worshipful magistrates of this city. 
Grant that their whole government may be thus directed, 
that the King of all kings may rule over them and their 
fellow-citizens, and that the kingdom of the devil (which is a 
kingdom of scandal and reproach) may, daily, more and 
more be destroyed and brought to naught by them as thy 
servants, and that we, with them, may lead a quiet and 
peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. Hear us, O God 
and Father, through Jesus Christ thy beloved Son, who, 
with thee and the Holy Ghost, the only and true God, is 
eternally to be magnified and praised. Amen. 



PEAYEES. 57 

A PRAYER AT THE MEETING OF THE DEACONS. 

Merciful God and Father, thou who hast not only said 
unto us, that we should always have the poor with us, but 
hast also commanded that they should be assisted, and for 
that end hast ordained the service of Deacons in thy Church, 
by whom they might be relieved. As we, who are called to 
the office of Deacons in this congregation, are here at present 
met in thy name, to consult together concerning our minis- 
try, therefore we humbly beseech thee for the sake of Jesus 
Christ, that thou wilt be pleased to endue us with the spirit 
of discretion, to the end that we may rightly discern who 
are really poor and who are not : and that we may with all 
cheerfulness and fidelity, distribute the alms collected by us 
to every one according to his necessity, not leaving the indi- 
gent members of thy beloved Son comfortless, neither giving 
to those who are not in want Kindle within the hearts of 
men an ardent love towards the poor, that they may liberally 
give of their temporal goods, of which thou hast made them 
stewards : and that we, having the means in hand to assist 
the indigent, may faithfully, without vexation, and with a 
free heart, perform our office. Grant us also the talents, to 
comfort the miserable not only with the external gift, but also 
with the holy word. And since man doth not live by bread 
alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of thy mouth, 
be pleased therefore to extend thy blessing over our distri- 
butions, and increase the bread of the poor, that both we 
and they may have reason to praise and thank thee : expect- 
ing the blessed coming of thy beloved Son Jesus Christ, who 
became poor for our sakes, to make us rich in eternity. 
Amen. 

GRACE BEFORE MEAT. 

Psalm 145: 15, 16. "The eyes of all wait upon thee, 
and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou open- 
est thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing." 

Almighty God, who hast created all things, and dost still 
maintain and govern them by thy divine power, and didst 



58 LITURGY. 

feed thy people Israel in the wilderness ; bless us thy poor 
servants, and sanctify these thy gifts, which we receive from 
thy bountiful goodness, that we may temperately and holily 
use them according to thy will, and thereby acknowledge 
that thou art our Father, and the fountain of all good. Grant 
also that we may at all times and above all things seek for 
that spiritual bread of thy word, with which our souls are 
fed to life eternal, which thou hast prepared for us by the 
holy blood of thy beloved Son Jesus Christ. Amen. 
Our Father, etc. 

Also our Lord Jesus Christ admonishes us : 

Luke 21 : 34, 35. "And take heed to yourselves, lest at 
any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and 
drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come 
upon you unawares : for as a snare shall it come on all them 
that dwell on the face of the whole earth." 

GRACE AFTER MEAT. 

Thus speaketh the Lord, in the fifth book of Moses, chap. 
8 : 10, 11 : "When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou 
shalt bless the Lord thy God, for the good land which he 
hath given thee. Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy 
God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, 
and his statutes which I command thee this day." 

O Lord God and heavenly Father, we thank thee for all 
thy benefits, which we without intermission receive from 
thy bountiful hand ; we bless thy divine will, for preserving 
us in this mortal life, and for supplying all our wants ; but 
especially for our regeneration unto the hope of a better life, 
which thou hast revealed unto us by the gospel. We be- 
seech thee, merciful God and Father, not to suffer our hearts 
to be fixed on these earthly and corruptible things ; but that 
we may always look up to heaven, expecting thence our Sa- 
viour Jesus Christ, until he appear in the clouds for our de- 
liverance. Amen. 

Our Father, etc. 



P1UYEES. 59 

A PRAYER FOR SICK AND TEMPTED PERSONS. 

O Almighty, eternal, righteous God, and merciful Father, 
who art Lord of life and death, and without whose will, noth- 
ing is done in heaven nor in earth ; although we are not 
worthy to call upon thy name, nor to hope that thou wilt hear 
us, when we consider how we have hitherto employed our 
time; we beseech thee that thou wilt be pleased of thy mercy 
to look upon us in the face of Jesus Christ, who has taken 
all our infirmities on him. We acknowledge that we are 
utterly incapable of any good and prone to all evil, where- 
fore we have justly merited this punishment, yea, have de- 
served much more. But Lord, thou knowest that we are 
thy people, and that thou art our God : we have no other 
refuge than to thy mercy, which thou never hast withheld 
from any one who turned himself to thee. Therefore we 
beseech thee not to impute our sins unto us, but to account 
the wisdom, righteousness and holiness of Jesus Christ, to 
us, that we may in him be able to stand before thee. Deliver 
us for his sake from these sufferings, that the wicked may 
not think that thou hast forsaken us. And if it is thy plea- 
sure longer thus to try us, give us strength and patience to 
bear all such, according to thy will, and let all turn according 
to thy wisdom to our profit. Rather chastise us here, than 
hereafter to be lost with the world. Grant that we may die 
to this world, and all earthly things, and that we may daily 
more and more be renewed after the image of Jesus Christ. 
Suffer us not to be separated by any means from thy love ; 
but draw us daily nigher and nigher unto thee, that we may 
enter upon the end of our calling with joy ; which is, to die, 
to rise again, and to live with Christ in eternity. We also 
believe that thou wilt hear us through Jesus Christ, who 
hath taught us to pray ; Our Father, etc. 

Strengthen us also in the true faith, which we believe in 
our hearts and profess with our mouths: I believe in 
God, etc. 



60 LITURGY. 

or thus: 

Eternal merciful God and Father, the eternal salvation of 
the living and the everlasting life of the dying ; seeing that 
thou hast death and life in thy hand alone, and takest such 
care of us continually, that neither health nor sickness, nor 
any good or evil can befall us, nay, not a hair can fall from 
our head, without thy will; and since thou dost order all 
things for the good of thy people; we beseech thee, grant 
us the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to teach us rightly to ac- 
knowledge our misery, and patiently to bear thy chastenings, 
which we have deserved ten thousand times more severe. 
We know that they are not the evidences of thy wrath, but 
of thy fatherly love towards us, that we should not be con- 
demned with the world. O Lord, increase our faith in thine in- 
finite mercy, that we may be more and more united to Christ, 
as members to their spiritual head, to whom thou wilt make 
us conform in sufferings and in glory. Lighten the cross, so 
that our weakness may be able to bear it. We submit our- 
selves entirely to thy holy will, whether thou art pleased to 
continue our souls longer in these tabernacles, or to take 
them into eternal life, since we belong to Christ, and there- 
fore shall not perish. We would willingly leave this weak 
body in hopes of a blessed resurrection, when it shall be 
restored to us much more glorious. Grant us to experience 
the blessed comfort of the remission of sins, and of justifi- 
cation through Christ, that we by that shield may overcome 
all the assaults of Satan. May his innocent blood wasl| 
away all the stain and uncleanness of our sins, and his right- 
eousness answer for our unrighteousness in thy last judg- 
ment. Arm us with faith and hope, that we may not be 
ashamed nor confounded by the terror of death ; but when 
our bodily eyes are closing in darkness, may the eyes of our 
souls be directed towards thee; and when thou shalt have de- 
prived us of the use of our tongues, may our hearts never 
cease to call upon thee. O Lord, we commit our souls into 
thy hands, forsake us not in our last extremity, and that only 
for the sake of Jesus Christ, who hath taught us to pray ; 
Our Father, etc. I believe in God, etc. 



BAPTISM. 61 

II. SACRAMENTAL FORMS. 
THE ADMINISTRATION OF BAPTISM. 

The principal parts of the doctrine of Holy Baptism are 
these three : 

First. That we with our children are conceived and born 
in sin, and therefore are children of wrath, in so much that we 
cannot enter into the kingdom of God, except we are born 
again. This, the dipping in or sprinkling with water teaches 
us, whereby the impurity of our souls is signified, and we 
are admonished to loathe and humble ourselves before God, 
and seek for our purification and salvation without ourselves. 

Secondly. Holy Baptism witnesseth and sealeth unto us 
the washing away of our sins through Jesus Christ. There- 
fore we are baptized in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holt Ghost. For when we are baptized in 
the name of the Father, God the Father witnesseth and seal- 
eth unto us, that he doth make an eternal covenant of grace 
with us, and adopts us for his children and heirs, and there- 
fore will provide us with every good thing, and avert all 
evil or turn it to our profit. And when we are baptized in 
the name of the Son, the Son sealeth unto us, that he doth 
wash us in his blood from all our sins, incorporating us into 
the fellowship of his death and resurrection, so that we are 
freed from all our sins and accounted righteous before God. 
In like manner, when we are baptized in the name of the 
Holy Ghost, the Holy Ghost assures us, by this Holy Sacra- 
ment, that he will dwell in us, and sanctify us to be members 
of Christ, applying unto us that which we have in Christ, 
namely, the washing away Of our sins and the daily renewing 
of our lives, till we shall finally be presented without spot or 
wrinkle among the assembly of the elect in life eternal. 

Thirdly. Whereas in all covenants, there are contained 
two parts : therefore are we by God through Baptism, ad- 
monished of, and obliged unto new obedience, namely, that 
we cleave to this one God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost ; 
that we trust in him and love him with all our heart, with 
all our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength ; 



62 LITURGY. 

that we forsake the world, crucify our old nature, and walk 
in a new and holy life. 

And if we sometimes through weakness fall into sin, we 
must not therefore despair of God's mercy, nor continue in 
sin, since Baptism is a seal and undoubted testimony that we 
have an eternal covenant of grace with God. 

I. TO INFANTS OF BELIEVERS. 

And although our young children do not understand these 
things, we may not therefore exclude them from Baptism ; 
for as they are, without their knowledge, partakers of the 
condemnation in Adam, so are they again received unto grace 
in Christ ; as God speaketh unto Abraham the father of all 
the faithful, and therefore unto us and our children (Gen. 
17: 7), saying, "I will establish my covenant between me 
and thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for 
an everlasting covenant ; to be a God unto thee, and to thy 
seed after thee." This also the Apostle Peter testifieth, 
with these words (Acts 2 : 39), "For the promise is unto 
you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even 
as many as the Lord our God shall call." Therefore God 
formerly commanded them to be circumcised, which was a 
seal of the covenant, and of the righteousness of faith ; and 
therefore Christ also embraced them, laid his hands upon 
them and blessed them (Mark 10 : 16). 

Since then Baptism is come in the place of circumcision, 
therefore infants are to be baptized as heirs of the kingdom 
of God, and of his covenant. And parents are in duty bound, 
further to instruct their children herein, when they shall 
arrive at years of discretion. 

That therefore this holy ordinance of God, may be admin- 
istered to his glory, to our comfort, and to the edification of 
his Church, let us call upon his Holy Name. 

PRATER. 

O Almighty and eternal God, we beseech thee, that thou 
wilt be pleased of thine infinite mercy, graciously to look 
upon these children, and incorporate them by thy Holy 
Spirit into thy Son Jesus Christ, that they may be buried 
with him into his death, and be raised with him in newness 



INFANT BAPTISM. 63 

of life; that they may daily follow him, joyfully hearing 
their cross, and cleave unto him in true faith, firm hope, and 
ardent love : that they may, with a comfortable sense of thy 
favour, leave this life, which is nothing but a continual death, 
and at the last day, may appear without terror before the 
judgment seat of Christ thy Son, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost, one only God, 
lives and reigns for ever. Amen. 

AN EXHORTATION TO THE PARENTS. 

Beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ, you have heard that 
Baptism is an ordinance of God, to seal unto us and to our 
seed his covenant. Therefore it must be used for that end, 
and not out of custom or superstition. That it may then be 
manifest, that you are thus minded, you are to answer sin- 
cerely to these questions. 

First. Do you acknowledge, that although our children 
are conceived and born in sin, and therefore are subject to 
all miseries, yea, to condemnation itself; yet that they are 
sanctified* in Christ, and therefore, as members of his 
Church, ought to be baptized ? 

Secondly. Do you acknowledge the doctrine which is 
contained in the Old and New Testament, and in the articles 
of the Christian faith, and which is taught here in the Chris- 
tian Church, to be the true and perfectf doctrine of salvation ? 

Thirdly. Do you promise and intend to see these chil- 
dren, when come to the years of discretion (whereof thou 
art either parent or witness), instructed and brought up in 
the aforesaid doctrine, or help or cause them to be instructed 
therein, to the utmost of your power ? Answer. Yes. 

Then the minister of God's word, in baptizing shall say : 

N., I baptize thee, in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

THANKSGIVING. 

Almighty God and merciful Father, we thank and praise 
thee, that thou hast forgiven us, and our children, all our 
sins, through the blood of thy beloved Son Jesus Christ, and 
received us through thy Holy Spirit, as members of thy only 

* My children, Ezek. 16 : 21. They are, holy, 1 Cor, 7: 14. 
t D. Volkomene— complete. 



64 



LITURGY. 



begotten Son, and adopted us to be thy children, and sealed 
and confirmed the same unto us by Holy Baptism. We be- 
seech thee, through the same Son of thy love, that thou wilt 
be pleased always to govern these baptized children by thy 
Holy Spirit ; that they may be piously and religiously edu- 
cated, increase and grow up in the Lord Jesus Christ ; that 
they then may acknowledge thy fatherly goodness and 
mercy, which thou hast shown to them and us, and live in 
all righteousness, under our only Teacher, King and High 
Priest, Jesus Christ; and manfully fight against, and over- 
come sin, the devil and his whole dominion, to the end that 
they may eternally praise and magnify thee, and thy Son 
Jesus Christ, together with the Holy Ghost, the one only 
true God. Amen. 

II. TO ADULT PERSONS. 

However children of Christian parents (although they 
understand not this mystery) must be baptized by virtue of 
the covenant; yet it is not lawful to baptize those who are 
come to years of discretion, except they first be sensible of 
their sins, and make confession both of their repentance and 
faith in Christ. For this cause did not only John the Bap- 
tist preach (according to the command of God) the baptism 
of repentance, and baptize for the remission of sin, those 
who confessed their sins (Mark 1:4); but our Lord Jesus 
Christ also commanded his disciples to teach all nations, and 
then to baptize them, in the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost, adding this promise: "He that 
believeth and is baptized, shall be saved." According to 
which rule, the Apostles (Acts 2 : 10, 16), baptized none who 
were of years of discretion, but such as made confession of 
their faith and repentance. Therefore it is not lawful now to 
baptize any other adult persons, than such as have been 
taught the mysteries of Holy Baptism by the preaching of 
the gospel, and are able to give an account of their faith by 
the confession of the mouth. 

Since therefore you N. are also desirous of Holy Baptism, 
to the end, it may be to you a seal of your ingrafting into the 
Church of God; that it may appear that you do not only 



ADULT BAPTISM. 65 

receive the Christian religion, in which you have been 
privately instructed by us, and of which also you have made 
confession before us, but that you (through the grace of 
God) intend and purpose to lead a life according to the same ; 
you are sincerely to give answer before God and his church ; 

First : Dost thou believe in the only true God, distinct in 
three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, who hath made 
heaven and earth, and all that in them is, of nothing, and 
still maintains and governs them, insomuch that nothing 
comes to pass, either in heaven or on earth, without his 
divine will? Answer. Yes. 

Secondly. Dost thou believe that thou art conceived and 
born in sin, and therefore art a child of wrath by nature, 
wholly incapable of doing any good, and prone to all evil ; and 
that thou hast frequently, both in thought, word, and deed, 
transgressed the commandments of the Lord: and art thou 
heartily sorry for these sins? Answer. Yes. 

Thirdly. Dost thou believe that Christ, who is the true 
and eternal God, and very man, who took his human nature 
on him out of the flesh and blood of the Virgin Mary, is 
given thee of God, to be thy Saviour ; and that thou dost 
receive by this faith remission of sins in his blood; and that 
thou art made by the power of the Holy Ghost, a member 
of Jesus Christ and of his Church ? Answer. Yes. 

Fourthly. Dost thou assent to all the articles of the 
Christian religion, as they are taught here in this Christian 
Church, according to the word of God ; and purpose stead- 
fastly to continue in the same doctrine to the end of thy 
life ; and also dost thou reject all heresies and schisms, re- 
pugnant to this doctrine, and promise to persevere in the 
communion of our Christian Church, not only in the hearing 
of the word, but also in the use of the Lord's Supper ? Ans- 
wer. Yes. 

Fifthly. Hast thou taken a firm resolution always to lead 
a Christian life ; to forsake the world and its evil lusts, as is 
becoming the members of Christ and his Church ; and to 
submit thyself to all Christian admonitions ? Answer. Yes. 

The good and great God mercifully grant his grace and 
blessing to this your purpose, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 



66 L I T IT E G Y. 

THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. 

Beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ, attend to the words 
of the institution of the Holy Supper of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, as they are delivered by the holy Apostle Paul, 1 
Cor. 11: 23-30. 

" For I have received of the Lord, that which I also de- 
livered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in 
which he was betrayed, took bread ; and when he had given 
thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this is my body, 
which is broken for you, this do in remembrance of me. 
And after the same manner, also, he took the cup when he 
had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my 
blood ; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of 
me : for as oft as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do 
show the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore, whosoever 
shall eat this bread, and drink this cup, of the Lord un- 
worthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that 
bread, and drink of that cup ; for he that eateth and drink- 
eth unworthily, eateth and drinketh ^damnation to himself, 
not discerning the Lord's body." 

That we may now celebrate the Supper of the Lord to our 
comfort, it is above all things necessary ; 

First. Rightly to examine ourselves. Secondly. To di- 
rect the Supper to that end, for which Christ hath ordained 
and instituted the same, namely, to his remembrance. 

I. The true examination of ourselves, consists of these 
three parts. 

First, That every one consider by himself, his sins and 
the curse due to him for them, to the end that he may abhor 
and humble himself before God : considering that the wrath 
of God against sin is so great, that (rather than it should go 
unpunished) he hath punished the same in his beloved Son 
Jesus Christ, with the bitter and shameful death of the cross. 

Secondly. That every one examine his own heart, whether 
he doth believe this faithful promise of God, that all his sins 
are forgiven him, only for the sake of the passion and death 
*Gr. KQlfld.—D. OordeeL— K Judgment, condemnation. 



or 

of Jesus Christ ; and that the perfect righteousness of Christ 
is imputed and freely given him as his own, yea, so perfectly 
as if he had satisfied in his own person for all his sins, and 
fulfilled all righteousness. 

Thirdly. That every one examine his own conscience, 
whether he purposeth henceforth to show true thankfulness 
to God in his whole life, and to walk uprightly before him ; 
as also, whether he hath laid aside unfeignedly all enmity, 
hatred, and envy, and doth firmly resolve henceforward to 
walk in true love and peace with his neighbour. 

All those, then, who are thus disposed, God will certainly 
receive in mercy, and count them worthy partakers of the 
table of his Son Jesus Christ. On the contrary, those who 
do not feel this testimony in their hearts, eat and drink 
judgment to themselves. 

Therefore, we also, according to the command of Christ 
and the Apostle Paul, admonish all those who are defiled 
with the following sins, to keep themselves from the table of 
the Lord, and declare to them that they have no part of the 
kingdom of Christ; such as all idolaters; all those who in- 
voke deceased saints, angels, or other creatures ; all those 
who worship images ; all enchanters, diviners, charmers, and 
those who confide in such enchantments; all despisers of God 
and his word, and of the Holy Sacraments ; all blasphemers ; 
all those who are given to raise discord, sects, and mutiny, 
in church or state ; all perjured persons ; all those who are 
disobedient to their parents and superiors ; all murderers, 
contentious persons, and those who live in hatred and envy 
against their neighbours; all adulterers, whoremongers, 
drunkards, thieves, usurers, robbers, gamesters, covetous ; 
and all who lead offensive lives. 

All these, while they continue in such sins, shall abstain 
from this meat (which Christ hath ordained only for the 
faithful), lest their judgment and condemnation be made the 
heavier. But this is not designed (dearly beloved brethren 
and sisters in the Lord) to deject the contrite hearts of the 
faithful, as if none might come to the Supper of the Lord, 
but those who are without sin. For we do not come to this 
Supper, to testify thereby that we are perfect and righteous 



68 LIT IT KG Y. 

in ourselves; but on the contrary, considering that we seek 
our life out. of ourselves in Jesus Christ, we acknowledge 
that we lie in the midst of death. Therefore, notwithstand- 
ing we feel many infirmities and miseries in ourselves, as 
namely, that we have not perfect faith, and that we do not 
give ourselves to serve God with such zeal as we are bound, 
but have daily to strive with the weakness of our faith, and the 
evil lusts of our flesh; yet, since we are (by the grace of the 
Holy Ghost) sorry for these weaknesses, and earnestly de- 
sirous to fight against our unbelief, and to live according to 
all the commandments of God : therefore we rest assured 
that no sin or infirmity, which still remaineth against our 
will, in us, can hinder us from being received of God in 
mercy, and from being made worthy partakers of this 
heavenly meat and drink. 

II. Let us now also consider, to what end the Lord hath 
instituted his Supper, namely, that we do it in remembrance 
of him. Now after this manner are we to remember him 
by it. 

First. That we are confidently persuaded in our hearts, 
that our Lord Jesus Christ (according to the promises made 
to our forefathers in the old Testament) was sent of the 
Father into the world : that he assumed our flesh and blood ; 
that he bore for us the wrath of God (under which we should 
have perished everlastingly,) from the beginning of his in- 
carnation to the end of his life upon earth ; that he fulfilled, 
for us, all obedience to the divine law and righteousness, 
especially, when the weight of our sins and the wrath of 
God pressed out of him the bloody sweat in the garden, 
where he was bound that we might be freed from our sins; 
that he afterwards suffered innumerable reproaches, that we 
might never be confounded ; that he was innocently con- 
demned to death, that we might be acquitted at the judg- 
ment-seat of God; yea, that he suffered his blessed body to 
be nailed on the cross, that he might affix thereon the hand- 
writing of our sins ; that he also took upon himself the curse 
due to us, that he might fill us with his blessings; and hum- 
bled himself unto the deepest reproach and pains of hell, 
both in body and soul, on the tree of the cross, when he 



LORD'S SUPPER. 69 

cried out with a loud voice, My God, my God! why hast 
thou forsaken me? that we might be accepted of God, and 
never be forsaken of him : and finally confirmed with his 
death and shedding of his blood, the new and eternal testa- 
ment, that covenant of grace and reconciliation, when he 
said, It is finished. 

And, that we might firmly believe that we belong to this 
covenant of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ, in his last Supper, 
" took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and 
gave it to his disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is my body 
which is broken for you, this do in remembrance of me ; in 
like manner also after supper, he took the cup, gave thanks 
and said, Drink ye all of it ;. this cup is the new testament 
in my blood, which is shed for you and for many, for the 
remission of sins; this do ye as often as ye drink it in re- 
membrance of me." That is, as often as ye eat of this bread, 
and drink of this cup, you shall thereby as by a sure remem- 
brance and pledge, be admonished and assured of this my 
hearty love' and faithfulness towards you : that whereas you 
should otherwise have suffered eternal death, I have given 
my body to the death of the cross, and shed my blood for 
you; and as certainly feed and nourish your hungry and 
thirsty soul with my crucified body and shed blood to ever- 
lasting life, as this bread is broken before your eyes, and this 
cup is given to you, and you eat and drink the same with 
your mouth, in remembrance of me. 

From this institution of the Holy Supper of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, we see that he directs our faith and trust to 
his perfect sacrifice (once offered on the cross) as to the only 
ground and foundation of our salvation, wherein he is be- 
come to our hungry and thirsty souls, the true meat and 
drink of life eternal. For by his death he hath taken away 
the cause of our eternal death and misery, namely, sin : and 
obtained for us the quickening Spirit, that we by the same 
(which dwelleth in Christ as in the Head, and in us as his 
members) might have true communion with him, and be 
made partakers of all his blessings, of life eternal, righteous- 
ness and glory. 



^0 LITURGY. 

Besides, that we by the same Spirit may also be united as 
members of one body in true brotherly love, as the holy 
Apostle saith, For we, being many, are one bread and one 
body ; for we are all partakers of that one bread. For as out 
of many grains one meal is ground and one bread baked, and 
out of many berries being pressed together, one wine floweth 
and mixeth itself together ; so shall we all, who by a true 
faith are ingrafted into Christ, be altogether one body, 
through brotherly love, for Christ's sake, our beloved Saviour, 
who hath so exceedingly loved us : and not only show this 
in word, but also in very deed towards one another. 

Hereto assist us, the Almighty God and Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, through his Holy Spirit. Amen. 

That we may obtain all this, let us humble ourselves before 
God, and with true faith implore his grace. 

PRAYER. 

Most merciful God and Father, we beseech thee, that 
thou wilt be pleased in this Supper (in which we celebrate 
the glorious remembrance of the bitter death of thy beloved 
Son Jesus Christ) to work in our hearts through the Holy 
Spirit, that we may daily more and more with true confi- 
dence, give ourselves up unto thy Son Jesus Christ, that our 
afflicted and contrite hearts, through the power of the Holy 
Ghost, may be fed and comforted with his true body and 
blood ; yea, with him, true God and man, that only heavenly 
bread : and that we may no longer live in our sins, but he 
in us, and we in him, and thus truly be made partakers of 
the new and everlasting testament, and of the covenant of 
grace : that we may not doubt but thou wilt for ever be our 
gracious Father, never more imputing our sins unto us, and 
providing us with all things necessary, as well for the body 
as the soul, as thy beloved children and heirs. Grant us also 
thy grace, that we may take upon us our cross cheerfully, 
deny ourselves, confess our Saviour, and in all tribulations, 
with uplifted heads expect our Lord Jesus Christ from hea- 
ven, where he will make our mortal bodies like unto his most 
glorious body, and take us unto him in eternity. Amen; 
Our Father, etc. 



71 

Strengthen us also by this Holy Supper in the Catholic 
undoubted Christian faith, whereof we make confession with 
our mouths and hearts, saying : 

I believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of 

HEAVEN AND EARTH ; AND IN JeSUS CHRIST HIS ONLY SON OUR 

Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of 
the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was 
crucified, dead and buried, he descended into hell i the 
third day he rose again from the dead, he ascended into 
heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of god the father 
Almighty: from thence he shall come to judge the quick 
and the dead. 

i believe in the holy ghost*, the holy catholic 
Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of 
sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

That we may be now fed with the true heavenly bread, 
Christ Jesus, let us not cleave with our hearts unto the ex- 
ternal bread and wine, but lift them up on high in heaven, 
where Christ Jesus is our advocate, at the right hand of his 
heavenly Father, whither all the articles of our faith lead us ; 
not doubting, but we shall as certainly be fed and refreshed 
in our souls through the working of the Holy Ghost, with 
his body and blood, as we receive the holy bread and wine 
in remembrance of him. 

In breaking and distributing the bread, the Minister shall say : 

The bread which we break, is the communion of the body 
of Christ. 

And when he giveth the cup : 

The cup of blessing, which we bless, is the communion 
of the blood of Christ. 

During the communion , a psalm shall or may be devoutly sung, 
or some chapter read, in remembrance of the death of Christ, as 
Isaiah 53, John, 13-18, or the like. 

After the communion, the Minister shall say : 

Beloved in the Lord, since the Lord hath now fed our 
souls at his table, let us therefore jointly praise his Holv 
Name with thanksgiving, and every one say in his heart, thus ; 

Bless the Lord, O my soul ; and all that is within me, 
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72 LITURGY. 

bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget 
not all his benefits. 

Who forgiveth thine iniquities ; who healeth all thy dis- 
eases : Who redeemeth thy life from destruction, who 
crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies. 

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plen- 
teous in mercy. He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his 
mercy towards them that fear him. As far as the East is 
from the West, so far hath he removed our transgressions 
from us. Like as a Father pitieth his children, so the Lord 
pitieth them that fear him. 

Who hath not spared his own Son, but delivered him up 
for us all, and given us all things with him. Therefore God 
commendeth therewith his love towards us, in that while we 
were yet sinners, Christ died for us ; much more then, be- 
ing now justified in his blood, we shall be saved from wrath 
through him. For, if when we were enemies, we were re- 
conciled to God by the death of his Son ; much more being 
reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. Therefore shall my 
mouth and heart show forth the praise of the Lord from this 
time forth for ever more. Amen. 

Let every one say with an attentive heart : 

O ! Almighty, merciful God and Father, we render thee 
most humble and hearty thanks, that thou hast of thy in- 
finite mercy, given us thine only begotten Son, for a mediator 
and a sacrifice for our sins, and to be our meat and drink 
unto life eternal ; and that thou givest us lively faith, where- 
by we are made partakers of such thy benefits. Thou hast 
also been pleased, that thy beloved Son Jesus Christ should 
institute and ordain his Holy Supper for the confirmation of 
the same. Grant, we beseech thee, O faithful God and Father, 
that through the operation of thy Holy Spirit, the commemo- 
ration of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ may tend to 
the daily increase of our faith, and saving fellowship with 
him, through Jesus Christ thy Son, in whose name we con- 
clude our prayers, saying : Our Father, etc. 



CHUKCH DISCIPLINE. 73 

III. FORMS OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE. 
EXCOMMUNICATION. 

Beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ ; it is known unto you, 
that we have several times, and by several methods declared 
unto you the great sin committed, and the heinous offence 
given by our fellow member N., to the end that he, by your 
Christian admonition, and prayers to God, might be brought 
to repentance, and so be freed from the bonds of the devil 
(by whom he is held captive), and recovered by the will of 
the Lord. But we cannot conceal from you, with great sor- 
row, that no one has as yet appeared before us, who hath in 
the least given us to understand that he, by the frequent ad- 
monitions given him (as well in private, as before witnesses 
and in the presence of many), is come to any remorse for his 
sins, or hath shown the least token of true repentance. Since 
then he daily aggravates his sin (which in itself is not small) 
by his stubbornness, and since we have signified unto you the 
last time, that in case he did not repent, after such patience 
shown him by the Church, we should be under the disagree- 
able necessity of being further grieved for him, and come to 
the last remedy : we at this present are necessitated to 
proceed to this excommunication according to the command 
and charge given us by God in his holy word ; to the 
end that he may hereby be made (if possible) ashamed of 
his sins, and likewise that we may not by this rotten and as 
yet incurable member, put the whole body of the Church in 
danger, and that God's name may not be blasphemed. 

Therefore we, the ministers and rulers of the Church of God, 
being here assembled in the name and authority of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, declare before you all, that for the aforesaid 
reasons we have excommunicated, and by these, do excom- 
municate N. from the Church of God, and from fellowship 
with Christ, and the Holy Sacraments, and from all the 
spiritual blessings and benefits, which God promiseth to, and 
bestows upon his church, so long as he obstinately and im- 
penitently persists in his sins; and he is therefore to be ac- 
counted by you as a heathen man and a publican, according 
to the command of Christ, who saith, that whatsoever his 
ministers shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven. 

Further we exhort you, beloved Christians, to keep no 
company with him, that he may be ashamed ; yet count him 



74: LITURGY. 

not as an enemy, but at all times admonish him as you 
would a brother. In the mean time let every one take warn- 
ing by this and such like examples, to fear the Lord, and 
diligently take heed unto himself, if he thinketh he standeth, 
lest he fall : but having true fellowship with the Father and 
his Son Jesus Christ, together with all faithful Christians, 
remain steadfast therein to the end, and so obtain eternal 
salvation. You have seen, beloved brethren and sisters, in 
what manner this our excommunicated brother has begun to 
fall, and by degrees is come to ruin ; observe, therefore, how 
subtle Satan is, to bring man to destruction, and to withdraw 
him from all salutary means of salvation. Guard, then, against 
the least beginnings of evil, " and laying aside every weight 
and the sin which does so easily beset us, let us run with 
patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the 
author and finisher of our faith ; be sober, watch and pray, 
lest you enter into temptation. To-day, if you will hear the 
voice of the Lord harden not your hearts, but work out your 
own salvation with fear and trembling ;" and every one repent 
of his sins, lest our God humble us again, and Ave be obliged 
to bewail some one of you ; but that you may with one 
accord, living in all godliness, be our crown and joy in the 
Lord. 

Since it is God who worketh in us, both to will and to do 
of his good pleasure, let us call upon his Holy Name with 
confession of our sins, saying : . 



O ! Righteous God and merciful Father, we bewail our 
sins before thy high majesty, and acknowledge that we have 
deserved the grief and sorrow caused unto us by the cutting 
off of this our late fellow member : yea, we all deserve, 
shouldst thou enter into judgment with us, by reason of our 
great transgressions, to be cut off and banished from thy 
presence. But, O Lord, thou art merciful unto us for Christ's 
sake, forgive us our trespasses, for we heartily repent of 
them, and daily work in our hearts a greater measure of 
sorrow for them ; that we may, fearing thy judgments which 
thou executest against the stiff-necked, endeavour to please 
thee. Grant us to avoid all pollution of the world, and 
those who are cut off from the communion of the Church, 
that we may not make ourselves partakers of their sins : and 
that he, who is excommunicated, may become ashamed of 
his sins. And since thou desirest not the death o a sinner, 
but that he may repent and live, and the bosom of thy 



CHURCH DISCIPLINE. 75 

Church is always open for those, who turn away from their 
wickedness : we therefore humbly beseech thee, to kindle 
in our hearts a pious zeal, that we may labour, with 
Christian admonitions and examples, to bring again this ex- 
communicated person on the right way, together with all 
those w^ho, through unbelief or dissoluteness of life, go 
astray. 

Give thy blessing to our admonitions, that we may have 
reason thereby to rejoice again in him, for who we must now 
mourn : and that thy Holy Name may be praised, through 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath thus taught us to pray ; 
Our Father, etc. 



THE RE-ADMISSION OF EXCOMMUNICATED 

PERSONS INTO THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. 

Beloved in the Lord ; it is known unto you, that some 
time ago our fellow member N. was cut off from the Church 
of Christ : we cannot now conceal from you, that he, by the 
above-mentioned remedy, as also by the means of good ad- 
monition and your Christian prayers, is come so far, that he 
is ashamed of his sins, praying us to be re-admitted into the 
communion of the Church. 

Since we, by virtue of the command of God, are in 
duty bound to receive such persons with joy, and it be- 
ing necessary that good order should be used therein, we 
therefore give you to understand, that we purpose to loose 
again the aforementioned excommunicated person from the 
bond of excommunication, the next time when by the 
grace of God we celebrate the Supper of the Lord, and 
to receive him again into the communion of the Church ; 
except any one of you, in the mean time, shall show jsut 
cause why this ought not to- be done, of which you must 
give notice to us in due time. In the mean time, let every 
one thank the Lord, for the mercy shown this poor sinner, 
beseeching him to perfect his work in him to his eternal 
salvation. Amen. 

Afterwards, if no impediment be alleged, the Minister shall pro- 
ceed to the re-admission of the excommunicated sinner, in the following 
manner : 

Beloved Christians, we have the last time informed you 
of the repentance of our fellow member N. to the end that 
he might with your foreknowledge be again received into 
the Church of Christ ; and whereas no one has alleged any 



76 LITURGY. 

tiling why his re^admission ought not to take place, we 
therefore purpose at present to proceed to the same. 

Our Lord Jesus Christ (Matt. 18,) having confirmed the 
sentence of his Church, in the excommunicating of impeni- 
tent sinners, declareth immediately thereupon, that whatso- 
ever his ministers shall loose on earth shall be loosed in hea- 
ven ; whereby he giveth to understand, that when any per- 
son is cut off from his Church, he is not deprived of all hopes 
of salvation ; but can again be loosed from the bonds of con- 
demnation. Therefore, since God declares in his word, that 
he takes no pleasure in the death of a sinner, but that he turn 
from his wickedness and live, so the Church always hopes 
for the repentance of the backslidden sinner, and keepeth 
her bosom open to receive the penitent. Accordingly the 
Apostle Paul commanded the Corinthian (whom he had 
declared ought to be cut off from the Church) to be again 
received and comforted, since being reproved by many, he 
was come to the knowledge of his sins ; to the end that 
he should not be swallowed up with over-much sorrow (2 
Cor. 2 : 7). 

Secondly. Christ teacheth us in the afore-mentioned text, 
that the sentence of absolution, which is passed upon such a 
penitent sinner according to the word of God, is counted 
sure and firm by the Lord ; therefore no one ought to doubt 
in the least, who truly repents, that he is assuredly received 
by God in mercy, as Christ saith, (John 20 : 23), Whosesoever 
sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. 

But now to proceed to the matter in hand : I ask thee, 
N. whether thou dost declare here with all thine heart be- 
fore God and his Church, that thou art sincerely sorry for 
the sin and stubbornness, for which thou hast been justly 
cut off from the Church? dost thou also truly believe, 
that the Lord hath forgiven thee, and doth forgive thy 
sins for Christ's sake; and art thou therefore desirous to 
be re-admitted into the Church of Christ, promising hence- 
forth to live in all godliness according to the command of 
the Lord ? 

Answer. Yes, verily. 

Then the Minister shall further say : 

We, then, here assembled in the name and authority of 
the Lord Jesus Christ, declare thee, N. to be absolved from 
the bonds of excommunication ; and do receive thee again 
into the Church of the Lord, and declare unto thee that 
thou art in the communion of Christ and of the Holy Sa- 
craments, and of all the spiritual blessings and benefits of 



CHURCH DISCIPLINE. 77 

God, which he promiseth to and bestoweth upon his Church. 
May the eternal God preserve thee therein, to the end, 
through his only begotten Son Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Be therefore assured in thy heart, my beloved brother, 
that the Lord hath again received thee in mercy. Be dili- 
gent henceforward to guard thyself against the subtlety of 
Satan, and the wickedness of the world, to the end that thou 
mayest not fall again into sin : love Christ, for many sins are 
forgiven thee. 

And you, beloved Christians, receive this your brother 
with hearty affection ; be glad that he was dead and is alive 
again, he was lost and is found ; rejoice with the angels of 
heaven, over this sinner who repenteth : count him no longer 
as a stranger, but as a fellow-citizen with the saints, and of 
the household of God. And whereas we can have no good 
of ourselves, let us, praising and magnifying the Lord Al- 
mighty, implore his mercy, saying : 



Gracious God and Father, we thank thee, through Jesus 
Christ, that thou hast been pleased to give this our fellow broth- 
er repentance unto life, and us cause to rejoice in his con- 
version. We beseech thee, show him thy mercy, that he may 
become more and more assured in his mind of the remission 
of his sins, and that he may receive from thence inexpress- 
ible joy and delight, to serve thee. And whereas he hath 
heretofore by his sins offended many, grant that he may, by 
his conversion, edify many ; grant also that he may steadfastly 
walk in thy ways, to the end. And may we learn from this 
example, that with thee is mercy, that thou mayest be feared ; 
so that we, counting him for our brother and co-heir of life 
eternal, may jointly serve thee with filial fear and obedience 
all the days of our life, through Jesus Christ our Lord, in 
whose name we thus conclude our prayer : Our Father, etc. 



78 LITURGY. 

IV. FORMS OF ORDINATION. 
FOR ORDAINING THE MINISTERS OF GOD'S WORD. 

The sermon and the usual prayers being finished, the Minister shall 
thus speak to the congregation : 

Beloved brethren, it is known unto you, that we have 
now at three different times published the name of our 
brother N. here present, to learn whether any person had 
aught to offer concerning his doctrine or life, why he might 
not be ordained to the ministry of the word. And whereas 
no one hath appeared before us, who hath alleged any thing 
lawful against his person, we shall therefore at present, in 
the name of the Lord, proceed to his ordination. For which 
purpose, you N. and all those who are here present, shall first 
attend to a short declaration taken from the word of God, 
touching the institution and the office of Pastors and Minis- 
ters of God's word : 

Where, in the first place you are to observe, ^that God our 
heavenly Father, willing to call and gather a church from 
amongst the corrupt race of men unto life eternal, doth by a 
particular mark of his favour use the ministry of men therein. 
Therefore, Paul saith, that the Lord Jesus Christ hath given 
some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and 
some pastors and ministers for the perfecting of the saints, for 
the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of 
Christ. Here we see that the holy Apostle among other 
things saith, that the Pastoral office is an institution of 
Christ. 

What this holy office enjoins, may easily be gathered from 
the very name itself; for as it is the duty of a common shep- 
herd, to feed, guide, protect, and rule the flock committed 
to his charge ; so it is with regard to these spiritual shep- 
herds, who are set over the Church which God calleth unto 
salvation, and counts as sheep of his pasture. The pasture, 
with which these sheep are fed, is nothing but the preaching 
of the gospel, accompanied with prayer, and the administra- 
tion of the Holy Sacraments. The same word of God is 



ORDINATION. 79 

likewise the staff with which the flock is guided and ruled. 
Consequently, it is evident that the office of Pastors and 
Ministers of God's word is, 

First That they faithfully explain to their flock, the word 
of the Lord, revealed by the writings of the prophets and the 
apostles ; and apply the same, as well in general as in par- 
ticular, to the edification of the hearers ; instructing, admon- 
ishing, comforting, and reproving, according to every one's 
need ; preaching repentance towards God, and reconciliation 
with him through faith in Christ; and refuting with the 
Holy Scriptures all schisms and heresies which are repugnant 
to the pure doctrine. All this is clearly signified to us in 
holy writ, for the Apostle Paul saith, that these labour in the 
word ; and elsewhere he teacheth that this must be done 
according to the measure or rule of faith. He writes also that 
a Pastor must hold fast and rightly divide the faithful and 
sincere word which is according to the doctrine : likewise, he 
that prophesieth (that is, preacheth God's word), speaketh 
unto men to edification, and exhortation and comfort. In 
another place he proposes himself as a pattern to Pastors, 
declaring that he hath publicly, and from house to house 
taught and testified repentance towards God, and faith 
towards our Lord Jesus Christ. But particularly we have a 
clear description of the office of Ministers of God's word 
(2 Cor. 5: 18-20), where the Apostle thus speaketh, "And all 
things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus 
Christ, and hath given to us [namely to the apostles and pas- 
tors], the ministry of reconciliation ; to wit, that God was in 
Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their 
trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the word 
of reconciliation. Now, then, we are ambassadors for Christ as 
though God did beseech you by us ; we pray you in Christ's 
stead, be ye reconciled to God." Concerning the refutation 
of false doctrine, the same Apostle saith (Tit. 1 : 9), that a 
Minister must " hold fast the faithful word of God, that he 
may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and convince 
the gainsayers." 

Secondly. It is the office of the Ministers, publicly to call 

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80 LITURGY. 

upon the name of the Lord in behalf of the whole congrega- 
tion ; for that which the Apostles say, We will give ourselves 
continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word, is com- 
mon to these Pastors with the Apostles ; to which St. Paul, 
alluding, thus speaketh to Timothy: "I exhort, therefore, 
that first of all supplications, prayers, intercessions and giv- 
ing of thanks, be made for all men ; for kings, and for all 
that are in authority," &c. (1 Tim. 2 : 1, 2). 

Thirdly. Their office is to administer the Sacraments 
which the Lord hath instituted as seals of his grace : as is 
evident from the command given by Christ to the Apostles, 
and in them to all Pastors, Baptize them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Likewise, 
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered 
unto you. 

Finally, it is the duty of the Ministers of the word, to keep 
the Church of God in good discipline, and to govern it in 
such a manner as the Lord hath ordained. For Christ hav- 
ing spoke of the Christian discipline, says to his Apostles, 
Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. 
And Paul will have the Ministers know how to rule their own 
house, since they otherwise neither can provide for, nor rule 
the Church of God. This is the reason why the Pastors are 
in Scripture called, stewards of God and bishops, that is, over- 
seers and watchmen, for they have the oversight of the house 
of God, wherein they are conversant, to the end that every 
thing may be transacted with good order and decency ; and 
also to open and shut, with the keys of the kingdom of 
heaven committed to them, according to the charge given 
them by God. 

From these things may be learned, what a glorious work 
the ministerial office is, since so great things are effected by 
it ; yea, how highly necessary it is for man's salvation : which 
is also the reason why the Lord will have such an office 
always to remain. For Christ said when he sent forth his 
Apostles to officiate in this holy function, Lo, I am always 
with you, even unto the end of the world; where we see his 
pleasure is, that this holy office (for the persons to whom he 



ORDINATION. 81 

here speaketh could not live to the end of the world) should 
always be maintained on earth. And therefore Paul exhor- 
ted Timothy, to commit that which he had heard of him to 
faithful men, who are able to teach others ; as he also, hav- 
ing ordained Titus minister, further commanded him to 
ordain elders in every city (Tit. 1 : 5). 

Forasmuch therefore as we, for the maintaining of this 
office in the Church of God, are now to ordain a new Minis- 
ter of the word, and have sufficiently spoke of the office of 
such persons, therefore you N. shall answer to the following 
questions, to the end that it may appear to all here present, 
that you are inclined to accept of this office as above de- 
scribed. 

First. I ask thee, dost thou feel in thy heart that thou art 
lawfully called of God's Church, and therefore of God him- 
self, to this holy ministry ? 

Secondly. Dost thou believe the oooks of the Old and 
New Testament to be the only word of God, and the perfect 
doctrine unto salvation, and dost thou reject all doctrines 
repugnant thereto 1 

Thirdly. Dost thou promise faithfully to discharge thy 
office, according to the same doctrine as above described, 
and to adorn it with a godly life ; also, to submit thyself, in 
case thou shouldst become delinquent either in life or doc- 
trine, to ecclesiastical admonition, according to the public 
ordinance of the churches ? 

Answer. Yes, truly, with all my heart. 

Then the Minister, who did demand those questions of him, and other 
Ministers who are present, shall lay their hands* on his head, and say, 

God our heavenly Father, who hath called thee to this 

holy ministry, enlighten thee with his Holy Spirit ; strengthen 

thee with his hand ; and so govern thee in thy ministry, that 

thou mayest decently and fruitfully walk therein, to the 

glory of his name, and the propagation of the kingdom of 

his Son Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall, from the pulpit, exhort the ordained Minis- 
ter, and tlie congregation, in the following manner : 

* This ceremony shall not be used in ordaining those who have before been ia 
the ministry. 



82 ■ LITUBGT. 

Take heed, therefore, beloved brother, and fellow-servant 
in Christ, unto yourself and to all the flock, over which the 
Holy Ghost hath made you overseer, to feed the Church of 
God which he hath purchased with his own blood : love 
Christ, and feed his sheep, taking the oversight of them not 
by constraint, but willingly : not for filthy lucre, but of a 
ready mind, neither as being lord over God's heritage, but 
as an example to the flock. Be an example of believers, in 
word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 
Give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 
Neglect not the gift that is in thee ; meditate upon those 
things, give thyself wholly to them, that thy profiting may 
appear to all : take heed to thy doctrine, and continue stead- 
fast therein. Bear patiently all sufferings and oppressions, 
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ, for in doing this thou shalt 
both save thyself and them that hear thee. And when the 
chief Shepherd shall appear, thou shalt receive a crown of 
glory that fadeth not away. 

And you likewise, beloved Christians, receive this your 
Minister in the Lord with all gladness, "and hold such in 
reputation :" Remember that God himself through him 
speaketh unto you and beseecheth you. Receive the word, 
which he, according to the Scripture, shall preach unto you, 
" not as the word of man, but (as it is in truth) the word of 
God." Let the feet of those that preach the gospel of peace, 
and bring glad tidings of good things, be beautiful and 
pleasant unto you. Obey them that have the rule over you, 
and submit yourselves ; for they watch for your souls, as 
they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, 
and not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you. If you 
do these things, it shall come to pass, that the peace of 
God shall enter into your houses, and that you who receive 
this man in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's 
reward, and through his preaching, believing in Christ, shall 
through Christ inherit life eternal. 

Since no man is of himself fit for any of these things, let 
us call upon God with thanksgiving : 



ORDINATION. 83 

PRAYER. 

Merciful Father, we thank thee that it pleaseth thee, by 
the ministry of men, to gather a Church to thyself unto life 
eternal, from amongst the lost children of men. We bless 
thee for so graciously providing the Church in this place 
with a faithful Minister. We beseech thee to qualify him 
daily more and more by the Holy Spirit, for the ministry to 
which thou hast ordained and called him. Enlighten his 
understanding to comprehend thy holy word, and give him 
utterance, that he may boldly open his mouth, to make 
known and dispense the mysteries of the gospel. Endue 
him with wisdom and valour, to rule the people aright over 
which he is set, and to preserve them in Christian peace, to 
the end that thy Church, under his administration and by 
his good example, may increase in number and in virtue. 
Grant him courage to bear the difficulties and troubles which 
he may meet with in his ministry, that being strengthened 
by the comfort of thy Spirit, he may remain steadfast to the 
end, and be received with all faithful servants into the joy 
of his master. 

Give thy grace also to this people and Church, that they 
may becomingly deport themselves towards this their Minis- 
ter ; that they may acknowledge him to be sent of thee ; 
that they may receive his doctrine with all reverence, and 
submit themselves to his exhortations : to the end that they 
may by his word, believing in Christ, be made partakers of 
eternal life. Hear us, O Father, through thy beloved Son, 
who hath thus taught us to pray; Our Father, etc. 



FOR ORDAINING ELDERS AND DEACONS. 

When ordained at the same time : if ordained separately, this form 
shall be used as occasion requires. 

Beloved Christians, you know that we have several times 
published unto you the names of our brethren here present, 
who are chosen to the office of Elders and Deacons in this 
church, to the end that we might know whether any person 
had aught to allege, why they should not be ordained in 



84 LITURGY. 

tlieir respective offices. And whereas no one hath appeared 
before us, who hath alleged any thing lawful against them, 
we shall therefore at present, in the name of the Lord, pro- 
ceed to their ordination. 

But first, you, who are to be ordained, and all those who 
are here present, shall attend to a short declaration from the 
word of God concerning the institution and the office of Elders 
and Deacons. Of the Elders it is to be observed, that the 
word elder or eldest (which is taken out of the Old Testa- 
ment, and signifieth a person who is placed in an honourable 
office of government over others) is applied to two sorts of 
persons who administer in the Church of Jesus Christ : for the 
Apostle saith, " the Elders that rule well shall be counted 
worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the 
word and doctrine." Hence it is evident that there were two 
sorts of Elders in the apostolic church, the former whereof did 
labour in word and doctrine, and the latter did not. The 
first were the ministers of the word and pastors, who preach- 
ed the gospel and administered the sacraments ; but the 
others, who did not labour in the word, and still did serve 
in the church, bore a particular office, namely they had the 
oversight of the Church, and ruled the same with the minis- 
ters of the word. For Paul (Rom. 12 : 8), having spoke 
of the ministry of the word, and also of the office of dis- 
tribution or deaconship, speaketh afterwards particularly of 
this office, saying : " he that ruleth, let him do it with dili- 
gence ;" likewise, in another place, he counts "governments" 
among the gifts and offices which God hath instituted in the 
Church (1 Cor. 12 : 28). Thus we see that these sorts of min- 
isters are added to the others who preach the gospel, to aid 
and assist them, as in the Old Testament the common Le- 
vites were to the priests in the service of the tabernacle, in 
those things which they could not perform alone ; notwith- 
standing, the offices always remained distinct one from the 
other. 

Moreover, it is proper that such men should be join- 
ed to the ministers of the word in the government of the 
Church, that thereby all tyranny and lording may be kept 



ORDINATION. 85 

out of the Church of God, which may sooner creep in, when 
the government is placed in the hands of one alone, or of a 
very few. And thus the ministers of the word, together with 
the Elders, form a body or assembly, being as a council of 
the church, representing the whole Church ; to which Christ 
alludes when he saith : " Tell the Church ; " which can in 
no wise be understood of all and every member of the 
Church in particular, but very properly of those who govern 
the Church, out of which they are chosen. 

Therefore in the first place, the office of the Elders is, to- 
gether with the ministers of the word, to take the oversight 
of the Church, which is committed to them, and diligently 
to look, whether every one properly deports himself in his 
confession and conversation ; to admonish those who behave 
themselves disorderly, and to prevent, as much as possible, 
the Sacraments from being profaned ; also to act (according 
to the Christian discipline) against the impenitent, and to 
receive the penitent again into the bosom of the Church : 
as it doth appear not only from the above-mentioned saying 
of Christ, but also from many other places of holy writ (as 
1 Cor. 5, and 2 Cor. 2), that these things are not entrusted 
to only one or two persons, but to many who are ordained 
thereto. 

Secondly. Since the Apostle enjoineth, that all things 
shall be done decently and in order, amongst Christians, and 
that no other persons ought to serve in the Church of Christ 
but those who are lawfully called, according to the Christ- 
ian ordinance, therefore it is also the duty of the Elders 
to pay regard to it, and in all occurrences which relate to 
the welfare and good order of the Church, to be assistant 
with their good counsel and advice to the ministers of the 
word, yea, also to serve all Christians with advice and con- 
solation. 

Thirdly. It is also their duty particularly to have regard 
unto the doctrine and conversation of the ministers of the 
word, to the end that all things may be directed to the edifica- 
tion of the Church ; and that no strange doctrine be taught, 
according to that which we read (Acts 20), where the Apos- 



86 LITURGY. 

tie exhorteth to watch diligently against the wolves, which 
might come into the sheep-fold of Christ : for the perform- 
ance of which the Elders are in duty bound diligently to 
search the word of God, and continually to be meditating 
on the mysteries of faith. 

Concerning the Deacons ; of the origin and institution 
of their office we may read, Acts 6, where we find that the 
apostles themselves did in the beginning serve the poor, 
" At whose feet was brought the price of the things that 
were sold : and distribution was made unto every man ac- 
cording as he had need. But afterwards, when a murmuring 
arose, because the widows of the Grecians were neglected in 
the daily ministration," men were chosen (by the advice of 
the apostles) who should make the service of the poor their 
peculiar business, to the end that the apostles might contin- 
ually give themselves to prayer, and to the ministry of the 
word. And this has been continued from that time forward 
in the Church, as appears from Rom. 12:8, where the Apostle, 
speaking of this office, saith, " he that giveth, let him do it 
with simplicity." And (1 Cor. 12: 28), speaking of " helps," 
he means those who are appointed in the Church to help 
and assist the poor and indigent in time of need ; from which 
passages we may easily gather, what the Deacons' office is, 
namely : 

That they in the first place collect and preserve with great- 
est fidelity and diligence, the alms and goods which are given 
to the poor : yea, use their utmost endeavours, that many 
good means be procured for the relief of the poor. 

The second part of their office consists in distribution, 
wherein are required not only discretion and prudence, to 
bestow the alms only on objects of charity, but also cheer- 
fulness and simplicity to assist the poor with compassion and 
hearty affection ; as the Apostle requires (Rom. 1 2 ; and 
2 Cor. 9). For which end it is very beneficial, that thej r 
administer relief to the poor and indigent not only with 
external gifts, but also with comfortable words from Scrip- 
ture. 

To the end therefore, beloved brethren, N. N. that every 



ORDINATION. 87 

one may hear that your are willing to take your respective 
offices upon you, ye shall answer to the following questions. 

And in the first place I ask you, both Elders and Deacons, 
whether ye feel in your hearts, that ye are lawfully called of 
God's Church, and consequently of God himself, to these 
your respective holy offices ? 

Secondly. Do ye believe the books of the Old and 
New Testament to be the only word of God, and the perfect 
doctrine of salvation, and do reject all doctrines repugnant 
thereto ? 

Thirdly. Do ye promise, agreeably to said doctrine, 
faithfully according to your ability, to discharge your re- 
spective offices, as they are here described ? Ye Elders, in 
the government of the Church together with the ministers 
of the word : and ye Deacons, in the ministration to the 
poor? Do ye also jointly promise to walk in all godliness, 
and to submit yourselves, in case ye should become remiss in 
your duty, to the admonitions of the Church ? 

Upon which they shall answer. 

Yes. 

Then the Minister shall say : 

The Almighty God and Father, replenish you all with his 

grace, that ye may faithfully and fruitfully discharge your 

respective offices. Amen. 

The Minister shall further exhort them, and the whole congregation, 
in the following manner : 

Therefore, ye Elders, be diligent in the government of the 

Church, which is committed to you, and the ministers of the 

word. Be also, as watchmen over the house and city of God, 

faithful to admonish and to caution every one against his ruin. 

Take heed that purity of doctrine and godliness of life be 

maintained in the Church of God. And, ye Deacons, be 

diligent in collecting the alms, prudent and cheerful in the 

distribution of the same : assist the oppressed, provide for 

the true widows and orphans, show liberality unto all men, 

but especially to the household of faith. Be ye all with one 

accord faithful in your offices, and hold the mystery of the 

faith in a pure conscience, being good examples unto all the 

people. In so doing you will purchase to yourselves a good 



88 LITURGY. 

degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ 
Jesus, and hereafter enter into the joy of our Lord. 

On the other hand, beloved Christians, receive these men 
as the servants of God : count the Elders that rule well worthy 
of double honour, give yourselves willingly to their inspection 
and government. Provide the Deacons with good means to 
assist the indigent. Be charitable, ye rich, give liberally, 
and contribute willingly. And, ye poor, be poor in spirit, 
and deport yourselves respectfully towards your benefactors, 
be thankful to them, and avoid murmuring : follow Christ, for 
the food of your souls, but not for bread. Let him that hath 
stolen (or who hath been burthensome to his neighbour) steal 
no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands 
the things which are good, that he may give to him that 
needeth. Each of you, doing these things in your respective 
callings, shall receive of the Lord, the reward of righteous- 
ness. But since we are unable of ourselves, let us call upon 
the name of the Lord, saying : 

PRAYER. 

O Lord God and heavenly Father, we thank thee that it 
hath pleased thee, for the better edification of thy Church, 
to ordain in it, besides the Ministers of the word, rulers and 
assistants, by whom thy Church may be preserved in peace 
and prosperity, and the indigent assisted ; and that thon bast 
at present granted us in this place, men, who are of good 
testimony, and we hope endowed with thy Spirit. We be- 
seech thee, replenish them more and more with such gifts 
as are necessary for them in their ministration; with the 
gifts of wisdom, courage, discretion, and benevolence, to the 
end that every one may, in his respective office, acquit him- 
self as is becoming ; the Elders, in taking diligent heed unto 
the doctrine and conversation, in keeping out the wolves 
from the sheepfold of thy beloved Son, and in admonishing 
and reproving disorderly persons : in like manner, the Dea- 
cons, in carefully receiving, and liberally and prudently dis- 
tributing, the alms to the poor, and in comforting them with 
thy holy word. Give grace both to the Elders and Deacons, 
that they may persevere in their faithful labour, and never 



MARRIAGE 89 

become weary by reason of any trouble, pain or persecution 
of the world. Grant also especially thy divine grace to this 
people, over whom they are placed, that they may willingly 
submit themselves to the good exhortations of the Elders, 
counting them worthy of honour for their works' sake ; give 
also unto the rich, liberal hearts towards the poor, and to 
the poor, grateful hearts towards those who help and serve 
them ; to the end that every one acquitting himself of his 
duty, thy Holy Name may thereby be magnified, and the 
kingdom of thy Son Jesus Christ, enlarged, in whose name 
we conclude our prayers, Our Father, etc. 



V. FORM OF MARRIAGE. 

THE CONFIRMATION OF MARRIAGE BEFORE 
THE CHURCH. 

Whereas married persons are generally, by reason of sin, 
subject to many troubles and afflictions ; to the end that you 
N. and N. who desire to have your marriage bond publicly 
confirmed, here in the name of God, before this Church, may 
also be assured in your hearts of the certain assistance of God 
in your afflictions, hear therefore from the word of God, 
how honourable the marriage state is, and that it is an insti- 
tution of God, which is pleasing to him. 

[Wherefore he also will (as he hath promised) bless and 
assist the married persons, and on the contrary, judge and 
punish whoremongers and adulterers.] 

I. In the first place you are to know, that God our Father, 
after he had created heaven and earth, and all that in them 
is, made man in his own image and likeness, that he should 
have dominion over the beasts of the field, over the fish of 
the sea, and over the fowls of the air. And after he had 
created man he said, " It is not good that man should be alone, 
I will make him an help meet for him. And the Lord caused a 
deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took 
one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And 



90 L-.ITTTB.GT. 

the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a 
woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, 
this is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh ; she shall 
be called woman, because she was taken out of man. There- 
fore shall a man leave his Father, and his Mother, and shall 
cleave unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh." 
Therefore ye are not to doubt but that the married state is 
pleasing to the Lord, since he made unto Adam his wife, 
brought and gave her himself to him to be his wife ; witness- 
ing thereby that he doth yet as with his hand bring unto 
every man his wife. For this reason the Lord Jesus Christ 
did also highly honour it with his presence, gifts and mira- 
cles in Cana of Galilee, to show thereby that this holy state 
ought to be kept honourably by all, and that he will aid and 
protect married persons, even when they are least expecting it. 

[ But that you may live godly in this state, you must 
know the reasons wherefore God hath instituted the same. 

The first reason is, that each faithfully assist the other, in 
all things that belong to this life, and a better. 

Secondly. That they bring up the children which the 
Lord shall give them, in the true knowledge and fear of God, 
to his glory, and their salvation. 

Thirdly. That each of them, avoiding all uncleanness and 
evil lusts, may live with a good and quiet conscience. For, 
to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and 
every woman her own husband ; insomuch that all who are 
come to their years, and have not the gift of continence, are 
bound by the command of God, to enter into the marriage 
state, with knowledge and consent of parents, or guardians 
and friends ; so that the temple of God, which is our body, 
may not be defiled ; for whosoever defileth the temple of God, 
him shall God destroy.] 

II. Next you are to know, how each is bound to behave 
respectively towards the other, according to the word of God. 

You, who are the bridegroom, must know, that God hath 
set you to be the head of your wife, that you, according 
to your ability, shall lead her with discretion ; instructing, 
comforting, protecting her, as the head rules the body; 



MARRIAGE. 91 

yea, as Christ is the head, wisdom, consolation, and assistance 
to his Church. Besides, you are to love your wife as your 
own body, as Christ hath loved his Church : you shall not 
be bitter against her, but dwell with her as a man of under- 
standing, giving honour to the wife, as the weaker vessel, 
considering that ye are joint heirs of the grace of life, that 
your prayers be not hindered. And since it is God's com- 
mand, " that the man shall eat his bread in the sweat of his 
face," therefore you are to labour diligently and faithfully, in 
the calling wherein God hath set you, that you may maintain 
your household honestly, and likewise have something to 
give to the poor. 

In like manner, must you, who are the bride, know how 
you are to carry yourself towards your husband, according 
to the word of God. You are to love your lawful husband, 
to honour and fear him, as also to be obedient unto him in 
all lawful things, as to your Lord, " as the body is obedient 
to the head, and the Church to Christ." You shall not exer- 
cise any dominion over your husband, but be silent : for 
Adam was first created, and then Eve, to be an help to 
Adam ; and after the fall, God said to Eve, and in her to all 
women, " your will shall be subject to your husband." You 
shall also be an help to your husband in all good and law- 
ful things, looking to your family, and walking in all honesty 
and virtue, without worldly pride, that you may give an ex- 
ample to others of modesty. 

Wherefore you N. and you N. having now understood that 
God hath instituted marriage, and what he commands you 
therein : are you willing thus to behave yourselves in this 
holy state, as ijou here do confess before this Christian assembly, 
and are you desirous that you be confirmed in the same ? 

Answer. Yes. 

Whereupon the Minister shall say to the assembly, 

I take you all, who are met here, to witness, that there is 
brought no lawful inpediment. 

Further to the married persons, 

Since then it is fit that you be furthered in this your work ? 
the Lord God confirm your purpose, which he hath given 



92 . LITUBG T. 

you; and your beginning be in the name of the Lord, who 

made heaven and earth. 

Hereupon they shall join hands together, and the Minister speak 
first to the bridegroom. 

N. Do you acknowledge here before God, and this his 
holy Church, that you have taken, and do take to your lawful 
wife, N. here present, promising her never to forsake her ; to 
love her faithfully ; to maintain her, as a faithful and pious 
husband is bound to do to his lawful wife; to live holily with 
her; keeping faith and truth to her in all things according 
to the Holy Gospel? Answer. Yes. 

Afterwards to the bride. 

N. Do you acknowledge here before God, and this his hohj 
Church, that you have taken, and do take to your lawful 
husband, N. here present: promising to be obedient to him ; 
to serve and assist him ; never to forsake him, to live holily 
with him, keeping faith and truth to him in all things, as a 
pious and faithful wife is bound to her lawful husband 
according to the Holy Gospel \ Answer. Yes. 

Then the Minister shall say, 

The Father of all mercies, who of his grace hath called you 
to this holy state of marriage, bind you in true love and 
faithfulness, and grant you his blessing. Amen. 

Hear now from the gospel, how firm the bond of marriage 
is, Matthew 19: 3-9. "The Pharisees came unto him," etc. 
Believe these words of Christ, and be assured that our Lord 
God hath joined you together in this holy state. You are 
therefore to receive whatever befalls you therein, with pa- 
tience and thanksgiving, as from the hand of God, and thus 
all things will turn to your advantage and salvation. Amen. 

Then the Minister shall bid the married persons to kneel down, and 
exhort the congregation to pray for them. 

PRAYER. 

Hearken now to the promise of God, from Psalm 128: 
Blessed is, <&c. 

The Lord our God replenish you with his grace, and grant 
that ye may long live together in all godliness and holiness. 
Amen. 



THE CREEDS. 03 



VI. THE CONSOLATION OF THE SICK. 

THE FOLLOWING TEXTS OF SCRIPTURE SUGGEST INSTRUCTION AND COMFORT. 
I. SIN AND DEATH. 

Psalm 51: 5. Rom. 5: 12.— Gen. 3: 17-19.— Psalm 89: 4S. Eccles. 9:5. Heb. 
13: 14; 9: 27.— 2 Sam. 14: 14. Job 9; 25. Psalm 39 : 4-7. Eccles. 12: 7. James 
4: 14.— 1 Pet. 1: 24.— Eccles. 3 : 1, 2.— Job 14: 5. Acts 17: 26.— Job 7: 6; 9: 25. 
Heb. 11: 13. — Psalm 90: 10— 2 Pet. 3: 3.— Ephes. 2: 3. Titus 1 : 16. Psalm 
14 ; 1. Horn. 7 : 19.— Psalm 51 : 7, S. 

11. JUSTIFICATION FOR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST IMPUTED TO US WHO BELIEVE ON 

HIM. 

Rom. 3 : 24, 2S, 30. Acts : 43. — Phil. 3 : S.— Psalm 32 : 1,2. Rom. 5 : 1 ; 8 : 
1, 3, 30-35.— Isa. 1 : 18. Tit. 2 : 14.— James 2 : IS. — Gal. 3 : 13. Acts 13 : 33, 39.— 
Heb. 11: 6; 2: 17. Rom. 3: 28; 4: 24,25; 5: 17-19— Jer. 23 : 6. 2 Cor. 5: 21. 

III. DEATH DESrRADLE TO A BELIEVER. 

2 Cor. 5 : 1-8. Rom. 7 : 24 ; 8 : 22.— 1 Cor. IS : 12 —Isa. 64 : 4. 1 Cor. 2:9.— 
Psalm S4: 10. Psalm 34: 1, 4.— Psalm 36 ; 8.— John 14 : 2, 3. Rev. 21, 23.— Phil. 
1:21-23. John 12: 26; 5: 24. Luke 23 : 42, 43. Eccles. 12:7. Phil. 3: 20, 21. — 
1 Pet. 5:10. Rom. 8:17, IS. 2 Cor. 4: 17. Psalm 30: 5.— 1 Pet. 4: 13. Heb. 13: 

12. 1 Pet. 2 : 21. James 1 : 2. Rom. 5 : 3-5.— James 5 : 8, 10, 11.— Heb. 2 : 9.— 
Matt. 10 : 22. 2 Tim. 4 : 7, 8. James 1:12. 

IV. WATCH AND PRAT. 

1 Pet. 4: 7. Luke 12: 35-43. Matt. 25 : 13. Mark 13: 33.-2 Pet. 3 : 10. Luke 
21: 34, 36.— Matt. 5: 8. Matt. 15: 19. Gal. 5: 22.— John 3: 3. Mark 10: 14, 15. 
Rom. 8: 7. 

V. RESURRECTION AND GLORY. 

lCor.!5:16. Ezek.37:5. Job 1 9 : 25, 26.— John 5 : 2S, 29. lThess.4:13- 
17.— 2 Cor. 5: 10.— John 11 : 25, 26; 14: 19. 1 Thess. 4: 13-17. — 2 Cor. 5 : 10 — 
John 11: 25, 26; 14: 19; 17: 24. Rev. 3: 21. — Rev. 7: 14-17. 1 Cor. 15: 49- 
57.— Acts 7 : 59.— Rev. 22 : 20. 



VII. THE CREEDS. 

THE CONFESSION OF FAITH, 
Composed in the Council of JVice, A. D. 325. 

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and 
of all things visible and invisible ; 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten of his 
Father, before all worlds ; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begot- 
ten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were 
made : who, for us men and for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was 
incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was cru- 
cified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried ; and the third 
day he arose again according to the Scriptures; and ascended into heaven, and 
sitteth on the right hand of the Father. And he shall come again, with glory, to 
judge both the quick and the dead ; whose kingdom shall have no end. 

And in the Holy Ghost, who spake by the prophets. And one holy Catholic and 
Apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins ; and we 
look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen. 



LITUBGY. 



THE CREED OF ATHANASIUS, A. D. 333. 

1. Whosoever will be saved, before all things it is necessary that he hold the 
Catholic faith. 

2. Which faith, except one do keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he shall 
perish everlastingly. 

3. The Catholic faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in 
Unity ; 

4. Neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the Substance. 

5. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the 
Holy Ghost, — . 

6. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost is all one ; 
the Glory equal, and the Majesty coeternal. 

7. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost. 

8. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Ghost uncreated. 

9. The Father incomprehensible, and the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy 
Ghost incomprehensible. 

10. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Ghost eternal: 

11. And yet they are not three Eternals ; but one Eternal. 

12. As also there are not three Incomprehensibles, nor three Uncreated, but on» 
Uncreated, and one Incomprehensible. 

13. So likewise the Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy Ghosi 
Almighty : 

14. And yet they are not three Almighties, but one Almighty. 

15. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God : 

16. And yet there are not three Gods, but one God, 

17. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Ghost Lord : 

18. And yet they are not three Lords, but one Lord. 

19. For, as we are compelled by the Christian Truth to acknowledge each pel. 
son by himself to be God and Lord, 

20. So we are forbidden by the Catholic faith, to say, there be three Gods, or 
three Lords. 

21. The Father is made of none, neither created nor begotten. 

22. The Son is of the Father alone, not made, nor created, but begotten. 

23. The Holy Ghost is of the Father, and of the Son, neither made, nor created, 
nor begotten, but proceeding. 

24. So there is one Father, not three Fathers ; one Son, not three Sons ; one 
Holy Ghost, not three Holy Ghosts : 

25. And in this Trinity, there is not first nor last, nor greater nor less : 

26. But the whole three persons are coeternal together, and coequal. 

27. So that in all things, as it is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity, and Trinity in 
Unity is to be worshipped. 

28. He therefore that will be saved, must thus think of the Trinity. 

29. Furthermore, it is necessary to everlasting salvation, that he also believe 
rightly the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

30. For the right Faith is, that we believe and confess, that our Lord Jesus Christ, 
the Son of God, is God and man : 

31. God of the Substance of the Father, begotten before the world ; and Man of 
the Substance of his Mother, born in time : 

3l. Perfect God and perfect man, having a reasonable Soul and a human Body ; 
33. Equal to the Father, according to his Godhead : and inferior to the Father 
as to his manhood : 

84. Who, although he be God and Man, yet he is not two but one Christ: 

35. One, not by conversion of the Godhead into flesh, but by taking of the 
manhood into God. 

36. He is not one by mixture of Substance, but by unity of Person. 

37. For the reasonable soul and flesh is one man ; so God and Man is one Christ : 

38. Who suffered for our salvation, descended into hell, rose again the third day 
from the dead ; 

39. He ascended into heaven, sits at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty : 

40. From whence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. 

41. At whose coming, all men shall rise again with their bodies ; 

42. And shall give account for their own works. 

43. And they that have done good shall go into life everlasting ; and they that 
have done evil, into everlasting fire. 

44. This is the Catholic Faith, which except a man believe faithfully, he cannot 
be saved. 



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